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Activity:Proposal
CurrentDate/Time:3/9/20159:13:07AM
TheImportanceofPeriodicalValidationinProcessSafety:WorstCaseStudyofAtmosphericGasDispersion
FromTOX(ThermalOxidizer)inGasFacilityPlant

AuthorBlock:N.Yasuri,UniversitasDiponegoroD.Firmansyah,DiponegoroUniversityM.F.HekmatyarDwinanda,
UniversitasDiponegoro
Abstract:
Objectives/Scope:Inthepast10years,oilandgasindustryhasbeenexperiencingaparadigmshiftontheimportance
ofsafetyandworkprocesses.Thissectorisconsideredtobeessentialbecauseitwilldirectlyaffecttotheproduction
timeandindirectlyontheimageandtrustinessfrominvestors,government,andsocietytothecompany.Oneofthe
potentialhazardsofworkplaceaccidentsthathastonoteisgasdispersion.Agasdispersionisamodelthatdescribes
thepropagationoftheexhaustgasfromtheprocesstools,whichthedangerlevelisdeterminedfromthetypeand
concentrationofthegas.Ingasfacilityunits,oneofthetoolsthathaveahighhazardpotentialforgasdispersionis
TOX(ThermalOxidizer).TOXisatoolwhichservestheprocessofburningacidgasesfromtheamineregeneration
system.ThemaincompositionofacidgasisCO2,H2Sandhydrocarbons,thusTOXhasthepotentialdangeroffire,
explosion,andpoisoning.
Methods,Procedures,Process:Companyownerneedstoperformaninternalperiodicvalidation,notonlytoevaluate
whethertheTOXoperatingundernormalconditionsornot,butalsowhenthesystemisinafailedcondition,sothatwe
cancomparebetweenthebeginningandactualdesign.Validationshouldberoutinelyperformedduetochangesinthe
compositionofexhaustgas,whichiscausedbymanyfactors,suchasdecreaseintheefficiencyofthetools,changes
inoperatingconditions,andchangesinthecompositionoftherawgasfromthewell.Themethodusedistocompare
thefailedsystemcaseusinggascompositionintheinitialdesigntotheactualcomposition.Thedeploymentanalysis
ofgasusethePassquillGhifordmodelbycomparingvariousparametersofatmosphericstability,assumingtheworst
case(ClassF),andcomparingthegroundcondition(urbanandrural).Thecalculationperformedmanuallyanduse
screenviewsoftware.
Results,Observations,Conclusions:Theanalysisresultshowsthehazardratechangesbetweentheinitialdesign
totheactualconditions.Sotheremaybesomechangesintherulesofworkpermit,theuseofPPE(Personal
ProtectiveEquipment),andredesigningtheTOX.Companiesneedtoimprovecommunicationandgoodmanagerial
systembetweenHSEandprocesssafetyengineeringprimarilytodealwiththisproblem.
Novel/AdditiveInformation:Flammablesubstances,suchashydrocarbon,canstimulusfireandexplosion.
Flammablegasairmixturewilligniteandburnonlyoverawellspecifiedrangeofcompositions.Themixturewillnot
burnwhenthecompositionbelowtheLowerFlammableLimit(LFL).MaximumlimitforH2SisbasedonOHSAS18001
andISO14001.
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Keywords(Complete):GasDispersionTOXPassquillGhifordAcidGasProcessSafety
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