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Frankfurt Marriott Hotel

Frankfurt, Germany

August 25 29, 2013

SAVE $95 WITH EARLY REGISTRATION

58th Annual Safety in Ammonia Plants and Related Facilities Symposium

When you Register by July 26th

ach year, the Ammonia Symposium allows professionals concerned with safety and reliability issues in the nitrogen and gas reforming industries to share recent developments.

Celebrating 100 Years of Haber-Bosch Ammonia Production Technology Join us for the BASF Ludwigshafen/Heidelberg Tour on Tuesday, August 27.

NEW in 2013:

Preliminary PROGRAM
Time 08:00 08:10 08:45 1A Paper Welcome from Committee Chair Keynote Address One Hundred Years of Ammonia Production A Recap of Significant Contributions to Feeding the World Assessment of the Safety Risks in Running the Single Train Ammonia Unit with Partially Overridden Shutdown System Methanol Emission from Ammonia Plants and Its Reduction Achieving Ultra-Low NOx Emissions in Methanol Downfired Applications Life Time Extension of Urea Reactors Excessive Corrosion in a Medium Pressure Decomposer (MPD) of Urea Plant Handling a Leak in High Pressure Carbamate Condenser Title MONDAY, AUGUST 26 Anil Kumar Singh IFFCO Wayne T. Smith BASF Gerald Williams  Plant Surveys International Venkat Pattabathula Incitec Pivot Nenad Zecevic, Zlatko Babic, Renato Kamenski  Petrokemija Plc. Croatia, Kutina Klaus Noelker ThyssenKrupp Uhde John Pach Johnson Matthey Rex K. Isaacs, Nigel Palfreeman, Ryan Roberts Zeeco, Inc. Joost Roes, Jos Blttler Stamicarbon B.V. Ali Jama, Jean-Pierre Heinis Qatar Fertiliser Company Khaled Al-Khuraimi  SAFCO Author(s) COMPANY

09:15 COFFEE BREAK 10:00 10:30 11:00 13:30 14:00 14:30 1B 1C 1D 2A 2B 2C

11:30 LUNCH

15:00 COFFEE BREAK

Preliminary PROGRAM (Continued)

Time 15:30 16:00 16:30 Paper 2D 2E 2F Title Fluid Sealed Box-up An Online Technique to Arrest Corrosive Service Leakages Planning for Hundred-Fold Increase in Global Ammonia Production Fast Detection and Localization of Small Ammonia Leakages Using Distributed Fibre Optic Sensors TUESDAY, AUGUST 27 FREE DAY Heidelberg/BASF Tour WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28 08:00 08:30 3A 3B 100 Years of Ammonia Synthesis Technology Plant Reliability Improvement Through the Replacement of Ammonia Converter Baskets Successful Installation and Startup of an S-300 Ammonia Converter Basket Strange Operation Experience in Synloop Boiler Ends in Extensive Repair of Ammonia Converter Cartridge Conventional Ammonia Plant Revamp with Purifier Rehabilitation of a 1440 T/D Ammonia Plant The Ammonia Production Process A Challenge for Materials, Fabrication and Design of the Components Convection Section Failure Analysis and Fitness-for-Service Assessment Reformer Component Management After an Overheating Incident that Resulted in Tube Failures Elevated-Temperature Failure Mechanisms in Ammonia Plant Equipment Reducing the Risk of Failure Experiences During Manufacturing of Reformer Outlet Pigtails Ib Dybkjr Haldor Topse A/S Kristina Balch, Robert Handford Dyno Nobel Venkat Pattabathula Incitec Pivot Elio Strepparola Ammonia Casale W. Clark Liddon CF Industries Reinhard Michel ThyssenKrupp Uhde Fahad Abdullah Al Sawat  Saudi Arabian Fertilizer Company (SAFCO) Meghji Shah KBR Rajesh K. Aggarwal KRIBHCO Francisco Morales Oln Petrleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) Michael Bachtler, Jrgen Korkhaus BASF SE James R. Widrig Quest Integrity Group Neil Schroetlin Dakota Gasification David M. Firth, Charles W. Thomas Quest Integrity Group Manoj Thakur, Ron Caporn CSBP Dan Benac BakerRisk Engineering and Consultants Pedro Imizcoz Schmidt + Clemens Spain Peter Tait  Methanex Corporation Milo V. Kral University of Canterbury Robert Burlingame, Lili Djadjuli KBR John Pach, John Brightling Johnson Matthey Oliver J. Smith Air Products Rainer Basse Foster Wheeler Author(s) COMPANY Muhammad Idrees, Meer Salman Muddasar Engro Fertilizers Ltd. Pakistan William Ahlgren  California Polytechnic State University SLO Rob de Bont YARA France Daniele Inaudi SMARTEC SA

09:00 10:00

3C 3D

09:30 COFFEE BREAK

10:30 11:00 13:30 14:00 14:30

3E 3F 4A 4B 4C

11:30 LUNCH

15:00 COFFEE BREAK 15:30 16:00 4D 4E

16:30 08:00 08:30 09:00

4F 5A 5B 5C

PIM-2, Failure of the Secondary Reformer WHB THURSDAY, AUGUST 29 Ammonia Production A Century of Safety, Health & Environmental Improvements Improvements in Reformer Monitoring In-Tube Temperature Measurement Operational and Safety Improvements in Foster Wheeler Terrace Wall Reformers Implementation of Process Safety Key Performance Indicators in a Large Fertilizer Complex Catastrophic Failure of Ammonia Synthesis Loop Boiler Feedwater Heater Catastrophic Fire in Ammonia Plant Compressor Room at GPN Grand-Quevilly

09:30 COFFEE BREAK 10:00 10:30 11:00 5D 5E 5F Shailender K. Bhandari, Cristiano Azevedo Qatar Fertiliser Company Eugene R. Britton Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC Patrick Le Calv GPN

This information is accurate as of March 22nd, 2013 and is subject to change. For complete conference information, please visit www.aiche.org/ammonia2013. For more information or to register, please contact Ilia F. Killeen at 646-495-1316 or iliak@aiche.org.

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