2001

TRACK I

• Skip Early, Early Consulting
• David Chung

TRACK II

• Rob Smith
• Mike Marshall, OSHA

TRACK III

• Kathy Shell, RMT

Benchmarking and Measurement Systems

• “Measuring Safety Performance to Achieve Long-Term Achievements, J.C. Manzella Lonza Inc.
• “Process Safety Management: ProSmart,” B. Perry and J. Weaver, Center for Chemical Process Safety
• SPR Operations & Maintenance Benchmark Study,” Jeff Haverly, General PHysics Corporationa nd Casimiro (Cas) Izquierdo, Strategic Petroleum Rseerve Office of Fossil Energy

Reactive Chemicals I

• “Evaluation of Reaction Hazards for a Wiped-Film Evaporator,” H. Johstone, Dow Chemical Company
• “Effect of Air in the Thermal Decomposition of 50 wt% Hydroxylamine Water,” L.O. Cisneros, W.J. Rogers, and M.S. Mannan, Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center
• “Study on Risk Evaluation of Hydroxylamine/Water Solution,” H. Koseki, Y. Iwata, and K. Hasegawa, National Research Institute of Fire and Disaster, Japan

Risk Assessment / Risk Management I

• “Tolerable and Acceptable Risk: Establishing QuantitativeTargets for the HPC Industry,” K. Clark, Horizon Consultants
• “What is a QRA and What Can It Tell You,” J.D. Marx and J.B. Cornwell, Quest Consultants, Inc.

Process Management for Safety

• “Potential Impacts to Process Safety Management from Mergers, Acquisitions, Downsizing, and Re-Engineering,” J. Philey, DNV
• “System Simulation of a Management of Change Process in a North Slope Oil Exploration Facility,” J.R. Hemsath, BP Exploration
• “Process Safety Documentation: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly,” F.H. Knack, Knack Associates, Inc. and M.L. Brown, FMC Lithium Division

Reactive Chemicals II

• “Theoretical and Experimental Techniques for the Evaluation of Reactive Chemicals Hazards,” A.A. Aldeeb, W.J. Rogers, and M.S. Manna, Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center
• “Integration of a Reactive Chemicals Program into the Process Hazard Analysis Proecess at The Dow Chemical Company,” Tim Overton and D.J. Frurip, Dow Chemical Company
• “Reactive Chemicals Incidents, What Does Existing Data Tell Us?” G. Joseph, US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board

Risk Assessment / Risk Management II

• “Development of an Inherent Safety Index Using Fuzzy Logic,” M. Gentile and M.S. Mannan, Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center
• “Reducing Accident Causation in Complex Plants by Identifying Mutual Misconceptions Between Designers and Operators,” P.W. Chung and B.P. Das, Loughborough University; J.S. Busby and R.E. Hibberd, University of Bath; and J.E. Strutt, Cranfield University
• “Risk-Based Insepction Case Studies: Does RBI Improve Plant Safety,” S. Anderson, APTECH Engineering

Economics 101 of PSM Systems

• “Economic Justification for Process Safety Systems,” S. Hillman, Honeywell, Inc.
• “Regulatory Compliance - A Burden or an Opportunity,” R. Weber and M. Siecke, Process Safety and Reliability Group, Inc.
• “Economical Mitigation of Explosion Hazards for Plan Siting,” H.R. Schulz and J.T. Cranefield, Wilfred-Baker Engineering, Inc.

Reactive Chemicals III

• “Of Computers, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, and Reactivity,” S. Saraf, W.J. Rogers, and M.S. Mannan, Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center
• “From Experimental Data Via Kinetic Model to Predicting Reactivity and Assessing Reaction Hazards,” A. Kossoy, A. Benin, Y. Akhmetshin, ChemInform
• “Calorimetric Studies on Butadiene,” M. Levin, Equilon, Inc.

Risk Assessment / Risk Management III

• “Quantitative Risk Assessment for Refinery Industry,” A.S. Markowski, Technical University of Lodz
• Offshore Risk Assessment - Simple or Complex?” J.A. Alderman, RRS Engineering and A. Gosse, Advantica Technologies
• “Computer Aided Fault Tree Synthesis for Quantitative Risk Assessments,” Y. Wang, T.L. Teague, H.H. West, and M.S. Mannan

General Session - National Chemical Safety Program
2001 Chemical Safety Assessment Report

A Report on Chemical Safety in the US, Survey of Public Trust and community Interaction, Future Direction

TRACK I

• Skip Early, Early Consulting
• David Chung

TRACK II

• Rob Smith
• Mike Marshall, OSHA

TRACK III

• Kathy Shell, RMT

Safety Instrumented Systems

• “Expanding the Applicability of the ISA TR84.02 in the Field,” L. Beckman, HIMA-Americas, Inc.
• “Safe Automation Gap,” A.E. Summers, SIS-Tech Solutions, Inc.
• “Evaluating Safety Instrumented System Needs Using Process Hazard Analysis Data,” F. Leverenz and K.M. McEldowney, Battelle-Integrated Risk Management

Aerosols and Release Modeling

• “Modeling Aerosol Rainout,” T. Spicer and J. Havens, University of Arkansas
• “SS3G - An Integrated Risk Analysis Program Using Engineering Principles for Building Damage,” J.L. Woodward and H.R. Schulz, Wilfred-Baker Engineering, Inc.
• “Understanding the Formation of Heat Transfer Fluid Aerosols in Air,” K. Krishna, T.K. Kim, K.D. Kihm, W.J Rogers, and M.S. Mannan, Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center

Case Histories / Case Studies

• “Picture This! Incidents That Could Happen in Your Plant,” R.E. Sanders, PPG Industries
• “Common Cuases and Corrections for Explosions and Fires in Improperly Inerted Vessels,” R.A. Ogle, A.R Carpenter, and D.T. Morrison, Packer Engineering
• “Analysis of an LPG Explosion and Fire,” T.V. Rodante, ECRC

Emergency Response and Community Interaction

• “The Role of Community Advisory Panels in the Aftermath of Critical Incidents in the Chemical Processing Industry,” M. Dore, Lowenstein Sandler PC
• “Handling a Crisis Situation Through Media Training,” P. Macias and D. Barton, Marasco-Newton Group, Ltd.
• “Use of Surveys for Emergency Communications,” R. Deville, Harris, Deville, & Associates

Explosion Modeling and Mitigation

• “Explosion Risk Assessment, How the Results Vary with the Approach Chosen,” O.R. Hansen and J.R. Bakke, GexCon
• “A Comparison of Simple Vapor Cloud Explosion Methodologies,” G.A. Fitzgerald EQE International
• “An Inherent Technology to Mitigate Vapor Cloud Explosions,” D.G. Clark, DuPont

Benchmarking PSM Program Components

• “The Pitfalls of Alarm Rationalization and Benchmark Analysis,” L.D. Jensen, ProSys, Inc.
• “Benchmarking Chlorine Safety Practices in the Water Industry,” H.C. Emery, San Antonio Water System
• “Benchmarking MOC Practices in the Process Industry,” H.H. West, N. Keren, and M.S. Mannan, Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center

Forum on Future Research

• Development of a Decision Support System for Chemical Accident Information
• A Robust Sensor Fault Diagnosis System Using Neural Networks and a Dynamic Process Model
• Issues in Fault Diagnosis and Isolation
  Chemical Plant Safety Performance Measurements
• Electrostatic Hazards and Class I Flammable Liquids