2009 Spring Meeting & 5th Global Congress on Process Safety

Session: Explosion Prevention and Mitigation

Chair

Dr. Erdem A. Ural, Loss Prevention Science and Technologies, Inc.

Co-Chair

Brian Kelly, BriRisk Consulting, Ltd.

Presentations

08:00 AM

(111a) The Dynamics of Vented Gas Explosions
Christophe Proust, E. Leprette

08:30 AM

(111b) Safe Thickness for Combustible Dust Layers (Webcast Not Available)
Erdem A. Ural

09:00 AM

(111c) Explosion Characteristics of Hydrogen-Air Mixtures in a Confined Space
Daniel A. Crowl, Young-Do Jo

10:15 AM

(111d) Prevention and Mitigation of Polyethylene and Hydrocarbon/Polyethylene Explosions
Paul Amyotte, Matthew Lindsay, Ruth Domaratzki, Neil Marchand, Almerinda Di Benedetto, Paola Russo

10:45 AM

(111f) Process Safety Management Lessons Learned from a Petroleum Refinery Spent Caustic Tank Explosion
Kenneth P. Bloch, Dawn M. Wurst

11:15 AM

(111g) Flammability Characteristics of Low GWP Refrigerant HFO-1234yf
Barbara Minor, David Herrmann, Bob Gravell