Overview

This presentation will cover the fundamentals of pressure relief in the chemical industry. It will include codes and standards, types of relief devices, causes of over-pressure, sizing, installation and disposal systems.

Presenter

Mohammed Ali

Mohammad Ali is a chemical engineering graduate from Imperial College. He worked for a US oil company for 36 years before taking early retirement. The last 20 years of his work was in process safety. He represented his company at the Pressure Relief Sub-committee of the American Petroleum Institute (API) for 15 years and was the chairman of the sub-committee from 2005 to 2008. Mohammad has run many in-house training courses on pressure relief at various sites in the UK and in the USA.

The material presented at this event has not been peer-reviewed. Any opinions are the presenters' own and do not necessarily represent those of IChemE or the Hull and Humber Members Group. The information is given in good faith but without any liability on the part of IChemE.