Worst Case Meterological Conditions
In a previous post I modeled an example of a plume from an elevated stack. In that example I assumed very stable conditions and a low windspeed – pasquill st...
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Air Dispersion Example - Stack Emissions
This is an interesting example that came up in conversation with another engineer related to a construction project happening at an existing facility. Imagin...
Compressible Flow Example - Sizing a goose neck vent
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Chemical Release Screening Example - Butane leak
A routine practice of process safety is to model scenarios for different chemical hazards present at a plant. Often there are more plausible scenarios than t...