| My research interests
are in chemical process safety and loss prevention.
Flammability
Increased emphasis on the prevention of fires and explosions has
led to a need for high-quality flammability data covering a wide
range of compositions of fuel/oxygen/nitrogen. The purpose of
this project is to obtain this data in a twenty-liter combustion
sphere using a high-speed data acquisition system. The data will
be used to verify and improve methods for predicting the flammability
zone.
The flashpoint temperature of flammable
materials is also important for safe process design. Unfortunately,
little is known about the flashpoints of mixtures and methods
to predict these flashpoints.
Reactivity
Past methods for characterizing reactivity have depended on temperature
and pressure rates as a function of time. This research will apply
the concept of thermodynamic availability to reduce the evaluation
to a single function in time.
Service
I was the president of the AIChE Safety and Health Division during
1996. I am also a member of the AIChE Center for Chemical Process
Safety (CCPS) Undergraduate Education Committee and editor of
the Safety and Chemical Engineering Education Newsletter. I am
also a member of the CCPS Technical Steering Committee and the
AIChE 11a Committee on Loss Prevention.
Selected Publications
- D.A. Crowl and J. Louvar, Chemical
Process Safety - Fundamentals with Applications, 2nd. Edition,
Prentice-Hall. 2002
- D.A Crowl, editor, Layer of
Protection Analysis, Simplified Process Risk Assessment, American
Institute of Chemical Engineers,2001.
- D.A. Crowl, Guidelenes for Consequence
Analysis of Chemical Releases, American Institute of Chemical
Engineers Center for Chemical Process Safety, New York, 1999.
- D.A. Crowl, Gas Dispersion,
Perry s Chemical Engineers Handbook, 7th ed., 1997.
- D.A. Crowl, editor, Inherently
Safer Chemical Processes A Life Cycle Approach, American Institute
of Chemical Engineers, New York, 1996.
- S. Grossel and D.A. Crowl, eds.,
Handbook of Highly Toxic Materials Handling and Management,
Marcel Dekker,1995.
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