Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center

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Lab Area Capabilities

Areas of Expertise

Center researchers have in-depth knowledge and experience in these areas:

Risk Assessment

Hazard Identification

Consequence Analysis

The Center can provide expertise to assist in reducing the undesired effects to an acceptable level by suggesting changes in the process design, operating specifications, and maintenance procedures.

Services include but are not limited to:

  • Independent incident investigation and analysis
  • Advice and consulting
  • Risk Assesment/Management

The Center has provided counsel to federal, state and local governmental agencies, as well as corporate boards and industrial industries.

Areas of expertise in experimental safety

The Center houses six laboratories with state of the art equipment, which enables Center researchers to conduct research and to setup tailored experiments and develop safer processes, equipment, techniques, tools, procedures and management strategies to minimize losses.

Aerosols, Mists, and Dust Explosions

Flammability, Fire and Explosion

Large Scale LNG Experiments

Corrosion and Materials Safety

Reactive Chemicals

State-of-the-Art lab equipment includes:

  • Reaction Calorimetry & In-situ FTIR Analysis (RC1e)
  • Automatic Pressure Tracking Adiabatic Calorimeter (APTAC)
  • 36-L vessel for dust explosion testing Contact the Center for more information.
Experimental Testing Capabilities

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Contact Us
Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center
Room 200, Jack E. Brown Building
Texas A&M University, 3122 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3122
E-mail: [email protected]
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