Search
Now showing items 41-50 of 190
Quantifying the Effects of the Timing of Water Deficit Stress and Water Deficit Stress Alleviation on Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) Growth and Yield under Rain-Sheltered Controlled Conditions
(2015-08-03)
Water deficit is a major limitation for cotton yield in drought-prone Texas croplands. Where underground or surface water is available and cost affordable, water is applied to crops using a variety of irrigation techniques ...
Systemic Approach to Improve Learning from Incidents
(2017-04-25)
Learning from incidents has always been very challenging for industry and regulators due to the associated complexity in human and organizational behavior. In spite of the efforts and resources spent on incident investigation ...
Land-use Planning in Relation to Chemical Facilities and Associated Issues in the U.S.
(2017-01-05)
Low probability, high consequence events within the oil, gas and chemical industries can have devastating effects on employees, facilities, companies, and the surrounding communities. Incidents such as the Bhopal gas leak ...
Risk Assessment of Pipeline on Third-Party Damage in Oil and Gas Industry with Bayesian Network and Game Theory
(2017-05-09)
Tremendous amount of oil and gas products are transported in pipeline worldwide giving rise to a demand to identify the hazards and evaluate the associated risk. Third-party intrusion is usually one of the least factors ...
Methodology for the Preliminary Design of High Performance Schools in Hot and Humid Climates
(2010-07-14)
A methodology to develop an easy-to-use toolkit for the preliminary design of
high performance schools in hot and humid climates was presented. The toolkit proposed
in this research will allow decision makers without ...
Comparative Analysis Between LNG Import and Export Terminals
(2016-05-09)
According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), the natural gas consumption in the US was 1,726 billion cubic feet in January 2013, and the demand has been increasing rapidly around the world as natural gas ...
Risk Measures Constituting Risk Metrics for Decision Making in the Chemical Process Industry
(2012-02-14)
The occurrence of catastrophic incidents in the process industry leave a marked legacy of resulting in staggering economic and societal losses incurred by the company, the government and the society. The work described ...
Thermal runaway reaction hazard and decomposition mechanism of the hydroxylamine system
(Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)
Chemical reactivity hazards have posed a significant challenge for industries that
manufacture, store, and handle reactive chemicals. Without proper management and
control of reactivity, numerous incidents have caused ...
An Analysis of Off-grid, Off-pipe Housing in Six U.S. Climates
(2010-07-14)
This dissertation addresses the issues of climate change and depletion of non-renewable resources of energy and water, and aims at eliminating the use of non-renewable resources of energy and water for the building operation ...
Methods to Improve Process Safety Performance through Flange Connection Leak Prediction and Control
(2014-08-08)
Process safety is a task of preventing leaks. Leak prevention is critical because pressure vessels and piping assets in chemical plants are fabricated from materials which have limited corrosion resistance. When corrosive ...