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    • Handling a Crisis Situation Through Media Training 
      Macias, Pete; Barton, Delilah (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2001)
      When an abnormal situation occurs at your facility, management must be prepared, not only to handle the situation itself, but also to effectively communicate with stakeholders. The media is very important vehicle for this ...
    • Safety Integrity Levels in Design 
      Moderski, Mark; Mahalingam, Sankar; Eidson, Mark A. (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 1998)
      The hazards identified with a new or modified chemical or petroleum refining process can be mitigated in numerous ways. If a system cannot be designed so that it is inherently safe, then other safeguards such as instrumented ...
    • FURTHER CALORIMETRIC EVALUATION OF POLYMER/OLIGOMER DECOMPOSITION: APTAC TESTING 
      Levin, M. E.; Hill, A. D. (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 1999)
      The behavior of polymers and oligomers subjected to elevated temperatures in an air-free environment was recently studied to characterize the energetics of polymer/oligomer decomposition. This work, which focused exclusively ...
    • Reactivity of Unsaturated Hydrocarbons Via Adiabatic Calorimetry 
      Levin, M. E.; Hill, A. D. (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2000)
      Selected olefins, diolefins, and alkynes have been examined via adiabatic calorimetry to understand the behavior of these species as a function of temperature. APTAC (Automatic Pressure Tracking Adiabatic Calorimeter) and ...
    • Evaluating Safety Instrumented System Needs Using Process Hazard Analysis Data 
      Leverenz Jr, Fred; McEldowney, Kelli M. (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2001)
      Determining Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) needs is the first step of a long process of complying and maintaining compliance with national and international standards. How a company goes about determining SIS needs can ...
    • The Reactivity of Ethylene Oxide In Contact With Iron Oxide Fines as Measured by Adiabatic Calorimetry 
      Levin, M. E.; Hill, A. D. (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2002)
      Samples of various iron oxides suspended above ethylene oxide in an adiabatic calorimeter exhibit exothermic activity at temperatures as low as room temperature. A 7-Fe203 sample was found to show the highest reactivity ...
    • Beyond Regulatory Compliance, Making Safety Second Nature-I 999 Development and Application of Accident History Databases Session 
      Leggett, David (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 1999)
      Even though chemical process accidents do not have the same severity, they are usually reported without a (semi) quantitative indication of severity. Sometimes attempts are made to identify those accidents where significant ...
    • Dicyclopentadiene Polyester Resin Risk Assessment 
      Cramer, John; Lay, James (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2000)
      Dicyclopentadiene is a reactive monomer used in substantial volume as a key raw material by the unsaturated polyester resin industry. Although the chemistry was well understood from a technical perspective, the process ...
    • A Practical Approach to Fire Hazard Analysis for Offshore Structures 
      Krueger, J.; Smith, D. (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2002)
      Offshore quantitative risk assessments (QRA) have historically been complex and costly. For large offshore design projects, the level of detail required for a detailed QRA is often not available until well into the detailed ...
    • Droplet Size Distributions of Heat Transfer Fluid Aerosols in Air 
      Sukmarg, P.; Krishna, K.; Kihm, K; Rogers, W.J.; Mannan, M.S. (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2000)
      Heat transfer fluids are widely used in the chemical process industry and are available in a wide range of properties. These fluids are flammable above their flash points and can cause explosions. Though the possibility ...
    • Performance vs. Prescriptive Fire Protection for the Offshore Industry 
      Alderman, John A.; Harding, Marlon (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2000)
      Most companies have standards for fire protection on offshore installations. These standards typically are prescriptive in nature and require that fire protection be installed, generally, without regard to the actual hazard. ...
    • The Use of Aerosol Formation, Flammability, and Explosion Information for Heat Transfer Fluid Selection 
      Krishna, Kiran; Rogers, William J.; Mannan. M. Sam (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2002)
      The devastating consequences of aerosol/mist explosions have been widely documented, and there are currently efforts to understand the mechanisms of the formation and explosion of such aerosols. Heat transfer fluids are ...
    • Understanding the Formation of Heat Transfer Fluid Aerosols in Air 
      Krishna, Kiran; Kim, T-K; Kihn, K.; Rogers, W.J.; Mannan, M.S. (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2001)
      Mist or aerosol explosions present a serious hazard to process industries. Heat transfer fluids are widely used in the chemical process industry, are flammable above their flash points, and can cause explosions. Though the ...
    • From Experimental Data Via Kinetic Model to Predicting Reactivity and Assessing Reaction Hazards 
      Kossoy, Arcady; Benin, A. (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2001)
      There is no other way to get original data regarding chemical reaction but experimental study. What kind of experimental technique to use depends on the aim of a study. Nevertheless, there is one almost universal method ...
    • Study on Risk Evaluation of Hydroxylamine/water Solution 
      Koseki, Hiroshi; Iwata, Y.; Hasegawa, K.; Akhmestshin, Yu. (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2001)
      In order to find the cause of explosive fire which occurred in Japan in June 2000[ 1 ]?the decomposition hazards of hydroxylamine(HA) solution were studied experimentally. The thermal decomposition of HA solution was ...
    • IMPROVING SAFETY PERFORMANCE IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM AND THE ROLE OF UNIVERSITIES 
      Kletz, Trevor (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2000)
      Although the safety record of the process industries is good, almost all the accidents that occur need not have occurred. Often, after an accident or near-miss, we neglect opportunities to learn and remember: • Accident ...
    • Process Safety Documentation" The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 
      Knack, Rick; Brown, Michelle L. (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2001)
      We all pay lip service to the need for good process safety documentation. PHAs are required to be kept for the life of the process and must be readable by the next team in five years. Process safety information provides ...
    • Making Safety Second Nature 
      Kletz, Trevor A. (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 1998)
      From the 1960s onwards the chemical and oil industries developed and used a number of new safety techniques which, in time, became second nature to those who used them. They included the use of QRA for deciding priorities, ...
    • Integrating Ergonomics with Process-Engineering 
      Kerst, Josh (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 1999)
    • Use of Failure Rate Databases and Process Safety Performance Measurements to Improve Process Safety 
      Keren, N.; West, H. H.; Rogers, W. J.; Gupta, P. J.; Mannan, M. S. (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2002)
      In this paper, a methodology is proposed to combine process safety performance measurements techniques, decision-making strategies, applications of private and generic databases, reliability calculations, and benchmarking ...