First Texas A&M at Qatar Safety Symposium 15 -16 March 2010 "Process and personal safety is not achieved by accident"
Howdy and a very warm welcome to all our guests who have come here to be part of our university over the next two days. If you have not been to Education City before or to Texas A&M University at Qatar, we hope that you will be impressed by your surroundings. More so, we want you to enjoy and benefit from the information that the distinguished speakers at our First Safety symposium will share with you. In organizing the symposium, technical excellence has been our primary goal. We want to make this meeting a regular event in the Doha calendar and a time when safety experts and those who wish to learn from their peers can gather together to share knowledge, experience and networking in convivial surroundings. We hope that you will all be able to do just that over the next two days. Due to the generous financial support that provided by Shell, Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil there is no fee for attending this symposium. As you know, there is a substantial cost for running an event such as this and I am grateful to our partners, Shell, Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil, for supporting this important opportunity. Also, I am proud that our University is able to make our facilities available for the symposium. Such activities are intrinsic to our outreach and engagement mission. We strongly believe that spreading the word about best practice in the areas of health, safety and the environment are part of the fundamental responsibilities of Texas A&M at Qatar. My best wishes for a very successful First Safety symposium,
Mark H. Weichold, Ph.D. Dean and CEO Texas A&M at Qatar Safety Symposium
Texas A&M at Qatar Safety Symposium Texas A&M University at Qatar, March 15-16, 2010 Doha Qatar
Symposium Program Monday 15th March 2010 07.45 - 08.30
Registration and refreshments
08:30 - 08:35
Introduction, Dr. Simon Waldram, Professor of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University at Qatar and Symposium organizer.
08.35 - 08.45
Welcome and opening of the symposium, Dr Mark Weichold, Dean & CEO, Texas A&M at Qatar
08.45 - 09.15
Plenary Keynote lecture, Rob Munster, Vice President HSSE/SD and Manager HSSE/SD for Pearl GTL, Shell Qatar, Keeping safe.
09.15 - 9.45
Dennis Percy, Middle East Branch Manager, JMJ Associates, An Integral Approach to Safety: Aligning Behavior, Commitment, Systems and Culture to ensure everyone returns home safe and well.
09.45 - 10.15
Timothy Harding, Qatar Petroleum, The role of a regulator in managing risk through promotion of systemic behavioral safety.
10.15 - 10.45 Coffee Break 10.45 - 11.15
Raul Avendaño, BP Middle East HSE Manager, Process Safety - A Systematic approach.
11.15 – 11.45
Faisal Khan, Qatargas Research Chair on Process Safety and Risk Management at Qatar University, Inherent safety through predictive accident modeling and prevention.
11.45 – 12.15
Hans Pasman, MKOPSC , previously with Shell, TNO and the University of Delft, Risk control and management: strengths and weaknesses, and the role of safety R&D and education.
Discussion of morning topics 12.30 -13.30
Lunch and networking
13.30 – 14.00
Ian Waldram, SHEQuality, Aberdeen, The Oil & Gas Producers Guide on Asset Integrity.
14.00 – 15.00
Panel discussion on safety culture with additional topics submitted from the audience during the morning session, Dr. Sam Mannan, Dennis Percy, Dr. Hans Pasman, Dr. Faisal Khan, Ian Waldram, Robert Munster.
Tuesday 16th March 2010 08.00 – 08.30
Registration, refreshments
08.30 – 09.00
Plenary Keynote lecture, Dr. Sam Mannan, Director of the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Centre, Development of Effective Metrics for Measuring Improvements in Safety Performance.
09.00 – 09.30
Bruce Palmer, Texas A&M at Qatar, Important tools to understand safety performance data.
09.30 -10.00
Simon Waldram, Texas A&M at Qatar, New ideas for teaching process safety in a university environment & LNG safety research at Texas A&M at Qatar.
10.00 – 10.30
Chris Lea, Director, Lea CFD Associates Ltd, Evaluation of hazard analysis models for releases from LNG facilities.
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee Break 11.00 – 11.15
Simon Waldram, Texas A&M at Qatar, Future Texas A&M at Qatar Safety Symposia.
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11.15 – 11.45
Carl Laird, Texas A&M University College Station, Advanced Numerical Methods for Improved System Understanding and Response Planning.
11.45 – 12.15
Adam Markowski, Technical University of Lodz, LOPA for explosion workplace risk assessment.
Discussion of morning topics 12.30 -13.30
Lunch and networking
13.30 – 14.00
Hans Pasman, MKOPSC, previously with Shell, TNO and the University of Delft, Synopsis of the AICHE/CSCHE LNG safety workshop on Safe-Siting Questions, 8th World Congress of Chemical Engineering, Montreal –August 24-26, 2009 and the White Paper on the topic drafted by AIChE expected in March-April 2010.
14.00 – 15.00
Panel discussion. LNG spills: experiments and modeling, with additional topics submitted by the audience, Chris Lea, Sam Mannan, Simon Waldram, Tomasz Olewski.
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Speakers ROBERT MUNSTER, VICE PRESIDENT HSSE/SD AND MANAGER HSSE/ SD FOR PEARL GTL PROJECT, SHELL QATAR. PLENARY KEYNOTE LECTURE, 15 MARCH 2010 Title: Keeping safe Abstract: As engineers it is easy to address safety through technical and engineering standards in design and establishing the requisite procedural and operating controls. It is less easy for us to address the human aspects of safety which requires engagement, motivation and training. The Pearl Gas to Liquids Project in Qatar, with over 3,000 equipment items, presented technological challenges with its complex systems and high levels of system integration. This leads to challenges for commissioning and startup as system interdependence requires strict sequential startup. An operating workforce of 800 people was recruited, trained and tested in preparation for starting up and operating the plant. This activity has taken 5 years of planning, recruiting and training to achieve. Construction of the plant is being undertaken as 10 major EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) contracts with a workforce of over 48,000 people and expenditure of more than 400 million hours worked. The construction phase of more than 4 years is long by any project standard. Motivating the workforce to achieve strict safety, quality and productivity goals was a critical success factor in such a large undertaking. A decision was made to invest in workers welfare covering the physical aspects such as accommodation and food standards, recreation and shopping facilities, communication and medical facilities as well as the ‘softer’ aspects of training, events organization and a site wide support network. The investment has assisted in Pearl GTL achieving a world-class safety performance and productivity without disturbance. Biographical notes: Robert graduated with an Honors degree in Chemistry from Victoria University in New Zealand. He is currently Vice President for HSSE and Sustainable Development for Qatar Shell and the HSSE/SD Manager for the Pearl GTL Project. Following work in engineering and construction activities he moved into the area of technical safety in 1989. This was only to be a short assignment but he developed an enjoyment
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working in field of safety that he has continued from that day. He has worked in New Zealand (Upstream and Downstream businesses) then in Thailand (Thai Shell Exploration and Production), Philippines (Malampaya Deepwater Gas to Power Project), The Hague as Vice President HSSE/SD in the Upstream Projects Group and for the last 5 years on the Pearl GTL Project.
DENNIS PERCY, MIDDLE EAST BRANCH MANAGER, JMJ ASSOCIATES. Title: An Integral Approach to Safety: Aligning Behavior, Commitment, Systems and Culture to ensure everyone returns home safe and well. Abstract: This presentation will describe the Integral Approach as applied to safety management and safety performance. Biographical notes: Dennis joined JMJ Associates in 1993. He is now responsible for all aspects of JMJ’s work in the Middle East and is grounded in all of JMJ’s offerings of high performance technologies (teambuilding, alignment, incident & injury free and alliances). Dennis is based in Doha, Qatar with his wife Natalie. Their two daughters, Saya 18 and Topaz 15, attend school in the UK. Dennis and Natalie also have a one year old son, Joss.
TIMOTHY HARDING, QATAR PETROLEUM, DIRECTORATE OF HSE REGULATION AND ENFORCEMENT Title: The role of a regulator in managing HSE risk through promotion of Systemic Behavioral Safety. Abstract: Regulating and enforcing HSE matters is a huge challenge that we intend to fulfill working consultatively and winning the support of all the stakeholders including the petroleum industry, academia, other government departments and multilateral organizations. The strategy should not be to re-invent the wheel but to sustain best risk management practices within a Qatari context. This paper covers DG’s strategy and plan for enhancing HSE in the Petroleum industry in Qatar through the development of positive HSE behavior supportive regulations, preparation of guidelines and codes of practice for managing risk with cross stakeholder teams, establishing minimum standards and raising the bar with time, encouraging the use of management systems with a strong leadership to achieve improved performance and licensing of high risk activities.
Biographical notes: Tim Harding is the Acting Manager Technical and Supervision in HSE Directorate Regulations & Enforcement. Tim was deputed from Conoco Phillips where he has worked for over 31 years since 1978 after graduating with an Honors degree in Chemical Engineering from Exeter University. Tim held petroleum, production, drilling, process, construction, operations engineering and HSE Management positions working in the North Sea, Venezuela and Nigeria. Tim brings his ability to deliver practical solutions with equal command in health, safety and environmental functions. Tim is on the “other side of the fence” as a HSE regulator and will share his vision for the whole of the energy and industry sector of the State of Qatar.
RAUL AVENDAÑO, BP VICE PRESIDENT HSSE AND ENGINEERING, MIDDLE EAST AND PAKISTAN SPU. Title: Process Safety - A Systematic approach Abstract: Process Safety is a disciplined framework for managing the integrity of hazardous operating systems and processes by applying good design principles, engineering and operating practices. It deals with the prevention and control of incidents that have the potential to release hazardous materials or energy. Such incidents can cause toxic effects, fire or explosion and could ultimately result in serious injuries, property damage, lost production and environmental impact. OMS is, for BP, the systematic framework designed to create both consistency and continuous improvement and by engaging our frontline workforce, by improving safety behaviors, we can make our activities safer and more efficient every day. Process safety is embedded in OMS and is being woven into every stage in the design, operation and management of BP upstream and downstream assets. • Need to commit to Process Safety; Understand Hazards & Risks; Manage Risks & Learn from experience. • You cannot address a risk you have not identified. • You need to understand the risk to decide what actions to take. • Processes are not a substitute for competent people. • Assurance is essential but not a substitute for doing the job properly in the first place. • Maintain a sense of vulnerability Biographical notes: Raul Avendaño’s professional background is in Electrical Engineering with a B.Sc. from the National University in Colombia and a M.Sc. in EE at Drexel University, Philadelphia as a
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Fulbright Scholar. He attended Management courses at Andes University in Bogotá, Colombia and the Engineering Management Program from BP at the University of Manchester and the Operations Academy at the MIT, Boston-USA completing the Programs in 2009 both with emphasis in Process Safety. Professional experience of more than 25 years in the oil industry including positions from Design Engineer; Facilities Engineer; Project Design Supervisor in the areas of Electrical and Control Engineering; Commissioning Engineer; Operations Superintendent; Projects and Operations Manager and Area Operations Manager for all BP Colombia operations including four main operating sites (Cusiana, Cupiagua, Floreña and Recetor). In February 2008 appointed as the OMS Implementation Manager and as Engineering Authority for the ANDEAN SPU. In February 2010 appointed VP of HSSE & ENGINEERING for the Middle East & Pakistan SPU in BP E&P.
FAISAL KHAN, QATARGAS RESEARCH CHAIR ON PROCESS SAFETY AND RISK MANAGEMENT AT QATAR UNIVERSITY. Title: Inherent safety through predictive accident modeling and prevention. Abstract: Many process incidents are controlled and mitigated before they escalate to major events, but unfortunately some do go on to produce catastrophic consequences. As the size of processing facilities increases, the risks posed by accidents become more alarming. Operational safety is improved if due emphasis is given to the prevention of incident occurrence, rather than relying on control and mitigation measures. This method is referred to as an “inherently safer design approach”. To prevent major, though infrequent, event occurrence, it is important to consider accident precursors (symptoms of hazards), such as operational deviations, mishaps, and near misses, with a view to preventing events at source rather than controlling or mitigating them. This paper describes a recently developed process accident model with predictive abilities. Utilizing a combination of event and fault tree concepts, the model relies on process history, accident precursor information, accident causation modeling, and inherently safer design features. The model is dynamic, updating the accident likelihood estimate using a Bayesian updating mechanism as new evidence/information becomes available. Accident likelihood is first estimated based on available information, and is subsequently used to estimate risk. The predictive abilities of the model, along with the estimated risk, help to develop and prioritize inherently safer design and operational strategies.
Biographical notes: Dr. Faisal Khan is Visiting Professor and Qatargas Research Chair at Qatar University. His areas of expertise include: safety and risk engineering, inherent safety, risk management, and risk-based integrity assessment and management. He is actively involved with multinational oil and gas industries on the issue of safety and asset integrity. In 2006, he served as risk and integrity expert with Lloyd’s Register a risk management organization. He also served as Safety and Risk Advisor to Government of Newfoundland, Canada, SBM Modco, Husky Energy and others. In 2007 he has been nominated for Canada’s most prestigious Steacie Award for Science and Engineering. He has authored four books, and over 150 research articles in peer reviewed journals and conferences on safety and risk. He has offered many training programs/workshops on safety and risk engineering in different regions including St John’s, Tehran, Doha, Dubai, Beijing, and Malaysia.
HANS PASMAN, RESEARCH PROFESSOR, MKOPSC, TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE STATION. Title: Risk control and management: strengths and weaknesses, and the role of safety R&D and education. Abstract: Although safety of process industry in general improves, yet from time to time risks involved are experienced. Risk control is a must, and for enabling risk management, analysis and assessment of risks is a basic need. The methodology developed and became applied for plant safety improvements, land use planning, licensing of plant and emergency planning. However would risk analysis have predicted the Buncefield or Texas City scenarios? Most probably not. Research is badly needed on better ways to generate scenarios, failure frequency, consequences and effects of human factor, management and culture. Computer models can stimulate human mind for imagination, but also help to cope with the complexity of reality. R&D in this field will pay. Combination of R&D and education is good. Young people off-hand will give safety no high priority. Education transfers condensed experience as knowledge. In a Ph.D. study exposure to case histories and studying mechanisms leading to accident, may make them aware. Becoming forced to think about what can go wrong will train the mind to prevent. Biographical notes: Hans Pasman studied chemical technology at Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands and obtained his Ph.D. in 1964. He worked for Shell, and then moved to TNO. His experience includes investigating process industry accidents and working in various
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aspects of defense research. During the 1980-90s he was Chairman of the NATO group on Explosives, the OECD group on Unstable Substances, was chairman of the European Working Group on Risk Analysis, and was chairman European Working Party on Loss Prevention. During the 1990s he coordinated industrial safety research at TNO. For 10 years he was Professor of Chemical Risk Management at Delft University. He is still a member of the Dutch Hazardous Substances Council and Research Professor MKOPSC Texas A&M University
IAN WALDRAM, CONSULTANT, SHEQUALITY LTD, ABERDEEN. Title: The Oil & Gas Producers Guide on Asset Integrity. Abstract: The OGP Guide on Asset Integrity is subtitled – the key to managing major incident risks, events which can involve multiple fatalities and all the associated negative impacts for a workforce, the local community, the operating organization and wider industry reputation. The need to manage such risks, including learning from incidents which others have failed to manage and to ensure that such learning is thoroughly integrated into relevant degree programs, is a theme that runs through this Symposium. The 20-page OGP Guide provides an overview of all the elements required to assure and sustain asset integrity. This presentation will highlight three areas in particular – the concept of ‘Swiss-cheese barriers’, a helpful reference for further reading and professional education, and the ‘question set’ which can be used by an operating organization, including by leaders with a non-technical background. The OGP Guide and Question Set is available at: http://www.ogp.org.uk/pubs/415.pdf and http://www. ogp.org.uk/pubs/415-1.pdf Biographical notes: Ian Waldram has spent most of his working career in the major hazards sector, initially in chemicals, and then in upstream oil & gas. Since retirement from Mobil ten years ago he has consulted part-time, including a contract to edit the OGP Guide ‘Asset Integrity’, published in 2009. Ian has been active in the Institution of Occupational Safety & Health (IOSH), the world’s largest professional health and safety organisation, for many years. He has worn a number of ‘IOSH hats’, including that of President in 1999-2000, and currently as a member of the Board of Trustees.
DR. SAM MANNAN, DIRECTOR OF THE MARY KAY O’CONNOR PROCESS SAFETY CENTRE. PLENARY KEYNOTE LECTURE, 16 March 2010 Title: The need for Effective Metrics for Measuring Improvements in Safety Performance. Abstract: While standards and regulations have continued to evolve for establishing safe process operations, chemical incidents continue to plague all sectors of the process industries. Although industries have benefited from advanced technologies and alternative process technologies such as inherently safer technology, there are no accepted methods for measuring improvements in safety performance. Thus there is a need for developing effective metrics that can be applied as best practice to assess safety performance. An essential element of any improvement program is the measure of existing and future performance. Therefore, to continuously improve upon process safety performance, it is essential that companies in the chemical and petroleum industries implement effective leading and lagging process safety metrics. This paper describes a goal specific approach for collecting incident information and the use of both leading and lagging indicators to measure process safety performance. Recommendations are made how these indicators can be operationally analyzed to help improve safety performance. Biographical notes: M. Sam Mannan is Regents Professor in the Chemical Engineering Department at Texas A&M University and Director of the Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center at the Texas Engineering Experiment Station. The mission of the Center is to improve safety in the chemical process industry by conducting programs and research activities that promote safety as second nature for all plant personnel in their day-to-day activities. Before joining Texas A&M University, Dr. Mannan was Vice President at RMT, Inc., a nationwide engineering services company. He co-authored the Guidelines for Safe Process Operations and Maintenance published by the Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and is the editor of the 3rd edition of the 3-volume, 3,680-page, authoritative reference for process safety and loss prevention,” Lees’ Loss Prevention in the Process Industries. Dr. Mannan has published more than 100 journal papers and contributes many presentations to conferences and symposia throughout the world. He is recipient of numerous awards and distinctions.
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BRUCE PALMER, TEXAS A&M AT QATAR. Title: Important tools to understand safety performance data. Abstract: Safety programs are established to improve safety performance. Accordingly safety professionals need access to tools that can assess whether performance is improving over time. In most settings, safety performance is measured periodically, and information from several measuring periods is assembled to assess long-term performance. There usually is significant variation in safety measures between successive periods, and such variation can mask long-term performance trends. The present paper illustrates the application of the process behavior chart to assess long-term safety performance. This tool readily determines meaningful long-term trends in safety data in the presence of significant variation between measurements. Construction of process behavior charts is clear-cut, and results concerning safety performance can be drawn readily. Trends in safety data are identified readily by application of four straightforward rules to chart data. Process behavior charts can be implemented with computer applications for processing high volumes of data. Biographical notes: BS metallurgical engineering (honors), Colorado School of Mines (1968), PhD in metallurgy, University of Utah (1972), 1972-1981 South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 1982-1985 Elf Aquitaine (Denver, Colorado), 1985-2003 Kerr-McGee (Oklahoma City), 2004-2009 Petroleum Institute (Abu Dhabi), 2009-present Texas A&M University at Qatar, Professor, Program Coordinator, Chemical Engineering Department. Publications: 40 technical papers and patents. Awards include the Colorado School of Mines' van Diest Gold Medal, ASM Bradley Stoughton Award, AIME Arthur F. Taggart Award and the AIME Publications Committee Award.
SIMON WALDRAM, TEXAS A&M AT QATAR. Title: New ideas for teaching process safety in a university environment & LNG safety research at Texas A&M at Qatar. Abstract: Process safety is an absent, or neglected, subject in many US, undergraduate, chemical engineering, course programs. We suggest how the broad topic of process safety can be infused, or embedded, into many aspects of conventional chemical engineering courses. This will provide a unifying, or integrating, theme that can then be focused in the core process safety course which must be taken by all students in their
Senior year. A number of summary examples are presented showing how process safety related applications can be introduced into core chemical engineering subjects. A brief overview of the 5 year BP sponsored LNG safety project at Texas A&M University at Qatar will also be presented. Biographical notes: Simon Waldram trained as a chemical engineer in both the UK and USA and obtained his PhD from University College London, University of London where he was a faculty member for 21 years and where he remains an Honorary Reader. He was appointed Technical Director of Hazard Evaluation Laboratory, later to become HEL, in 1992 and subsequently was appointed Director for Business development. He was responsible for 970 process consultancy projects and reports during his 15 years at HEL. He has made a number of overseas visits to India and Bangladesh as a specialist lecturer with the British Council. He joined the faculty at Texas A&M University at Qatar in 2007. Dr Waldram is author of more than 100 publications, many in the safety related fields and is an expert in calorimetry and runaway reactions. He leads the Process Safety activities at Texas A&M Qatar including a major 5 year project on LNG safety sponsored by BP.
CHRIS LEA, DIRECTOR, LEA CFD ASSOCIATES LTD. Title: Evaluation of hazard analysis models for releases from LNG facilities. Abstract: Models for the dispersion of accidental releases of LNG from storage facilities are used to calculate hazard distances for input into decision-making processes on the siting of such facilities. Dispersion models require the specification of source terms, which in turn rely upon appropriate models for LNG spills. This presentation addresses the evaluation of hazard analysis models for LNG releases, focusing primarily on dispersion models. It draws on the author’s involvement in the formulation of a Model Evaluation Protocol (MEP) for vapor dispersion models which was accepted and published by the National Fire Protection Association in 2007 and is now referenced from the NFPA 59A standard on the Production, Storage and Handling of LNG. In addition to an outline of the MEP and its application, the presentation also covers the validation requirements for dispersion models and a database which has been constructed for this purpose. Finally, some remarks are made on outstanding issues in the evaluation and development of vapor dispersion and source term models for LNG releases. Biographical notes: Chris has been continuously involved in the modeling of fluid flows since 1985. He began his career in the UK aerospace industry,
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undertook his MSc and PhD in CFD at UMIST-Manchester, before joining the UK Health & Safety Executive in 1992 to establish and grow its CFD team. Since 2004 he has been running Lea CFD Associates Limited – a consultancy offering CFD and other modeling solutions, support and advice. In recent years his work has focused on the assessment and evaluation of models for hazard analysis and providing guidance on their application, in particular applied to the accidental release of natural gas in gas turbine enclosures and LNG releases from storage facilities.
SIMON WALDRAM, TEXAS A&M AT QATAR ADAM MARKOWSKI, TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ. Title: LOPA for explosion workplace risk assessment. Abstract: This paper is concerned with the so-called explosion Layer of Protection Analysis (exLOPA), which allows for practical semi-quantitative explosion risk assessment for the workers employed in industries where explosive atmospheres occur. The exLOPA is based on the original work of CCPS for LOPA but takes into account some typical factors appropriate for explosion, like the probability that an explosive atmosphere will occur, the probability that sources of ignition will be present and become effective as well as the probability of failure on demand for appropriate explosion prevention and mitigation means. The severity level of consequences required to assess risk are estimated based on the explosive mass, volume and construction type of the vessel/buildings. Risk level is assessed by a risk matrix. A practical example of the proposed method is also presented. Biographical notes: Head of the Safety Engineering Department and the Post graduate Industrial Safety Engineering program at the Technical University of Lodz, Poland. Organizer of the intra-faculty educational program on safety engineering. Member of the Loss Prevention Working Party of the European Federation of Chemical Engineers and member of different safety organizations and editorial boards. Scientific professional interests include: chemical and process engineering especially drying and evaporation processes and different process safety topics including quantitative and semi-quantitative risk analysis such as LOPA for major hazard industries, fire and explosion modeling and assessment, uncertainty analysis with the help of fuzzy logic for process risk assessment, incident analysis, domino effects and safety management
systems for the process industry. Author of over 260 scientific papers, reports, monographs and chapters, mostly concerning process safety.
CARL LAIRD, TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY COLLEGE STATION. Title: Advanced Numerical Methods for Improved System Understanding and Response Planning Abstract: The key to improved safety, response management, and protection of critical infrastructures is reliable information. Often, however, we are not able to measure the specific data we need, or the data we have available is sparse. In these situations, we need to rely on model-based algorithms to infer the information we want from the measurements we have. Large-scale optimization packages provide a valuable tool for this purpose and others. In this presentation, we will demonstrate how large-scale optimization can be used to infer contamination points within large distributed water networks. Furthermore, these tools can also be used for optimal real-time response planning. Biographical notes: Carl Laird is an Assistant Professor in the Artie McFerrin Chemical Engineering Department at Texas A&M University. He received his Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University in 2006. Dr. Laird's research interests include optimization of large-scale systems addressing problems in chemical process systems and homeland security applications. He has been the recipient of several teaching awards and an NSF Faculty Early Development (CAREER) award.
HANS PASMAN, MKOPSC, PREVIOUSLY WITH SHELL, TNO AND THE UNIVERSITY OF DELFT. Title: Synopsis of the AICHE/CSCHE LNG safety workshop on Safe-Siting Questions, 8th World Congress of Chemical Engineering, Montreal –August 24-26, 2009 and the White Paper on the topic drafted by AIChE expected in March-April 2010. Abstract: In 2009, on at least two occasions, safety of LNG was discussed at major conferences: the 8th World Congress on Chemical Engineering, WCCE8, in Montreal Canada in August and the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center Symposium at College Station in October. The first was formally called the 2nd AIChE/CSChE LNG Topical Conference
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“Answering Safe-Siting Questions for LNG Import Terminals”. It was organized on behalf of the American and Canadian engineering institutions by Professor Jerry Havens and consisted of 17 lectures. The second session was part of the larger process safety symposium and consisted of 8 contributions. In particular the first conference focused on uncertainties. It revealed progress made in e.g. CFD dispersion and fire modeling, and cascading effects and the mechanism of failing ship tanks. It also showed where lack of knowledge hampers risk assessments. Results will be summarized in a White Paper issued by the engineering associations AIChE and CSChE. The paper shall be expected this spring. This synopsis will highlight the main findings and draw some conclusions about needs. Biographical notes: see previous program contribution.
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