| Thursday, April 30, 2009: 8:00 AM-12:30 PM | |||
| Room 24/25 (Tampa Convention Center) | |||
| #111 - Explosion Prevention and Mitigation (T1007) | |||
| The analysis, prevention, protection and mitigation of fire, explosion, and reactivity hazards continue to be important to the loss prevention community. This session invites papers that identify, characterize, or offer design and operational guidance on fire, explosion and reactivity hazards. This session will focus on explosion prevention and mitigation. Key Words: Fire; Explosion; Reactive Chemicals. | |||
| Chair: | Dr. Erdem A. Ural | ||
| CoChair: | Brian Kelly | ||
| 8:00 AM | 111a | The Dynamics of Vented Gas Explosions Christophe Proust, E. Leprette | |
| 8:30 AM | 111b | Safe Thickness for Combustible Dust Layers (Webcast Not Available) Erdem A. Ural, PhD | |
| 9:00 AM | 111c | Explosion Characteristics of Hydrogen-Air Mixtures in a Confined Space Daniel A. Crowl, Young-Do Jo | |
| 9:30 AM | Break | ||
| 10:15 AM | 111d | Prevention and Mitigation of Polyethylene and Hydrocarbon/Polyethylene Explosions Paul R. 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 | |
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