OBJECTIVES The level of benzene exposure in the petrochemical industry during regular operation has been well established, but not in turnaround (TA), where high exposure may occur. In this study, the characteristics of occupational exposure to benzene during TA in the petrochemical companies were investigated in order to determine the best management strategies and improve the working environm...

OBJECTIVES To investigate concern that local industrial air pollution in Teesside, England, was causing poor health, several areas there were compared with parts of the City of Sunderland. METHODS Populations in similar social and economic circumstances but varying in their proximity to major industries were compared. Study populations lived in 27 housing estates in Teesside and Sunderland, n...

Reactive alkenes from petrochemical industries are known to play an important role in the formation of ozone in Houston, Texas. In this work we developed a fast-response detector of ethylene based on laser photo-acoustic spectroscopy (LPAS) and used it onboard the NOAA WP-3D aircraft to measure ethylene in industrial plumes around Houston in the summer of 2006. The new LPAS instrument was evalu...

The subject of this work is to study the use of object oriented models of petrochemical plants in order to simplify simulation and production planning. A prototype system for an existing plant was developed to achieve this goal. The prototype system was made using the object oriented programming language Smalltalk/V. The system is generic and allows creating graphical simulation models for most...

job creation, income generation, and natural resources conservation, all are pillars of sustainable development for industries using new technologies. despite the importance of new technologies, developing countries face many limitations, such as economic and political problems, which make the development and transfer of technologies more difficult. in this study, we focus on development of new...

Maintaining the best quality is essential for the survival of a company in a globally competitive world. Six Sigma activity has been widely accepted as one of the most efficient and powerful problem-solving methods for quality issues. The define-measure-analyze-improvecontrol (DMAIC) approach based on data has been very powerful for identifying, defining, solving a problem, and controlling the ...

Special attention to the relative advantages of the economy is the best way toward economic development in every country. Owing to its considerable natural oil and gas resources, Iran has a high potential for the development of these industries. In the value chain process of these God-given resources, a wide diversity of final downstream petrochemical products has a significant charm and scope ...

Thailand has been changed to rapid urbanization and industrialization since 1980s. During 1992 through 1996, the number of industrial factories in Rayong province increased very sharply. The major types of industries are petrol-chemical and plastic production. However, after the petrochemical industry boomed, the higher demand led to an industrial area expansion. The establishment of factories ...

In the current environment, the economic clusterization, which contributes to closer interrelations between the businesses operating within this system and promotes development of the involved regions, represents one of the key factors relating to competitive ability improvement of the active businesses. Identification and assessment of regional clusters is actually regarded as an insufficientl...