| Preliminary Program subject to change |
| T2001 Ethylene Plant Safety Paper Session |
| Papers dealing with past safety events in ethylene plants and other subjects relative to safe operations of ethylene plants will be presented. |
| Topical 2: The 20th Ethylene Producers’ Conference (T2) |
Chair
David Gent
Technical Advisor
Engineering & Projects
NOVA Chemical Corporation
P.O. Box 5006
Red Deer, AB T4N 6A1
Canada
Phone Number: 403-314-7685
Email: gentdr@novachem.com
CoChair
Jack Tindel
Area Superintendent
E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co.
P.O. Box 1089
Orange, TX 77631-1089
Phone Number: 409-886-6998
Email: jack.h.tindel-1@usa.dupont.com
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| Welcoming Remarks |
| Reflections on 20 years of EPC Safety |
Management of Hazards Associated with Location of Process Plant Portable Buildings
Mark Whitney, ABS Consulting, San Antonio, TX and William Erny, American Petroleum Institute |
Guidelines for Controlling Catastrophic Releases by Means of Remotely Actuated Valves
Jan Windhorst, Process Safety, NOVA chemicals, Red Deer, AB, AB, Canada |
Emergency Isolation System at Basf/fina Petrochemicals Port Arthur Olefins Plant
Johnathan Weatherly and John Lycan, BASF FINA Petrochemicals LP, Sabina Petrochemicals, Port Arthur, TX |
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Unexpected Fire at Dupont While Preparing to Feed Check Furnace
Robert Kelcher, E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., Orange, TX |
Automated Switch-Over Between Transfer-Line Valve & Decoke Valves
Robert Clauss, Systems Engineering & Commissioing, Linde Engineering Division, Pullach, Germany |
Hazardous Flue Gas Mixtures in Furnaces Due to Fuel-Rich Combustion
Andrew Hawryluk, Nova Research & Technology Corporation, Calgary, AB, Canada |
| Concluding Remarks |
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