CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
TRANSACTIONS
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VOL.36
Guest Editors: Valerio
Cozzani, Eddy de Rademaeker
Copyright © 2014, AIDIC Servizi S.r.l.,
ISBN 978-88-95608-27-3 ;
ISSN 2283-9216
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Table
of Contents & Authors Index
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DOI
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Forensic
Engineering and Accident Investigation
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| Safety and Security Decisions in Times of Economic Crisis: Establishing a Competitive Advantage | 1 |
| Reniers G. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436001 |
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| Investigation and Analysis of an Explosion in a Research Laboratory at a French University | 7 |
| Laurent A., Perrin L., Dufaud O. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436002 |
| New Insights Into the Viareggio Railway Accident | 13 |
| Manca D. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436003 |
| Experimental Analysis of N-butanol Behavior in Seawater Due to Chemical Release from Marine Shipwreck | 19 |
| Aprin L., Heymes F., Fuhrer M., Slangen P., Dusserre G., Le Floch S. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436004 |
| Accident Contributor Interconnection Study as a Basis for Accident Mechanism Prediction | 25 |
| Kidam K., Kamarden H., Hurme M., Hassim M.H., Kasmani R.M. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436005 |
| Detection and Localization of Leakages in Toxic/flammable Chemicals Pipelines Using Distributed Fibre Optic Sensors | 31 |
| de Bont R., Inaudi D., Walder R. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436006 |
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Hse
Management
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| Ensuring That Multi National Company Process Safety Standards, Requirements and Recommended Practices are Complied with in all Parts of the Enterprise | 37 |
| Gowland R. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436007 |
| An Overview of Cost-benefit Models/tools for Investigating Occupational Accidents | 43 |
| Reniers G., Brijs T. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436008 |
| Economic Evaluation of Investments for Workplace Safety | 49 |
| Bianchini A., Pellegrini M., Peta D., Saccani C. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436009 |
| Safety Performance Indicators: a Questioning Diversity | 55 |
| Delatour G., Laclemence P., Calcei D., Mazri C. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436010 |
| Inspect: a New Approach for Fire Safety in Existing Premises | 61 |
| Grimaz S., Dattilo F., Maiolo A. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436011 |
| How to Measure Safety Training Effectiveness? Towards a More Reliable Model to Overcome Evaluation Issues in Safety Training | 67 |
| Vignoli M., Punnett L., Depolo M. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436012 |
| Experience with Using Self-audit Handbook for Smes in Proces and Power Industry | 73 |
| Kotek L., Mukhametzinova L. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436013 |
| People’s Movement in Narrow Paths with Different Width | 79 |
| Grimaz S., Dusso A., Zorzini F., Tosolini E. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436014 |
| Experiment-based Decision Making in Complex Systems | 85 |
| Colombo S., Nazir S., Gallace A., Manca D. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436015 |
| The Effectiveness of Emergency Response Plan in Specialty Chemicals Company in Malaysia | 91 |
| Amzirin M.I., Hassim M.H., Kasmani R.M., Kidam K., Mat R. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436016 |
| Contractor, Suppliers and Vendor Hse Qualification and Feedback | 97 |
| Gambetti F., Marchi M. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436017 |
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Chemical
and Process Hazards
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| New Control Building Construction Feasibility Analysis | 103 |
| Dyer J., Raibagkar A., Magenes L., Anderson T. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436018 |
| Effect of Amine Compounds on the Self-polymerisation of Methyl Methacrylate | 109 |
| Casson V., Snee T., Maschio G. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436019 |
| Runaway Reactions and Vapor Cloud Explosions: the Synthron Case Study | 115 |
| Copelli S., Torretta V., Massa D., Sala Cattaneo C., Derudi M., Rota R. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436020 |
| Specification of the Limit Temperature Texo for a Peroxide Synthesis Using Different Estimation Methods | 121 |
| Fritzsche L., Knorr A. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436021 |
| Nitric Acid Decomposition Kinetics in Mixed Acid and Their Use in the Modelling of Aromatic Nitration | 127 |
| Di Somma I., Marotta R., Andreozzi R., Caprio V. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436022 |
| Geopolymerization as Effective Measure for Reducing Risks During Coal Ashes Handling, Storage and Disposal | 133 |
| Miccio F., Medri V., Papa E., Natali Murri A., Landi E. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436023 |
| The Limit of Dsc as a Preliminary Tool to Determine the Safety Parameters? | 139 |
| Leveneur S., Delannoy F., Levesqueau Y., Hebert J.P., Estel L., Taouk B., Salmi T. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436024 |
| A New Approach for the Reliable Estimation of Kinetic Parameters by Means of Dynamic Dsc Experiments | 145 |
| Sanchirico R. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436025 |
| Hazards and Safety Issues Associated to the Residual Solid Content in Crude Edible Oil Processing | 151 |
| Landucci G., Lovicu G., Barontini F., Pipitone E., Dimatteo A., Guidi L., Nicolella C. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436026 |
| Turbulent Flames Speeds and Laminar Burning Velocities of Dusts Using the Iso 1 M3 Dust Explosion Method | 157 |
| Sattar H., Andrews G.E., Phylaktou H.N., Gibbs B.M. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436027 |
| Gas Explosion Venting: Comparison of Square and Circular Vents | 163 |
| Fakundu B., Andrews G.E., Phylaktou H.N. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436028 |
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Process
Development for Safety and Sustainability
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| Comparison of Different Chemical Processes from a Life Cycle Perspective | 169 |
| Cespi D., Passarini F., Cavani F., Neri E., Vassura I. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436029 |
| Application of Inherent Safety to Maintenance-related Major Accident Prevention on Offshore Installations | 175 |
| Okoh P., Haugen S. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436030 |
| Increasing the Yield of 2-nitrobenzaldehyde During Benzaldehyde Nitration by Mixed Acid: Chemical and Safety Investigation | 181 |
| Di Somma I., Marotta R., Andreozzi R., Caprio V. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436031 |
| Investigation of Performance of Different Sorbents in a Two-stage Flue Gas Dry Treatment of a Mswi | 187 |
| Guglielmi D., Antonioni G., Stramigioli C., Cozzani V. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436032 |
| Depoxo Process: Technical and Environmental Study of Hide Oxidative Unhairing | 193 |
| Puccini M., Seggiani M., Castiello D., Vitolo S. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436033 |
| Application of Ann to Hydrodynamic Cavitation: Preliminary Results on Process Efficiency Evaluation | 199 |
| Capocelli M., Prisciandaro M., Lancia A., Musmarra D. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436034 |
| Method of Selecting Process Signals for Creating Diagnostic Machine Optimized to Detect an Abnormalities in a Plant Using Support Vector Machine | 205 |
| Minowa H., Munesawa Y., Furuta Y., Gofuku A. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436035 |
| Thermo Chemical Processes: Potential Improvement of the Wind Blades Life Cycle | 211 |
| Pico D., Seide G., Gries T. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436036 |
| Study on Characteristics of Micelles Formed by Surfactants and Polymer Mixtures for Enhanced Oil Recovery | 217 |
| Nagy R., Bartha L., Toth J., Vágo Á. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436037 |
| Treatment of Aqueous Solutions Containing Chromium - Experimental Study and Modeling | 223 |
| Balaska F., Bencheikh-Lehocine M., Chikhi M., Meniai A.H., Condom S. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436038 |
| Evaluation of the Environmental Impact of a Dense Graded Hot Mix Asphalt (hma) | 229 |
| Ruiz P., Acevedo P., Puello J. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436039 |
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Combustion
Safety
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| Deflagration, Detonation and Combustion-induced Rapid Phase Transition | 235 |
| Di Benedetto A., Basco A., Cammarota F., Di Sarli V., Salzano E., Russo G. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436040 |
| Numerical Simulation of Tanks Containing Pressurized Gas Exposed to Accidental Fires: Evaluation of the Transient Heat Up | 241 |
| D'Aulisa A., Simone D., Landucci G., Tugnoli A., Cozzani V., Birk M. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436041 |
| A Critical Comparison Between CFD and Zone Models for the Consequence Analysis of Fires in Congested Environments | 247 |
| Tavelli S., Rota R., Derudi M. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436042 |
| Detecting Weak Points of Wildland Fire Spread: a Cellular Atomata Model Risk Assesemnt Simulation Approach | 253 |
| Russo L., Russo P., Vakalis D., Siettos C. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436043 |
| Combining CFD Simulations and Piv Measurements to Optimize the Conditions for Dust Explosion Tests | 259 |
| Cuervo N., Murillo C., Dufaud O., Bardin-Monnier N., Skali-Lami S., Remy J.F., Auzolle P., Perrin L. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436044 |
| Explosibility and Flammability Characteristics of Nicotinic Acid-lycopodium/air Mixtures | 265 |
| Sanchirico R., Russo P., Di Sarli V., Di Benedetto A. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436045 |
| The Influence of 90 Degree Bends in Closed Pipe System on the Explosion Properties Using Hydrogen-enriched Methane | 271 |
| Sulaiman S.Z., Kasmani R.M., Mat Kiah M.H., Kidam K., Hassim M.H., Ibrahim N., Ali R.R. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436046 |
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Safety
of Energy Systems
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| Risk Analysis of Lng Terminal: Case Study | 277 |
| Vianello C., Maschio G. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436047 |
| Development of Improved Strategies for the Lay-out of Fire and Gas Detectors | 283 |
| Mariotti E., Di Padova A., Barbaresi T., Tallone F., Tugnoli A., Spadoni G., Cozzani V. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436048 |
| Derivation of Risk Areas Associated with High-pressure Natural-gas Pipelines Explosions Including Effects on Structural Components | 289 |
| Russo P., Parisi F., Augenti N., Russo G. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436049 |
| Atmospheric Emissions from a Fossil Fuel Power Station: Dispersion Modelling and Experimental Comparison | 295 |
| Vairo T., Curro' F., Scarselli S., Fabiano B. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436050 |
| Evaluation of Olfactory Properties of Gas Odorants | 301 |
| Capelli L., Sironi S., Del Rosso R. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436051 |
| Seismic Safety Design of Sprinkler Systems. Comparison Between Nfpa 13 and Italian Ntc 2008 | 307 |
| Grimaz S., Barazza F., Malisan P. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436052 |
| Integrated Health, Safety and Environmental Management System. Case Study of Power Plant. | 313 |
| Mancuso V., Giacobbe F., Faranda F., Diaco T. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436053 |
| Novel Electrochemical Sensors for Safety and Control in Fermentation Processes | 319 |
| Ampelli C., Leonardi S., Genovese C., Lanzafame P., Passalacqua R., Perathoner S., Centi G., Neri G. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436054 |
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Safety
of Transportation Systems
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| CFD Simulation of the Release of Ln2 Inside a Tunnel | 325 |
| Bubbico R., Falleni G., Mazzarotta B. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436055 |
| Analysis and Testing of Fibrous Passive Fire Protection Materials for Fireproofing of Equipment Units | 331 |
| Moricone R., Tugnoli A., Villa V., Cozzani V. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436056 |
| Study of a Nimble Model to Evaluate the Effects of a Gasoline Fire in a Road Tunnel | 337 |
| Sala Cattaneo C., Tavelli S., Derudi M., Rota R., Raboni M., Torretta V., Copelli S. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436057 |
| Area Risk Analysis in an Urban Port: Personnel and Major Accident Risk Issues | 343 |
| Pastorino R., Vairo T., Benvenuto A., Fabiano B. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436058 |
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Domino
Effect
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| Domino Effects Related to Home-made Explosives | 349 |
| Salzano E., Landucci G., Reniers G., Cozzani V. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436059 |
| On the Effects of a Triple Aggression (fragment, Blast, Fireball) on an Lpg Storage | 355 |
| Heymes F., Aprin L., Slangen P., Lapebie E., Osmont A., Dusserre G. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436060 |
| Domino Effects Due to the Projection of Fragments: Estimation of the Impact Probability Using a Monte Carlo Simulation | 361 |
| Lisi R., Consolo G., Maschio G., Milazzo M.F. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436061 |
| Experimental and Numerical Characterization of Fireproofing Materials Based on Astm E162 Standard | 367 |
| Argenti F., Guerrini L., Rossi F., Landucci G. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436062 |
| Frequency Evaluation for Domino Scenarios Triggered by Heat Radiation Exposure | 373 |
| Argenti F., Landucci G., Antonioni G., Cozzani V. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436063 |
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Human
Factors and Safety Culture
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| Simplified Procedures and Workers' Involvement: Two Keystones for Improving Safety at Small Seveso Plants | 379 |
| Bragatto P., Agnello P., Ansaldi S., Pirone A. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436064 |
| An Application of Fuzzy Inference System to Mimosa | 385 |
| Saracino A., Antonioni G., Spadoni G. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436065 |
| Procedure for Automated Assessment of Industrial Operators | 391 |
| Manca D., Nazir S., Colombo S., Kluge A. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436066 |
| A Diagnostic Tool to Evaluate the Proactivity Levels of Risk-reporting Activities by the Workforce | 397 |
| Curcuruto M., Guglielmi D., Mariani M. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436067 |
| Comparison of Safety Cultures Between the Chemical and Power Industries | 403 |
| Porkka P., Paajanen P. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436068 |
| How Distributed Situation Awareness Influences Process Safety | 409 |
| Nazir S., Sorensen L.J., Oevergaard K.I., Manca D. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436069 |
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Risk
and Hazard Analysis
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| Are Intensified Processes Safer and More Reliable Than Traditional Processes? an Emblematic Case Study | 415 |
| Baldissone G., Cavaglia G., Demichela M. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436070 |
| Vulnerability of Industrial Components to Soil Liquefaction | 421 |
| Lanzano G., Santucci De Magistris F., Salzano E., Fabbrocino G. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436071 |
| Natech Scenarios Caused by Flooding: Evaluation of Accident Frequency by the Use of Fragility Models | 427 |
| Landucci G., Necci A., Tugnoli A., Antonioni G., Cozzani V. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436072 |
| Vulnerability of Wastewater Treatment Plants to Volcanic Na-tech Events | 433 |
| Ancione G., Salzano E., Maschio G., Milazzo M.F. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436073 |
| Natech Risk Analysis in the Context of Land Use Planning. Case Study: Petroleum Products Storage Tank Farm Next to a Residential Area. | 439 |
| Gheorghiu A.D., Torok Z., Ozunu A., Antonioni G., Cozzani V. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436074 |
| How Safe is “safe Enough” for a Shelter-in-place Design? | 445 |
| Sarrack A. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436075 |
| Addressing Dynamic Risk in the Petroleum Industry by Means of Innovative Analysis Solutions | 451 |
| Paltrinieri N., Scarponi G.E., Khan F., Hauge S. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436076 |
| The Application of System Dynamics to an Industrial Plant in the Perspective of Process Resilience Engineering | 457 |
| Salzano E., Di Nardo M., Gallo M., Oropallo E., Santillo L.C. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436077 |
| Process Safety Performance Indicators for a Fuel Storage Site: a Worked Example | 463 |
| Fanelli P. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436078 |
| Preference Risk Assessment of Electric Power Critical Infrastructure | 469 |
| Rehak D., Senovsky P. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436079 |
| Accidental Risk Assessment on Atmospheric Distillation Column in Oil Refinery | 475 |
| Babaarslan N., Alpbaz M., Cabbar Y. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436080 |
| Quantification of Risk Reduction Due to the Installation of Different Lightning Protection Solutions for Large Atmospheric Storage Tanks | 481 |
| Necci A., Antonioni G., Cozzani V., Borghetti A., Nucci C.A. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436081 |
| Potential Damages of Atmospheric Storage Tanks Due to Volcanic Ash Aggregations in Presence of Water | 487 |
| Milazzo M.F., Primerano P., Ancione G., Salzano E., Maschio G. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436082 |
| Safety Barriers Integrity Management System | 493 |
| Costa Neto F.P., Ribeiro J.L., Ugulino K.L., Mingrone S.M. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436083 |
| Resilience Engineering Strategy Applied to an Existing Process Plant | 499 |
| Palazzi E., Curro' F., Reverberi A.P., Fabiano B. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436084 |
| On the Use of Dynamic Process Simulators for the Quantitative Assessment of Industrial Accidents | 505 |
| Pannocchia G., Landucci G. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436085 |
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Consequence
Analysis
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| Consequence Analysis: Comparison of Methodologies Under Api Standard and Commercial Software | 511 |
| Vianello C., Guerrini L., Maschio G., Mura A. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436086 |
| Atmospheric Turbulent Dispersion Modeling Methods Using Machine Learning Tools | 517 |
| Lauret P., Heymes F., Aprin L., Johannet A., Dusserre G., Lapebie E., Osmont A. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436087 |
| Effect of Large Obstacles on High Momentum Jets Dispersion | 523 |
| Pontiggia M., Busini V., Ronzoni M., Uguccioni G., Rota R. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436088 |
| Cost Action Es1006. Evaluation, Improvement and Guidance of Local-scale Emergency Prediction and Response Tools for Airborne Hazards in Built Environments: Ongoing Activities, Experiments and Recent Results | 529 |
| Gariazzo C., Leitl B., Trini Castelli S., Baumann-Stanzer K., Reisin T.G., Barmpas F., Tinarelli G., Milliez C.M., Armand P., Bemporad E. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436089 |
| A Software Model for the Assessment of the Consequences of Explosions in Congested and Confined Spaces on Personnel, Buildings and Process Equipment | 535 |
| Shaba K., Cavanagh N. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436090 |
| Analysis of Methodologies and Uncertainties in the Prediction of Bleve Blast | 541 |
| Hemmatian B., Planas-Cuchi E., Casal J. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436091 |
| Design of Permeable Adsorbing Barriers for Groundwater Protection: Optimization of the Intervention | 547 |
| Bortone I., Erto A., Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Santonastaso G., Musmarra D. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436092 |
| Low Concentration of Oxygen in External Environment - Modeling the Consequences of Accident | 553 |
| Kotek L., Mukhametzinova L., Holub M., Blecha P. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436093 |
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projects
FP7 INNHF/TOSCA
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| Total Safety Management: What are the Main Area of Concern in the Integration of Best Available Methods and Tools | 559 |
| Leva M.C., Balfe N., Kontogiannis T., Plot E., Demichela M. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436094 |
| Human and Organizational Factor Risk Assessment in Process Industry and a Risk Assessment Methodology (media) to Incorporate Human and Organizational Factors | 565 |
| Ahmad M., Pontiggia M., Demichela M. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436095 |
| Safety Risk Registers: Challenges and Guidance | 571 |
| Balfe N., Leva M.C., McAleer B., Rocke M. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436096 |
| Human Factors Engineering at Design Stage: is There a Need for More Structured Guidelines and Standards? | 577 |
| Naghdali F., Leva M.C., Balfe N., Cromie S. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436097 |
| Integration of Hofs Into Atex Risk Assessment Methodology | 583 |
| Geng J., Mure S., Camuncoli G., Demichela M. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436098 |
| Modelling the Reporting Culture within a Modern Organisation | 589 |
| Douglas E., Cromie S., Leva M.C., Balfe N. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436099 |
| The Qra as Design Criteria for Safety Management Systems. an Application to the Food Safety | 595 |
| Shirani M., Demichela M. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436100 |
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CCS
Safety
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| Hardware and Instrumentation to Investigate Massive Spills of Dense Phase CO2 | 601 |
| Jamois D., Proust C., Hebrard J. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436101 |
| Solid Carbon Dioxide Formation from Rapid Fluid Expansion Using Integration of Computational Fluid Dynamics and Mathematical Modelling | 607 |
| Rusli R., Chang E.J.T., Pham H.H.P.L. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436102 |
| Study of Formation, Sublimation and Deposition of Dry Ice from Carbon Capture and Storage Pipelines | 613 |
| Vianello C., Mocellin P., Maschio G. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436103 |
| CO2 Transportation with Pipelines – Model Analysis for Steady, Dynamic and Relief Simulation | 619 |
| Raimondi L. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436104 |
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Risk
Governance and Regulations
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| Exploitation of the Results of Land Use Planning Qra Analysis to Focus the Inspection of Seveso Plants in Wallonia (belgium) on External Safety Aspects | 625 |
| Beaudoint D., Delvosalle C., Cornil N., Delcourt J., Nourry J., Rosmorduc A. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436105 |
| Applicability of H14 Protocol for Sediments in Order to Consider Their Valorization: Limits and Benefits | 631 |
| Garbolino E., Aqua J.L., Abriak N.E. | DOI:10.3303/CET1436106 |