http://www.che.com Chemical Engineering en-us 2013 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:28:55 EDT This company has added long-range fire detection and fire risk-assessment capabilities to certain models of its EyeSec line of high-performance, uncooled thermal cameras. With this integrated option, the company claims to be the only camera manufacturer... http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/plant_and_personnel_safety/fire_protection/9199.html Sun, 1 Apr 2012 0:00:00 EDT Developed for installation in confined spaces, the ready-to-connect pressure booster systems Hya-Solo D FL Compact (photo) and Hya-Duo D FL Compact systems... http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/plant_and_personnel_safety/fire_protection/8163.html Fri, 1 Jul 2011 0:00:00 EDT ESAB Welding and Cutting Products Purox and Oxweld oxygen cylinder regulators (photo) have a patented design that suppresses internal... http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/plant_and_personnel_safety/fire_protection/5335.html Fri, 4 Dec 2009 0:00:00 EST July, Causes and Prevention of Packing Fires, p. 34. I thought the article was very timely and informative and appreciate being a reference for your paper. However, after reviewing the information provided regarding potassium permanganate (especially Table 1), I must provide the following constructive... http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/plant_and_personnel_safety/fire_protection/3713.html Sat, 15 Mar 2008 0:00:00 EDT Click here for full pdf version of this article - includes all graphs, charts, tables, and author information   Explosion prevention must be a primary objective wherever the process of transferring powders into flammable solvents is utilized, irrelevant of the industry and existing practices, in... http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/plant_and_personnel_safety/fire_protection/3394.html Mon, 1 Oct 2007 0:00:00 EDT     Most columns shut down without fires. Yet most refineries and chemical plants at some time or another have experienced spontaneous or hot work ignitions in at least one column. When this occurs inside a column during or after shutdown, the results can be devastating and dangerous. This paper... http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/plant_and_personnel_safety/fire_protection/3124.html Sun, 1 Jul 2007 0:00:00 EDT     Traditional pressure-relief devices are, at times, unable to protect vessels at the elevated temperatures experienced during fires. As witnessed by numerous examples throughout history, loss of containment and the subsequent explosions that may occur with an over-pressurized system can lead to... http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/plant_and_personnel_safety/fire_protection/3126.html Sun, 1 Jul 2007 0:00:00 EDT     Chemicals, plastics, pharmaceutical, food, agricultural chemicals, coal and bio-chemical industries have a wide array of processes where the raw materials, intermediates and products are in particulate form. Hazards associated with particulate solids are unique, and in most cases depend on the... http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/plant_and_personnel_safety/fire_protection/3118.html Mon, 1 Jan 2007 0:00:00 EST DNV Software (Oslo, Norway; edlinks.che.com/6519-533) and The SimSci-Esscor unit of Invensys (Lake Forest, Calif.; edlinks.che.com/6519-534) have developed a link between the former’s Phastfx flammable-effects-software module and the latter’s... http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/plant_and_personnel_safety/fire_protection/3047.html Fri, 1 Dec 2006 0:00:00 EST A new-type of polymer composite has recently been commercialized by Ceram Polymerik Pty Ltd. (Melbourne, Australia; edlinks.che.com/6517-533) for passive fire-protection applications. Passive fire protection consists of using a material or structure that confines fires, giving people more time to escape... http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/plant_and_personnel_safety/fire_protection/3012.html Sun, 1 Oct 2006 0:00:00 EDT