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Explosion Prevention and Mitigation

Thursday, April 30, 2009: 8:00 AM
Room 24/25 (Tampa Convention Center)

Description:
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.


Sponsor:
Topical 1: 43rd Loss Prevention Symposium
Co-Sponsor(s):
Safety and Health Division (11), Topical 2: 11th Process Plant Safety Symposium (T2a), Topical 3: Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) 24th International Conference (T3a)


Chair:
Dr. Erdem A. Ural
Email: erdem.ural@lpsti.com

Co-Chair:
Brian Kelly
Email: kellybd@telus.net

- indicates paper has an Extended Abstract file available on CD.


File available
8:00 AM
(111a) The Dynamics of Vented Gas Explosions
Christophe Proust and E. Leprette

File available
8:30 AM
(111b) Safe Thickness for Combustible Dust Layers (Webcast Not Available)
Erdem A. Ural

Recorded presentation
File available
9:00 AM
(111c) Explosion Characteristics of Hydrogen-Air Mixtures in a Confined Space
Daniel A. Crowl and Young-Do Jo

Recorded presentation
Recording files available
9:30 AM
Break

Recorded presentation
File available
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 and Paola Russo

Recorded presentation
File available
10:45 AM
(111f) Process Safety Management Lessons Learned from a Petroleum Refinery Spent Caustic Tank Explosion
Kenneth P. Bloch and Dawn M. Wurst

Recorded presentation
File available
11:15 AM
(111g) Flammability Characteristics of Low GWP Refrigerant HFO-1234yf
Barbara Minor, David Herrmann and Bob Gravell
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