2023 Joint US and European DiERS User Group Conference
September 4 – 7, 2023, Braunschweig, Germany
Programme
Preliminary version, status: 08/28/2023
Conference Venue: Steigenberger Parkhotel, Nimes-Straße 2, D-38100 Braunschweig, Germany
Monday, September 4, 2023
08:00
Registration
Session I
Welcome
08:30
Welcome to Joint DIERS User Group Meeting
Georges Melhem, ioMOSAIC
Jürgen Schmidt, CSE Center of Safety Excellence
08:45
Introducing Braunschschweiger Flammenfilter & PROTEGO
Michael Davies, Braunschweiger Flammenfilter
Session II
Low-Pressure Vents & Flame Arresters
09:00
Experimental Investigation and CFD Modelling of Storage Tank Breathing
Natalie Schmidt, CSE Center of Safety Excellence
09:45
DIERS Guideline on Flame Arrester
Davide Moncalvo, Braunschweiger Flammenfilter
10:30
Coffee Break
11:00
A new Approach based on the Safety Life Cycle Analysis to increase the Reliability of Pressure-Vacuum Valves
Josep Basco, Universitat Rovira I Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
11:45
Mechanical failure during PSV release in relation to auto-refrigeration and chattering
Tijs Koerts, EPSC
12:30
Lunch
Session III
Risk Management | Reaction Calorimetry
13:30
Latent Heat Considerations for Pressure Relief Design
Georges Melhem, ioMOSAIC
14:15
Reactive Hazards in Biomass Processing
Carine Huizenga, Shell Global Solution International B.V.
15:00
Coffee Break
15:30
ARC Study of an Exothermic Decomposition in an MSA-mediated Fluorination Reaction
Brittany Armstrong, Merck
16:00
Low Vapor Pressure Chemicals – Trying to avoid Runaways
Jerome Ferreira, DuPont Speciality Products
16:30
Limitations of Stossel Classification Method as a Reactivity Hazard Assessment Standard of Chemical Plants
Min Sheng, East China University
17:00
End of Meeting
19:15
Meeting point: Steigenberger Parkhotel
19:30
Dinner
Tuesday, September 5, 2023
Session IV
Pressure Relief & Sizing
08:30
A Review of Relief Sizing Methodologies for Vapor Breakthrough Scenarios
Dan Wilkes, ioMOSAIC
09:00
SmOP: Intelligent “zero emission” Pressure Relief Device
Carsten Schmidt, CSE Center of Safety Excellence
09:45
Considerations on tank header design to achieve zero emission and stable valve performance
Michael Davies (Speaker), Davide Moncalvo | Braunschweiger Flammenfilter
10:30
Coffee Break
11:00
Effect of Lift Restriction and Multicomponent Flow on PRV Stability
Csaba Hos, Budapest University of Technology and Economics
11:30
Evaluation of one-dimensional models to predict chatter in spring-loaded pressure relief valves for gas service
Gergely Keszthelyi, CSE Center of Safety Excellence
12:00
Lunch
Session V
AI Supported Safety | Pressure Relief & Sizing
13:00
Use of Computer Vision Algorithms to automate the early Scoping of new Projects
John Barker, ioMOSAIC
13:45
Automated HAZOPs – State of the Art and future Development?
Jens Denecke, CSE Center of Safety Excellence
14:15
Modelling Battery Energy Storage System Explosions Using Deflagration Dynamics
James Close, ioMOSAIC
15:00
Coffee Break
Session VI
Explosion Prevention & Lessons learnt
15:30
It’s not only the SIZE that matters! – Practical Points to consider when specifying a Rupture Disc
Saskia Schrewe | Corc Bahcecioglu, REMBE® GmbH Safety+Control
16:00
Lessons Learned – Preventing Early Relief in LPG Storage
Brad Luckman (Speaker) PROTEGO UK | Michael Davies Braunschweiger Flammenfilter
16:30
DIERS (US) Round-Robin Testing Update
Benjamin Doup, Fauske & Associates
17:00
End of Meeting
Wednesday, September 6, 2023
Session VII
Valve Instability | Pressure Relief & Sizing
09:00
Bridging the 3 % Rule Gap
Georges Melhem, ioMOSAIC
09:45
Of belts and braces (Design of new and existing emergency relief systems)
Ingo Ludwig, REMBE® GmbH Safety+Control
10:30
Coffee Break
11:00
Two dimensional Interpolation of Multiphase Fluid Properties and its Usage in Fluid Flow Analysis
Leonid Korelstein, Maria Skripachenko, PSRE Co
11:45
Live presentation at the courtyard
REMBE® GmbH Safety+Control
12:30
Lunch
Session VIII
Pressure Relief & Sizing | Functional Safety
13:30
Pressure Relief Valve Orifice Sizing Using Numerical Integration
Freeman Self, Bechtel Schlumberger
14:00
You have “safeguard(s)” in place; Sounds promising, but have you tested it? Act before it is too late
Harigopal Attal, HariAttal Process Safety
14:30
Coffee Break
15:00
Closing Remarks & Discussion
16:00
End of Meeting
Thursday, September 7, 2023
EVENT
Visit at PROTEGO Sites (draft)
07:30
08:00
Bus transfer group1 to PROTEGO Test Center in Lehre
Bus transfer group 2 to PROTEGO to Production Site
08:30
Group 1: Large Scale Explosion Experiments at the Test Center in Lehre
Group 2: Current State of Manufacturing at PROTEGO Production Site
Bus transfers to other locations until 12:30.
10:30
Bus transfers to other locations until 12:30.
13:30
Lunch
14:30
Final Discussion
16:00
Bus transfer back to Steigenberger Parkhotel
16:30
Arrival Steigenberger Parkhotel