Consequence modelling of hazardous chemicals in polymer industries – FLUG Week 2021
October 1, 2021 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm CEST
This presentation is part of FLUG Week 2021.
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About the presentation
Title: Consequence Modelling of Hazardous Chemicals in Polymer Industries
The presentation consists of toxic and flammable dispersion, jet fire, and explosion scenarios for hazardous chemicals eg styrene, acrylonitrile, butadiene, propylene, and vinyl chloride Monomer (VCM) used in the polymer industries. These scenarios were studied in the commercial projects by Gexcon India.
The objectives of the presentation are:
- To present consequences arising from hazardous chemicals used in the Polymer industry
- To demonstrate FLACS-CFD capability providing tangible results for safety analysis
- Learnings for FLACS-CFD new users working in the Polymer or allied industries
About the speaker
Gokul Mahajan
Gokul has a Master’s degree (M.Tech.) in Chemical Engineering, securing First Rank in the National Institute and was awarded a Gold Medal. His expertise includes Consequence Modeling using 2D empirical & 3D CFD tools, Process Hazard Analysis (HAZOP, QRA), Air Quality Impact Assessment, and Technical Training.
Gokul has a total of 6.5 years of work experience in the field of Process Safety & Operations. He has delivered guest lectures at Indian institutions/universities to share my knowledge in the Safety domain. He has also delivered training on EFFECTS and FLACS-CFD modules at UPL Ltd. and National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) respectively.
Gokul has been working with FLACS-CFD for the last 3.5 years and has delivered 35+ projects using the software.
About FLUG
The FLACS User Group (FLUG) is a high-profile discussion forum for engineers, safety experts, and industry scholars.
FLUG meets to discuss new software developments and safety-related topics. Its work has played an integral role in the development of Gexcon’s industry-leading software, which represents more than 40 years of extensive and unrivalled modelling and validation work.
Other FLUG Week 2021 presentations
- The direction of FLACS-CFD by Chris Coffey, VP Products @ Gexcon
- Beyond boxes and cylinders – the challenges and opportunities for using mesh geometries in FLACS-CFD by Djurre Siccama, Senior Manager @ Gexcon
- FLACS-CFD Validation and Sensitivities by Shona Mackie, Senior Research Engineer @ Gexcon
- FLACS-Fire recent developments, validation, and future plans by Deiveegan Muthusamy, Principal Research Engineer @ Gexcon
- Using FLACS-Fire on real cases: a user experience by Francesco Chillè, Independent Consultant @ FCSolutionS
- Investigations on pool evaporation and vapour cloud explosions in Industrial environments by Sai Mahith Thummaluru, Safety Engineer @ BASF
- FLACS used for hydrogen and hydrogen fuels by Olav Roald Hansen, CEO, and founder @ HYEX Safety AS
- The use of CFD for the design of hydrogen bulk storage areas by Pablo Giacopinelli, Senior Engineer @ Gexcon
- Safety analysis and risk control of shore-based bunkering operations for a hydrogen-powered ship by FENG Yuxiang, Process Engineer @ China Classification Society (CCS)
- Recent research activity at Gexcon by Lorenzo Mauri, Principal Research Engineer @ Gexcon
- Uncertainties in probabilistic explosion risk analysis by Prankul Middha, Principal Consultant and Director @ Abercus
- DDT Evaluation with FLACS by Jihui Geng, Senior Principal Scientist @ BakerRisk
- Consequence modelling of hazardous chemicals in polymer industries by Gokul Mahajan, Technical Team Lead – Projects @ Gexcon
