Monday, May 24 |
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| 11am – 5pm | Exhibition setup | |
Tuesday, May 25 |
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| 7.30 | Registration, coffee | |
| 8.15 | Opening remarks | |
| 8.30 | [1] | Gas purging safety: a review of gas purging incidents and discussion of recommendations made by the U.S. Chemical Safety Board to improve purging safety practices Lauren Wilson, U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Identification Board, Washington, DC, USA |
| 9.05 | [2] | A pragmatic approach for addressing the issue of odorant fade Mark Gottlieb and Darin McMullen, Offit Kurman, Philadelphia, PA, USA |
| 9.40 | Coffee, exhibition | |
| 10.30 | [3] | Odorization of natural gas: a review of current technology and practice Ken Parrott, k2 Controls, The Woodlands, TX, USA |
| 11.05 | [4] | Pre-odorization or “pickling” of new natural gas pipe, a case study Isabelle Ivanov and Juraj Strmen, Midland Resource Recovery, Philippi, WV, USA Les Jones, Kitchener Utilities, Kitchener, ON, Canada |
| 11.40 | [5] | Odorant spill response plans John Miller, James Whitnall, Enbridge Gas Distribution, Calgary, AB, Canada |
| 12.15 | Lunch, exhibition | |
| 1.45 | [6] | Odorant loss in new steel piping on the customer side of the meter Ed Flynn, Mulcare Pipeline Solutions, Norwell, MA, USA |
| 2.20 | [7] | A basic understanding of the chemistry and characteristics of natural gas odorants Mike Usher, Odor-Tech/Arkema, Philadelphia, PA, USA |
| 2.55 | Coffee, exhibition | |
| 3.40 | [8] | Determining proper odorization levels Roy Montemarano and Paul Wehnert, Heath Consultants, Houston, TX, USA |
| 4.15 | [9] | Public awareness messages: an essential part of a complete odorization program Gordon Plunkett, Odorization Consultant, West Des Moines, IA, USA |
| 4.50 | Wrap-up of Day 1 | |
| 5.00 | Cocktail reception, exhibition | |
Wednesday, May 26 |
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| 8.00 | Opening remarks and review of Day 1 | |
| 8.15 | [10] | Odoriaztion: a discussion of code compliance and liability issues David Bull, ViaData, LP, USA |
| 8.50 | [11] | Current odorization research and development Andrew Hammerschmidt and Karen Crippen, Gas Technology Institute, Des Plaines, IL, USA |
| 9.25 | Coffee, exhibition | |
| 10.20 | [12] | Optimization of supplemental odorization operations Robert Wilson, National Grid, Boston, MA, USA |
| 10.55 | [13] | Olfactory evaluation of the smell of a gas: a round-robin test based on the AFG Specification François Cagnon , Amélie Louvat, and Delphine Coffinet-Laguerre, GDF SUEZ, Saint Denis la Plaine, France Bjorn Maxeiner, OLFAtec GmbH, Kiel, Germany |
| 11.30 | [14] | Odorant cylinder transfer and filling operations Ed Roberson, Gas Odorant Service & Supply, Katy, TX, USA |
| 12.05 | Lunch, exhibition | |
| 1.30 | [15] | A critical early warning system: the sense of smell Dr. Richard Doty, Sensonics, Inc., Haddon Heights, NJ, USA |
| 2.05 | [16] | Metrology and on-line gas chromatography on sulfur compounds in natural gas Michel Robert and Franck Amiet, Chromatotec, Bordeaux, France Presented by Michael Bowen, Chromatotec, Houston, TX, USA |
| 2.40 | [17] | Decommissioning of obsolete underground odorant storage tanks Jan Strmen, Midland Resource Recovery, Philippi, WV, USA |
| 3.15 | [18] | Odorization task evaluation and training: meeting mandated requirements David Bull, ViaData, LP, USA |
| 3.50 | Closing remarks, adjourn | |
19. Gas composition should determine odorant selection
20. When using an odor level test instrument, be sure to use a recommended method
Gordon Plunkett, Odorization Consultant, West Des Moines, IA, USA
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