2015 AIChE Spring Meeting and 11th Global Congress on Process Safety

Session: Ethylene Unit Safety Session

Chair

Co-Chair

Presentations

08:00 AM

Introductory Remarks

08:05 AM

(178a) HP Steam Back Flow to a Cracking Furnace Leads to Line Rupture
Anne-Sophie Cuif, Christian Barreau

08:35 AM

(178b) Design Considerations for Switching a Furnace Between Normal Operation and Decoke Mode
Johan van der Eijk

09:05 AM

(178c) Evaluating the Potential for Cold Brittle Fracture in Ethylene Plant through Dynamic Simulation

09:55 AM

(178d) Assessment Methods to Prevent Brittle Fracture Failures in Pressure Vessels & Piping Components
Kannan Subramanian

10:25 AM

Concluding Remarks

10:30 AM

(178e) Pre-Start Purge Procedure for Ethylene Cracking Furnaces By Inducing a Draft with Hot Air Flowing through One of the Convection Section Tube Banks
Jeff Crowe, Kamal Botros, Karl Dobinson, Chandresh Patel