Groendijk, W.
Willem Groendijk is the Global Catalyst Safety Assessment Lead, based in Shell Projects & Technology. He leads the CSA team and is responsible for activities such as ensuring good quality CSAs, enhancing CSA tools and sharing learnings, both within Shell and externally. Groendijk has a background in downstream technology support for chemicals and refining, having worked at both the Pernis refinery and chemicals complex, and at Shell Projects & Technology.
Catalyst safety assessment: Making catalyst and adsorbent startups safer
Biofuels
/ Catalysts
/ Engineering & Design
/ Europe
/ Safety
/ Equipment
/ Ethylene
/ Hydrogen
/ Information Systems
/ Petrochemicals
/ Polymers
/ Process Optimization
/ Reactors
/ Refining
/ Treating
/ Olefins
An unease around potential high temperature and pressures during fresh catalyst and adsorbent startups—which can lead to situations where designed pressures and temperatures are exceeded—led the authors’ company to create the Catalyst Safety Assessment (CSA) methodology.
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Project:
Long Son Petrochemicals Complex
Location:
Long Son, Vietnam
Operator:
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Cost:
$5.4 B
Capacity:
1.65 MMtpy
Completion date:
2023
Status:
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