2013 Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety

- indicates session contains Extended Abstract(s) available on CD.

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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

8:00 AM-9:30 AM

Global Congress on Process Safety

T1B00 Human Factors for LOPA
Timothy Murphy and Seshu Dharmavaram
Global Congress on Process Safety

T1C00 Managing Combustible Dust Hazards I
John F. Murphy and Henry L. Febo Jr.
Global Congress on Process Safety

T1E00 Process Safety Culture Assessment and Improvement
Pablo R. Zunana and Donald J. Connolley
Global Congress on Process Safety

T1A00 The Impact of Regulations, Codes and Standards On Process Safety
Jack Chosnek and Christy Blanchard
Global Congress on Process Safety

T1D00 Transition From Academia to the Production Plant: Evolution of Safety
Sanjeev Saraf and Ruifeng Qi

8:00 AM-11:00 AM

Topical 4: The 25th Ethylene Producers’ Conference

T4000 Case Histories of Reliability and Maintenance Practices
Doug Walker and Keyton D. (Dane) DeRouen
Topical 4: The 25th Ethylene Producers’ Conference

T4000 Improvement of Ethylene Plant Operations
Carl Harry and Patty Summers

8:00 AM-11:45 AM

Topical 5: Emerging Technologies in Clean Energy for the Twenty-First Century

T5000 Advances in Fuel Cells and Batteries - A Special Session in Honor of Prof. Virendra K. Mathur and His Contributions
Terry Payne and Daniela S. Mainardi
Process Development Division

12B00 Best Practices in Pilot Plants
David Edwards and Kiran Gupte
Topical 7: 16th Topical on Refinery Processing

T7000 CFD Applications in Refining
Jayce Mathews and Clayton Sadler
Topical 6: 13th Topical Conference on Gas Utilization

T6A00 Floating LNG Technology and Development
Yoshitsugi Kikkawa, Yu-Nan Liu and Joseph H. Cho
Topical 6: 13th Topical Conference on Gas Utilization

T6A00 Gas Conversion Technologies
Ian Michael Glasgow and Rick Mallinson
Computing and Systems Technology Division

10B00 Smart Grid for the Process Industries: Tutorial Overview and Panel Discussion
Donald J. Chmielewski and Yaohui Lu
Topical 7: 16th Topical on Refinery Processing

T7000 Strategies to Improve Refinery Margins
Sanjiv Ratan, David Shecterle and Ahmed Khogeer
Topical 7: 16th Topical on Refinery Processing

T7000 Tutorial On Utilities, Water, and Offsites - YP Tutorial
Virginia A. Brown, Oscar Aguilar and Monica Medrano
Topical 6: 13th Topical Conference on Gas Utilization

T6A00 CO2 Conversion, Processing, & Sequestration
Heather Fleitz and Richard Siegel

8:00 AM-11:55 AM

Topical 8: Kister Distillation Symposium 2013

T8000 Improved Design and Operation in Chemicals Distillation
Henry Z. Kister and Michael D. Pritchett

8:30 AM-11:45 AM

Chemical Engineering & the Law Forum

24000 Patenting Basics: Patents 101
Mary Ellen Ternes
Process Development Division

12A00 Technology Advancement for Industrial Flare Minimization and Modelling
Tom Enright and Qiang Xu
Management Division

05C00 The Reality of Being an Entrepreneur
Jack Hipple

8:30 AM-6:00 PM

Liaison Functions

18000 Career Game-Changers: 4 Sessions Delivering Strategies to Access, Network, and Negotiate the Best Job for You

10:15 AM-11:45 AM

Global Congress on Process Safety

T1A00 Applying LOPA in Practice: Consideration of Conditional Modifiers, Initiating Events and IPLs I
R. Wayne Garland and Douglas J. Ferguson
Global Congress on Process Safety

T1E00 Auditing Process Safety Management
Ravi Ramaswamy and Jack McCavit
Global Congress on Process Safety

T1B00 Developing an Operational Discipline Program
Ryan J. Hart and Donald J. Connolley
Global Congress on Process Safety

T1D00 Lessons Learned From Actual Mentoring of Proteges Within the Process Safety Organization
Delmar R. Morrison and Lina Saenz
Global Congress on Process Safety

T1C00 Managing Combustible Dust Hazards II
John F. Murphy and Henry L. Febo Jr.

1:30 PM-3:00 PM

Global Congress on Process Safety

T1D00 Lessons Learned Throughout a Career in Process Safety
James R. Thompson and Kendall Fosse
Global Congress on Process Safety

T1C00 Overpressure Control Methods and Alternatives I
Kathleen A. Kas and Ronald J. Willey
Global Congress on Process Safety

T1A00 Practical Approaches for Improving PSM Performance I
Seshu Dharmavaram and Chad Schaffer
Global Congress on Process Safety

T1E00 Spanish Session - Seguridad de Procesos en Latinoamérica
Alberto E. Vignale and Clara Ines Arbelaez
Global Congress on Process Safety

T1B00 Sustaining and Improving an Operational Discipline Program
Ryan J. Hart and Donald J. Connolley

1:30 PM-5:00 PM

Topical 7: 16th Topical on Refinery Processing

T7000 Advanced Process Control and Optimization I
M. Nazmul Karim, Mark Darby and Aaron Matthews
Topical 7: 16th Topical on Refinery Processing

T7000 Advances in Hydroprocessing and Hydrocracking
Laura E. Leonard, Jinwen Chen and Kevin Turini
Liaison Functions

18J00 All About Professional Licensure... Motivations for Attaining the PE, the Processes Involved, Today's Critical Issues, and How Different State Laws Could Affect You
Jeffery Perl and Joseph J. Cramer
Process Development Division

12B00 Challenges in Process Scale-Up, Part II
David C. Attride and Hani Gadalla
Topical 7: 16th Topical on Refinery Processing

T7000 Energy Conservation
Kirtan K. Trivedi, Frank L. Del Nogal and Ian M. Glasgow
Topical 6: 13th Topical Conference on Gas Utilization

T6A00 Production of Fuels and Chemicals From Fischer-Tropsch Hydrocarbons
Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani and Venkat Ramana Rao Pendyala
Liaison Functions

18C00 Simulate This! the Art & Science of Process Simulation
David Hill, Sola Cardoso and Jonathan Haughton
Topical 5: Emerging Technologies in Clean Energy for the Twenty-First Century

T5000 Sustainable and Renewable Biofuels (cellulosic hydrocarbon fuels, green diesel, gasoline, etc.)
Hemant P. Pendse
Process Development Division

12000 Young Professionals in Process Development
Joseph B. Powell, Hsiang Yee Lai and Jonathan Haughton

1:30 PM-5:25 PM

Topical 8: Kister Distillation Symposium 2013

T8000 New Frontiers In Hardware Design and Application
Henry Z. Kister and Michael D. Pritchett

2:00 PM-5:00 PM

Environmental Division

09A00 Advanced Technologies for Reduction of Atmospheric Emissions in the Petrochemical and Refining Industries
Richard Siegel and Armin Sorooshian
Topical 5: Emerging Technologies in Clean Energy for the Twenty-First Century

T5000 Advancements in Hydrogen Production, Storage and Utilization
Daniela S. Mainardi and Terry Payne
Management Division

05C00 Guiding Organizational Change
Diana Matonis
Topical 6: 13th Topical Conference on Gas Utilization

T6A00 LNG Simulation and Control
Yu-Nan Liu, Yoshitsugi Kikkawa and Joseph H. Cho
Topical 4: The 25th Ethylene Producers’ Conference

T4000 Maintenance Challenges Unique To Ethylene Plants
Robert M. Pritchett and Keith Wade
Topical 6: 13th Topical Conference on Gas Utilization

T6A00 Off Gas Processing Equipment / Revamps
Ka Lok and Kal Renganathan Sharma

2:00 PM-5:15 PM

Topical 4: The 25th Ethylene Producers’ Conference

T4000 Ethylene Plant Feedstock Impurities Session
Mark Brayden and Joe Lally

3:30 PM-5:00 PM

Global Congress on Process Safety

T1D00 Fires & Explosions - Fundamental Understandings for Professionals New to the Field - Joint Session
Delmar R. Morrison and Joan M. Schork
Global Congress on Process Safety

T1B00 Management of Change
Bernard Groce and Russell Ogle
Global Congress on Process Safety

T1C00 Overpressure Control Methods and Alternatives II
Kathleen A. Kas and Ronald J. Willey
Global Congress on Process Safety

T1A00 Practical Approaches for Improving PSM Performance II
Seshu Dharmavaram and Chad Schaffer
Global Congress on Process Safety

T1E00 Spanish Session - Estudio de casos y experiencias de aprendizaje
Felipe Munoz and Peter G. Herena