Cataly&cpar&aloxida&onlab:hightemperaturecon&nuousflowreactors

Organicelectronicslab:microfabrica&on,chlorinatedsolvents,cleanroomenvironment

Studentrepresenta&vetodepartmentalsafetycommi?ee

T.A.forchemicalengineeringprocesssafety

MYBACKGROUND

1

Safety=StudentCulture

Safety=Professionalism

Safety=Produc&vity

MYPERSPECTIVE

2

REACTORSAFETY

3

REACTORSAFETY

4

H2/Airfeedprovidesprocessheat

Millisecondcontact&meCPOprovidesprocessheatforglycerolpyrolysis

Glycerolfeedbypassesoxida&onzone

Alotcangowrong

Worst-case:oxygensurplus->steeptemperaturerise->“pop”

InLabViewreactorcontrol,implementedanautoma&coxygenshut-offinthecaseoffasttemperaturefluctua&ons.

Professionalism:Thiswouldbeimplementedinanyreal-worldreactor

Produc1vity:Freedmefromhavingtobabysitthereactor

SAFETYTHROUGHPROCESSCONTROL

5

Safetyvideocontestwithcashprize

Viewingduringnewstudentrecruitmentweekend–showsthatsafetyisimportanttoincomingstudents

Studentschoosewinner

STUDENT-DRIVENSAFETY

6

STUDENT-DRIVENSAFETY

7

Safetyvideocontestwithcashprize

Viewingduringnewstudentrecruitmentweekend–showsthatsafetyisimportanttoincomingstudents

Studentschoosewinner

STUDENT-DRIVENSAFETY

8

Cleanroom:

Fullbodygown/goggles/glovesrequired

Lendstoaprofessionalatmosphere

Nodistrac&ons–efficientuseof&me

Sharedacademiclab:

Safeprac&cesreduceclu?er,increaseproduc&vity

Labelingreduceschanceofhavingtorepeatexperiments

ORGANICELECTRONICSFABRICATION

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SafetyMoment:

Student-leddiscussionofspecificsafetytopic/incidentatbeginningofweeklygroupmee&ng

-chemicalspills

-firstaid

-tex&nganddriving

-datasecurity

InspiredbyExxon

ORGANICELECTRONICSFABRICATION

10

Academic/industrialsafetyworkshophostedinBaytown,TX

Representa&vesfromsixschoolsmettodiscusssuccessesandchallengesinlabsafety

Exxonsharedindustrialbestprac&ces

EXXONSAFETYPALS

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Industrialprac&ces:

Behavior-basedsafetyobserva&on

Shadowacolleagueduringahigh-riskprocedure, notebestprac&cesandprovidefeeback

Employee-drivensafetyculturefrombo?omup

Professionalism:Hearingfromindustrythatsafetyisaprioritycaninfluencestudents

Produc1vity:Safetyincidentsinducedown&me,losthours

EXXONSAFETYPALS

12

Safety=StudentCulture

Safety=Professionalism

Safety=Produc&vity

CONCLUSIONS

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QUESTIONSANDCOMMENTS

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FLAMEL IGERT

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and NSF grant # 1264555

ReichmanisgroupatGATech