
2005
Beyond Regulatory Compliance, Making Safety Second Nature
October 25-26, 2005 Program
| Tuesday, October 25, 2005 |
| 8:00am - 9:00am |
| Frank P. Lees Memorial Lecture“Lesson Learned from Unreported Incidents and Near-Misses,” Christopher Hart, Assistant Administrator for System Safety, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) |
| 9:00am - 9:30am |
| “State of the Research Center: Research Program, Current Activities, and Future Direction,” Dr. Sam Mannan, Director, Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center |
TRACK I
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TRACK II
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TRACK III
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| 10:00am - 11:30 am |
Reactive Chemicals I
- “Reactive Calorimetry,” M. Levin, Shell Global Solutions
- “Thermal Characteristics of Tri-isocyanate and its Mixtures with Trace Water,” X. Li, M. Momota, and H. Koseki, National Institute of Fire and Disaster, Tokyo, Japan
- “Development of Miniature Calorimeter for Identification and Detection of Explosives and Other Energetic Compounds,” Y.S. Liu, V.M. Ugaz, W.J. Rogers, and M.S. Mannan, Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center
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Incident Analysis
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Safety Culture
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| 12:30pm - 2:30pm |
Reactive Chemicals II
- “Making a Reactive Chemical System Inherently Safer at a Samll Company: Case Study of the CDG Gas:Solid™ Chlorine Dioxide Generator,” T.J. Myers, Exponent, Inc. and T.E. McWhorter, CDG Technology
- “Isothermal Calorimetry: Impact of Measurement Errors on Heat of Reaction and Kinetic Calculations,” H.P. Nawada, J. Gao, A. Fergusson-Ress, M. Smith, and M. Papadaki, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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Hazard Management
- “Workforce Attitude and Behavior Inventory (WABI): A psychological approach to reducing injuries by analyzing employees’ association to risk,” F. Goodall, KBR Energy and Chemicals
- “Combustible Dust Hazards: Where and How Bad is the Problem,” G. Joseph, M. Kaszniak, and C. MacKenzie, US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
- “Managing Hydrogen Sulfide in Petroleum Refinery,” S.L. Chakravorty, OISD, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, New Delhi, India
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Technologies for PSM
- “Assuring Process Safety in the Transfer of Hydrogen Cyanide Manufacturing Technology,” G.R. Maxwell, DuPont Company, and V.H. Edwards, M. Robertson, and K. Shah, Kvaerner Engineers and Constructors
- “Innovative Safety Valve Selection Techniques and Data,” L. Bredemeyer and C. Miller, Exida
- “Gas Compressor Installation at High Altitude in the Andes,” Mark Silverstone, Horacio Blasetti, Ken Koch, John Bosholm, Hanover Compression Company, Houston
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| 3:00pm - 4:30pm |
Reactive Chemicals III
- “Runaway Studies and Global Kinetic Model Development of Complex Reaction Systems: Case Study N-oxidation of Alkylpyridines,” C. Zhang and M. Sam Mannan, Mary kay O’Connor Process Safety Center and M. Papdaki, Leeds University, Leeds, UK
- “Study of Exothermic Oxidation of ABS Resin Powder With Application to Safety of ABS Processing,” T.C. Ho, National Tsing Hua University, J.R. Chen, National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology, and Y.S. Duh, Jen-The Junior College of Medicine, Taiwan
- “Review of the Methods for SADT Determination,” A. Kossoy and I. Sheinman, ChemInform St. Petersburg, Russia
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Lessons Learned / Case Histories
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LNG I - Design, Experimental Data Evluation, and Mitigation
- “Challenging Design Issues of Offshore LNG Terminals,” K. Charman, K. Krishna, N. Popat, A. Warwick, and L. Chappell, WS Atkins
- “Experimental Set-up for Large Scale LNG Spills,” T. Whipple, R. Coates, BP International; M. Wisby, K. Richardson, Brayton Fire School, TEEX; A. Murthi, H.H. West, and M.S. Mannan, Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center
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| 4:30pm - 5:30pm |
Panel Discussion: National Reactive Chemicals Database
“A Proposal for a National Reactive Chemicals Database,” H.M. Johnstone, Dow Chemical Company — Panel: Cigdem Karayigitoglu, Pfizer; Tom Hoppe, Ciba; Don Connolly, AKZO-Nobel; and Dusty Ferrell, Georgia Pacific |
| 5:30pm - 7:00pm |
Cocktail Reception
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| Wednesday, October 26, 2005 |
| 8:00am - 8:45am |
General Session
“Lesson Learned from Recent CSB Investigations,” Garry Visscher, Board Member, US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board |
| 8:45pm - 9:30pm |
| “Measuring and Communicating Process Safety Performance?,” Dom Kimbril, ExxonMobil Chemical Company |
TRACK I
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TRACK II
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TRACK III
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| 9:45am - 11:30am |
LNG II - Consequence Analysis
- “Modeling and Initial Conditions of Two-Phase Jet Flow Through an Orifice After De-pressurization,” T.O. Spicer, A. Paris, J.A. Havens, University of Arkansas
- “LNG Fire Spectral Data and Calculation of Emissive Power,” P. Raj, Technology and Management Systems, Inc.
- “Application of Photographic Visualization and Thermal Imaging for the Detection of LNG Leaks and Plumes,” J. Leake, D. Furry, Leake Company; M.L. Moore, Flameout Control; A. Murthi and M.S. Mannan, Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center
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Management for Process Safety I
- “Development of a Global Health and Safety Competency Model, Gap Assessment, and Development Planning Model for Health and Safety,” E. Miles, Johnson and Johnson
- “Reliability of Rotating Equipment in Chemical Processing Industry,” B.K. Hou, K. Park, Y.D. Jo, and K.S. Yu, Institute of Gas Safety - Korea Gas Safety Corp., Korea
- “Failure Conundrum,” M. Gentile and A.E. Summers, SIS-Tech Solutions
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Regulatory and Safety Issues for SME’s
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| 12:30pm - 2:45pm |
LNG III - Regulatory and International Issues
- “LNG Safety Issues - A FERC Perspective,” C. Zerby, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- “Evaluating Risks of LNG Spills Over Water,” L. Gritzo and M. Hightower, Sandia National Laboratories
- “LNG Risk Management - Regulations, Codes, Standards, and Company Practices,” D.W. Taylor, Bechtel Corporation
- “Safety Analysis for LNG Terminals Focused on the Consequences of Accidental and Intentional Spills,” J.K. Kim, K.S. Park, and E.S. Yoon, Seoul National University, Korea
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Management for Process Safety II
- “Worldwide Chemical Production, a Strategic Approach to PSM,” J.M.P. Geerinck, Johnson and Johnson
- “Intelligent Integrated Safety Management and Audit System in the Chemical Industry,” S.J. Ahn, K. Han, J.K. Kim, and E.S. Yoon, Seoul National University, Korea
- “Development of Security Vulnerability Assessment Process for RAMCAP,” D.A. Moore, AcuTech Consulting Group
- “In Search of an Inherently Safer Process Option,” K.A. Study, Rohm and Haas Company
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Diverse Applications of Risk Assessment
- “Risk-based Maintenance - Techniques and Applications,” N.S. Arunraj and J. Maiti, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
- “Quantitative Risk Assessment for Refinery Industry - exLOPA for Explosian Risk Assessment,” A.S.Markowski, Technical University of Lods, Poland
- “An Alternative Methodology for Conductin ga Comparitive Risk Concept Selection of Deepwater Oil/Gas Facilities,” G. Sharma, Granherne, Inc and P. Fletcher
- “Updating Hazard Rate Equation for Dual Safeguard Systems,” M. Rothschild, Rohm and Haas Company
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| 3:00pm - 4:30pm |
Consequence Analysis
- Spill Modeling of Dilute Water Stream Solutions,” V. Raghuanthan, S. Anand, H.H. West, Y.J. Wang, M. Sawyer, and M.S. Manna, Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center
- “Flashing Liquid Jets and Two-Phase Droplet Dispersion, Part I, Overview,” H.Witlox, M. Harper, DNV; P. Bowen and V. Cleary, Cardiff University
- “Flashing Liquid Jets and Two-Phase Droplet Dispersion, Part II, Experiments for Derivation of Droplet Atomisation Correlations,” V. Cleary, P. Bowen, Cardiff University; and H. Witlox, DNV
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Case Histories
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| 4:45pm - 5:45pm |
Special Session: Engineering Ethics
Dr. Sam Mannan, Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center |

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Contact Information
Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center
Room 200, Jack E. Brown Building
Texas A&M University, 3122 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3122
Phone: (979) 845-3489
Fax: (979) 458-1493
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