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65th Safety in Ammonia Plants & Related Facilities SymposiumAugust 29 - September 2, 2021  Manchester Grand Hyatt  San Diego, CA

PRELIMINARY PROGRAMTITLE AUTHOR(S) COMPANY

MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 2021 8:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Welcome from Committee Chair Scott Rodrigue CF Industries

Keynote Address TBD

1A Improving Safety and Reliability of Ammonia Plants with Focus on Water Treatment

Venkat Pattabathula, Rob Terrell Becht and Industrial Water Consultants

1B Failure of a Hot Walled Ammonia Synthesis Converter at Yara Sluiskil

J.Thoelen, F.Vaes, R.Bosselaar, S.Cavalleri, et al.

Yara

1C Prevention of Stress Relaxation Cracking in Ammonia Plants - The Topsoe Approach

Maria Jose L. Oestergaard, PhD Haldor Topsoe A/S

1D Experience and Lessons Learnt in Management of Change at Yara Vincent Duponchel Yara

MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 2021 1:30 PM – 5:00 PM

2A Designing a Toxic Shelter, an Art and Science Anthony Sarrack and Murtaza Gandhi

BakerRisk

2B Integrity Assessment and Restoration of a Urea Reactor Following Repeated Failures

Roberto Gorza Casale SA

2C The #1 Safeguard for Any Urea Plant Prem Baboo (Dangote Fert.), Mark Brouwer (UKH), Jo Eijkenboom (UKH), Majid Mohammadian (OCI)

UreaKnowHow, Dangote Fertilizer, OCI

2D Eliminating the Safety Risks of a Fired Start-up Heater Michael Hultqvist and Svend Erik Nielsen

Haldor Topsoe A/S

2E Predicting Corrosion and Mechanical Failure of Static Equipment Ahmed Mhaoui (SiTech), Patrick de Konink and Peter Schmitz (OCI)

OCI Nitrogen, Sitech Manufacturing Service

2F Major Failure of an Ammonia Synthesis Converter Internals due to Overpressure

Gary Acosta, Oushe Bhagwandeen, Nizam Abdool

Proman

TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2021 8:00 AM – 11:30 AM

3A Loss Prevention Learnings From Beirut and Similar Ammonium Nitrate Explosions

Lorenz Boeck, Patrick Mahan FM Global

3B SAFCO III Ammonia Revamp Project - Plant Start-up and Commissioning

S. Bhattacharya and K. Bhatt, S. Maymoni

KBR, SAFCO

3C Corrosion/Erosion Failure of New Design CO2 Stripper Reboiler in Benfield Service

Ryan E. Redd KOCH Fertilizer Enid LLC

3D Corrosion Under Insulation - An Underestimated Damage Mechanism Arie de Bruijne and Waseem Haider, P.Eng.

Yara Belle Plaine, Inc.

3E Explosion Risks in High Pressure Scrubbers of CO2 Stripping Urea Plants

Harald Jorritsma Stamicarbon

3F Process Safety Times: Their Meaning and Determination Klaus Noelker thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2021 8:00 AM – 11:30 AM

4A Failure Analysis and Field Repair of Urea Reactor Shell Rupture Ravinder Singh Larsen & Toubro

4B Explosion inside HP urea reactor (conventional design) Freddy Buitnik Stamicarbon

4C Damage Mechanisms and Lifetime Estimation of Steam Reformer Tubes

Pablo Cardin Schmidt+Clemens Group

4D Safe Operations of Low Temperature Shift Reactors Under Harsh Conditions.

Keegan Dunn, Andy Vluggen, Scott Osborne

Iowa Fertilizer, OCI NV, Clariant Inc.

4E Lessons Learned in Nickel Catalyst Handling C. Döring, S. Struck, J Brightling, A Richardson

UNIDENSE GmbH, Johnson Matthey

4F The New NDIR Method - The Next Level of Safe Ammonia Synthesis Catalyst Reduction

Dirk Sperling, Ahmad Ghani Yara, Clariant

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2021 1:30 PM – 5:00 PM

5A Failure of a 316H Stainless Steel HP Steam Superheater Header Charles Thomas Quest Integrity NZL Ltd.

5B Ammonia Release During Ammonia Import Activity at CSBP Kwinana Naresh Patel CSBP Ltd

5C Operation, Inspection and Maintenance of Ammonia Tanks Dr Theodora Kouloura KAVALA FERTILIZERS Ltd

5D Review of Layer of Protection Analysis Results After Process Safety Incidents

H.J.Essl, D. Sandholzer, L. Werner, G. Zimmer

Borealis

5E Installation of an Early Warning Solution for Gas Leaks at OCI, Chemelot

Rene Braun and Peter Schmitz (OCI)

Grandperspective GmbH / OCI

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2021 8:10 AM – 12:00 PM

This year’s Roundtable Session will provide open exchange and discussion through brief presentations from panelists, followed by a question-and-answer session on topics of interest such as:• Industry Incidents• Improvement of Safety• CO2 Removal Operation