Episode 119 - Behind the Curtain - Updating of PRD Standards with Guest Casey Houston

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In this episode, Rob is joined by Casey Houston, principal engineer of Chemitics, a consulting firm that specializes in overpressure protection and effluent handling system designs. Casey has been a participant with the AIChE DIERS group since 2006 and has been a member with the API Subcommittee on Pressure Relief System designs since 2011. He is also the co-chair for the API Task Force on Technical Report 522. In this episode, they discuss updating pressure relief device standards and what goes into making API standards updates.

For more information about AIChE DIERS, visitwww.aiche.org/diers. To connect with Casey, email him at[email protected]. For more on relief devices, check outEpisode 63 - Relief Devices Documentation with guest Chris Paskach andEpisode 72 - Incident Breakdown: 2018 Ethylene Release and Fire at Kuraray America, Inc. with Guest Christ Paskach.