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Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 18:26:38 -0400
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From: List Moderator <ecgrants**At_Symbol_Here**UVM.EDU>
Subject: CHEMICAL REACTIVITY HAZARDS
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The Reactives Management workshop was very well received in Boston.
I am now looking for up to 8 locations to present it at in the next
12 months. It will be presented in New Orleans in April and
Philadelphia in August. If you are interested in hosting it, please
contact me. Arrangements are simple. The cost is $50 per person
with 25 minimum and 30 maximum per day. The presentation must be
open to participants who are not directly affiliated with your
facility (ie ñ open to the community). You will need to provide the
location and A/V equipment. I will provide everything else.
Here is the current Agenda:
CHEMICAL REACTIVITY HAZARDS
Laboratory Scale
Recognition & Control
AGENDA
PURPOSE: Chemical reactivity hazards contribute to a significant
number of incidents in laboratories and pilot plants. This workshop
will provide participants with the knowledge and skill to screen
processes for potential hazards, recognize when reactive hazards are
present, and implement appropriate controls to reduce the risk of an
incident associated with the hazards. Workshop attendees will review
case studies of actual incidents and do screening examples in order
to understand the screening and recognition process. Group
discussions of control methods will allow participants to share their
experiences and to evaluate methods for controlling reactivity
risks. Some knowledge of basic chemistry will be beneficial.
INTRODUCTION
Instructor(s)
Workshop Purpose & Schedule
Handout Materials
Participants
OSHA Alliance
CHEMICAL REACTIVITY HAZARD
Nature of the problem
Definitions
Energetics and Kinetics
REACTIVITY SCREENING
Screening Flowsheet
Sources of Information
Screening Example: Organic Synthesis
Break
Screening Example: Reflux - Distillation
Screening Example: Incompatible Mixture
Additional Sources of Information
Differential Scanning Calorimtery ñ
Thermogravitmetric Analysis
Oxygen Balance
Screening Example: Lab Waste
Use of NOAA Compatibility Worksheet
REACTIVITY CONTROLS
Engineering
Ventilation
Cooling
Construction
Administrative
Process Scale
Separation
Design & Review
Application of Control Principles to Examples
Screening Example: Organic synthesis
Screening Example: Reflux/Distillation
Screening Example: Incompatibility
REACTIVITY MANAGEMENT
Reactivity Management System
Key elements
Reactivity Management Flowsheet
Participant Discussion of Management Systems
SUMMARY
Review of Workshop Key Points
Screening
Recognition
Control
Management
Participant Discussion of How to Proceed
Participant Evaluation of Workshop
If interested, please contact me.
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