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1 Purdue Process Safety & Assurance Center P2SAC Davidson School of Chemical Engineering Purdue University 1

2 Bhopal, India 1984; +2,000 fatalities Imperial Sugar, Georgia 2008; 14 fatalities BP Texas City, 2005; 15 fatalities 2 Texas Tech University; Chem Lab 2010

3 P2SAC Formed in 2014 A challenging quantitative / technical discipline; scope not widely recognized Conduct process safety related research focusing on fundamental science Teach process safety courses and instill Process Safety Management (PSM) considerations in core capstone design projects (~190 UG and Grad students enrolled Fall 17) Engage UG & Prof MS students in process safety research Source of expertise for industry and other stakeholders regarding process safety related standards & best practices Focus on oil & gas industry, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, and technology including consumer products and manufacturing Research projects solicited from industry sponsors, as well as other stakeholders such as academia & government labs Enhance education experience of all Purdue Chem Eng graduates 3

4 P2SAC 17 Research Program PhD Re-examine current basis for gas and fire detector placement Optimal placement of gas detectors in process facilities: bringing optimizationbased gas detector placement into practice Prevention through catalyst design for applications in the petrochemical industry Robust model-based control for safe pharmaceutical manufacturing Advanced separation techniques for producing rare earth elements and other chemicals from coal fly ash Computational analysis of drop coalescence in emulsions to reduce retention times in oil-water separators MS Projects Compilation of thermal hazard safety data for amide coupling reagents - COMPLETE Validate large scale consequence modeling with Middle East propane release - COMPLETE UG Research Conduct a process safety related benchmarking survey of the pharmaceutical industry, including data base of incidents Frequency & cause of LNG metallurgy failures Risk & Reliability of Aged Natural Gas & Product Pipelines 4

5 Multiple Chemical Engineering Faculty Engaged in Process Safety Related Research PhD Re-examine current basis for gas and fire detector placement Optimal placement of gas detectors in process facilities: bringing optimizationbased gas detector placement into practice Prevention through catalyst design for applications in the petrochemical industry Robust model-based control for safe pharmaceutical manufacturing Advanced separation techniques for producing rare earth elements and other chemicals from coal fly ash Computational analysis of drop coalescence in emulsions to reduce retention times in oil-water separators 5

6 CHEN 420 / 597- Chemical Process Safety core UG course Personnel vs. Process Safety & Metrics Applicable regulations: OSHA PSM, EPA RMP, etc Source Term Modeling Toxicants & Industrial Hygiene Toxic/Flammable Gas Release Dispersion Modeling Fire & Explosion Protection Chemical Reactivity Relief System Design Hazards Identification (HAZOP,..) Risk Assessment (Matrix, QRA,..) Accident Investigations T-2 Laboratories, FL 09; 4 fatalities 6

7 P2SAC Fall Conference - Dec 5, :00 8:15 Prof Osman Basaran: Welcome, status of P2SAC and agenda 8:15 8:45 Prof Ray Mentzer: P2SAC vision, UG & MS research, core process safety course 8:45 9:25 Prof Carl Laird: Systems engineering and optimization techniques for improved safety and security of critical infrastructure; b) Gas detector placement in petrochemical and chemical facilities 9:25 10:05 Prof Raj Gounder: Prevention through catalyst design for applications in the petrochem industry 10:05 10:20 Refreshment break 10:20 10:50 Prof Kingsly Ambrose (Ag Eng): Dust Explosions: preventive precautions 10:50 11:30 George Harriott (Air Products): Leak detection on gas pipelines 11:30 12:00 Prof Brett Savoie: Using high throughput simulations to predict safety figures of merit for organic compounds 12:00 12:50 Catered lunch 12:50 1:30 Prof Zoltan Nagy: Robust fault-tolerant control for continuous direct compaction & runaway reactions and overview of research in pharma engineering 1:30-2:00 Stan Kolis (Eli Lilly): Early phase thermal hazard assessments in the pharma industry 2:00 2:40 Prasad Goteti (Honeywell): SIL rated communication protocols 2:40 3:10 Jonathan Bach (NIOSH): Prevention through Design 3:10 3:25 Refreshment break 3:25 3:55 Marabeth Holsinger (Dow): Calorimetric determination of the oxidation of solids and organics adsorbed on solids 3:55-4:25 Prof Linda Wang: Economical & environmentally sound technology for producing rare earth elements and others from coal fly ash 4:25 4:55 Prof Letian Dou: Lead-containing halide perovskites nonmaterial for energy harvesting and related safety issues 4:55 5:25 Prof Osman Basaran: Drop and bubble coalescence, thin films, and flow assurance 5:25 5:35 Short Break 7 5:35 6:15 Open discussion, industry needs and future center projects; followed by dinner at 7:00

8 Current Sponsors Advisory Board also includes Air Products & National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH) Typical Sponsor agreement is $25k / year for 3 years Room for More long list of potential research projects & open to suggested projects from Sponsors 8

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