COLLEGE STATION, Texas, April 20, 2009 – Engineering faculty members, researchers and safety representatives interested in learning more about pressure relief systems will have the opportunity to attend a two-day course on the subject provided free of charge by the Texas A&M University’s Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center.
The center, headquartered in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, is offering the course, which reviews the essentials of pressure relief and disposal system design. It is scheduled to be held May 19-20 at the Texas Transportation Institute in Houston, and the registration deadline for the course is May 14.
As part of the course, instructors will outline the optimal practices for these systems with an emphasis being placed on overpressure scenario identification, required load calculation methodologies, relief device capacity calculations, global scenario identification, and disposal system design.
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers code requirements as well as American Petroleum Institute recommended practices will be presented.
Classroom exercises will include analysis of common processes to determine relief requirements; actual relief sizing application problems; and sizing relief valves using both manual calculations and commercial computer sizing programs. An introductory level review of quantitative risk analysis of disposal system headers via automated header analysis software also will be provided.
Typically, registration for the course is $495.00, but that fee is being waived by the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center to enable interested parties to attend. Participants are responsible for their travel and accommodations.
Established in 1995, the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center conducts programs and research activities that enhance safety in the chemical process industries. The center’s educational activities promote safety as second nature to everyone in the industry. In addition, the center develops safer processes, equipment, procedures and management strategies to minimize losses within the processing industry.
To register for the course or for more information, contact the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center at (979)845-3489 or visit the center Web site at http://psc.tamu.edu.
