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Vechot, Luc Associate Professor
Positions
- Managing Director, Mary Kay OConnor Process Safety Center, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)
- Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering (Qatar), Texas A&M University at Qatar
Dr. Vechot has worked on process safety related research topics for the last seven years.
He has experience in national and international research collaborations with universities, public laboratories and industries in the field of Process Safety. He is a member of the European DIERS (Design Institute for Emergency Relief Systems) Users Group.
Dr. Vechot has focused his researches on:
- Exothermic reaction hazards and calorimetric hazard screening techniques
- Runaway reactions and adiabatic calorimetry
- Pressure relief design applications for untempered peroxide systems
- Accidental releases of water reactive chemicals
He has experience in national and international research collaborations with universities, public laboratories and industries in the field of Process Safety. He is a member of the European DIERS (Design Institute for Emergency Relief Systems) Users Group.
Dr. Vechot has focused his researches on:
- Exothermic reaction hazards and calorimetric hazard screening techniques
- Runaway reactions and adiabatic calorimetry
- Pressure relief design applications for untempered peroxide systems
- Accidental releases of water reactive chemicals
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Publications
selected publications
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academic article
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Vechot, L. N., Olewski, T., & Al-Qahtani, A. H.
(2022).
Development and implementation of a process safety competency development program (PSCDP) for process safety engineers: A unique collaboration between industry (SABIC) and academia (MKOPSC). JOURNAL OF LOSS PREVENTION IN THE PROCESS INDUSTRIES.
80, 104917-104917.
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Ashraf, A. M., Imran, W., & Vchot, L.
(2022).
Analysis of the impact of a pandemic on the control of the process safety risk in major hazards industries using a Fault Tree Analysis approach. JOURNAL OF LOSS PREVENTION IN THE PROCESS INDUSTRIES.
74, 104649-104649.
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Altwal, J. M., Olewski, T., & Vechot, L. N.
(2022).
Development of a model for the prediction of the ignition properties of combustible dusts undergoing homogeneous combustion: Application to sulfur dust. Process Safety and Environmental Protection: Transactions of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, Part B.
168, 526-534.
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Srour, O., Kakosimos, K. E., & Vechot, L. N.
(2022).
Toward a high-fidelity model for the identification of underground gas flow regimes resulting from buried pipeline releases. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering.
108, 104832-104832.
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Elsaid, K., Abdelfatah, S., Elabsir, A., Hassiba, R. J., Ghouri, Z. K., & Vechot, L.
(2021).
Direct alcohol fuel cells: Assessment of the fuel's safety and health aspects. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.
46(59), 30658-30668.
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Altwal, J. M., & Vechot, L. N.
(2021).
Experimental study of the influence of particle size on Minimum Explosible Concentration of sulfur dust. JOURNAL OF LOSS PREVENTION IN THE PROCESS INDUSTRIES.
71, 104507-104507.
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Wang, Q., Edwards, D., Gupta, J., & Vechot, L.
(2020).
Dr. M. Sam Mannan - Process Safety Pioneer. 137, 366-367.
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Shaikh, N., Kakosimos, K. E., Adia, N., & Vchot, L.
(2020).
Concept and demonstration of a fully coupled and dynamic exposure-response methodology for crowd evacuation numerical modelling in airborne-toxic environments. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.
399, 123093-123093.
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Jawad, J., Soares, R., Vechot, L. N., & Castier, M.
(2020).
Dynamics of gas flow between interconnected vessels: Experiments and simulations. Process Safety and Environmental Protection: Transactions of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, Part B.
134, 381-391.
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Nawaz, W., Olewski, T., & Vchot, L.
(2019).
Assessment and validation of evaporation models for cryogenic liquids. Process Safety and Environmental Protection: Transactions of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, Part B.
121, 50-61.
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Nikolaidis, I. K., Franco, L., Vechot, L. N., & Economou, I. G.
(2018).
Modeling of physical properties and vapor - liquid equilibrium of ethylene and ethylene mixtures with equations of state. Fluid Phase Equilibria.
470, 149-163.
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Saha, N., Al-Muhannadi, R., Al-Mohannadi, A., Vechot, L. N., & Castier, M.
(2018).
Is it the time to say bye to the phi-factor?. Process Safety and Environmental Protection: Transactions of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, Part B.
113, 193-203.
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Castier, M., Basha, A., Kanes, R., & Vechot, L. N.
(2017).
DISCHARGE OF NON-REACTIVE FLUIDS FROM VESSELS. Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering.
34(4), 1149-1159.
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Kanes, R., Marengo, M., Abdel-Moati, H., Cranefield, J., & Vchot, L.
(2017).
Developing a framework for dynamic risk assessment using Bayesian networks and reliability data. JOURNAL OF LOSS PREVENTION IN THE PROCESS INDUSTRIES.
50, 142-153.
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Ahammad, M., Quraishy, S., Olewski, T., & Vchot, L.
(2017).
Small-scale field spill experiments of liquid nitrogen, oxygen and their mixture on concrete surface. JOURNAL OF LOSS PREVENTION IN THE PROCESS INDUSTRIES.
50, 112-120.
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Ahammad, M., Olewski, T., Vechot, L. N., & Mannan, S.
(2016).
A CFD based model to predict film boiling heat transfer of cryogenic liquids. JOURNAL OF LOSS PREVENTION IN THE PROCESS INDUSTRIES.
44, 247-254.
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Ahammad, M., Liu, Y. i., Olewski, T., Vechot, L. N., & Mannan, M. S.
(2016).
Application of Computational Fluid Dynamics in Simulating Film Boiling of Cryogens. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research.
55(27), 7548-7557.
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Olewski, T., Ahammad, M., Quraishy, S., Gan, N., & Vechot, L.
(2016).
Building process safety culture at Texas A&M University at Qatar: A case study on experimental research. JOURNAL OF LOSS PREVENTION IN THE PROCESS INDUSTRIES.
44, 642-652.
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Castier, M., Kanes, R., & Vechot, L. N.
(2016).
Flash calculations with specified entropy and stagnation enthalpy. Fluid Phase Equilibria.
408, 196-204.
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Valdes, O. R., Casson Moreno, V., Waldram, S., Vechot, L., & Mannan, M. S.
(2016).
Runaway decomposition of dicumyl peroxide by open cell adiabatic testing at different initial conditions. Process Safety and Environmental Protection: Transactions of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, Part B.
102, 251-262.
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Kanes, R., Basha, A., Vechot, L. N., & Castier, M.
(2016).
Simulation of venting and leaks from pressure vessels. JOURNAL OF LOSS PREVENTION IN THE PROCESS INDUSTRIES.
40, 563-577.
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Gopalaswami, N., Olewski, T., Vchot, L. N., & Mannan, M. S.
(2015).
Small-scale experimental study of vaporization flux of liquid nitrogen released on water. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.
297, 8-16.
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Gopalaswami, N., Kakosimos, K., Vechot, L., Olewski, T., & Mannan, M. S.
(2015).
Analysis of meteorological parameters for dense gas dispersion using mesoscale models. JOURNAL OF LOSS PREVENTION IN THE PROCESS INDUSTRIES.
35, 145-156.
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Reyes Valdesa, O., Casson Moreno, V., Mannan, S., & Vchot, L.
(2015).
Evaluation of the thermal runaway decomposition of cumene hydroperoxide by adiabatic calorimetry. Chemical Engineering Transactions.
43, 1009-1014.
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Valdes, O., Moreno, V. C., Waldram, S. P., Vechot, L. N., & Mannan, M. S.
(2015).
Experimental sensitivity analysis of the runaway severity of Dicumyl peroxide decomposition using adiabatic calorimetry. Thermochimica Acta.
617, 28-37.
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Liu, Y. i., Olewski, T., & Vechot, L. N.
(2015).
Modeling of a cryogenic liquid pool boiling by CFD simulation. JOURNAL OF LOSS PREVENTION IN THE PROCESS INDUSTRIES.
35, 125-134.
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Moreno, V. C., Kanes, R., Wilday, J., & Vchot, L.
(2015).
Modeling of the venting of an untempered system under runaway conditions. JOURNAL OF LOSS PREVENTION IN THE PROCESS INDUSTRIES.
36, 171-182.
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Gopalaswami, N., Vechot, L., Olewski, T., & Mannan, M. S.
(2015).
Small-scale experimental study of vaporization flux of liquid nitrogen released on ice. JOURNAL OF LOSS PREVENTION IN THE PROCESS INDUSTRIES.
37, 124-131.
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Olewski, T., Mannan, S., & Vchot, L.
(2015).
Validation of liquid nitrogen vaporisation rate by small scale experiments and analysis of the conductive heat flux from the concrete. JOURNAL OF LOSS PREVENTION IN THE PROCESS INDUSTRIES.
35, 277-282.
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Zhang, B., Liu, Y. i., Olewski, T., Vechot, L., & Mannan, M. S.
(2014).
Blanketing effect of expansion foam on liquefied natural gas (LNG) spillage pool. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.
280, 380-388.
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Basha, O., Olewski, T., Vechot, L., Castier, M., & Mannan, S.
(2014).
Modeling of pool spreading of LNG on land. JOURNAL OF LOSS PREVENTION IN THE PROCESS INDUSTRIES.
30(1), 307-314.
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Vchot, L. N., Casson, V., & Olewski, T.
(2014).
Training future engineers to be committed to safety
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Vechot, L., Olewski, T., Osorio, C., Basha, O., Liu, Y. i., & Mannan, S.
(2013).
Laboratory scale analysis of the influence of different heat transfer mechanisms on liquid nitrogen vaporization rate. JOURNAL OF LOSS PREVENTION IN THE PROCESS INDUSTRIES.
26(3), 398-409.
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Vechot, L.
(2013).
Modeling Of The Venting Of A Gassy System Under Runaway Conditions
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Vechot, L.
(2013).
Risk Assessment Of The Thermal Decomposition Of Organic Peroxide Hybrid And Gassy Systems By Calorimetry And Computational Techniques
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Vchot, L., Minko, W., Bigot, J., Kazmierczak, M., & Vicot, P.
(2011).
Vent sizing: analysis of the blowdown of a hybrid non tempered system. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.
191(1-3), 8-18.
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Graham, S. R., Hodgson, R., Vechot, L., & Essa, M. I.
(2011).
Calorimetric studies on the thermal stability of methyl ethyl ketone peroxide (MEKP) formulations. Process Safety and Environmental Protection: Transactions of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, Part B.
89(6), 424-433.
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Olewski, T., Nayak, S., Basha, O., Waldram, S., & Vchot, L.
(2011).
Medium scale LNG-related experiments and CFD simulation of water curtain. JOURNAL OF LOSS PREVENTION IN THE PROCESS INDUSTRIES.
24(6), 798-804.
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Cruse, H. A., Buston, J., Vechot, L. N., Tickle, G. A., & Rowlands, R.
(2011).
Modelling spills of water-reactive chemicals. Process Safety and Environmental Protection: Transactions of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, Part B.
89(6), 415-423.
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Vchot, L., Bigot, J., Testa, D., Kazmierczak, M., & Vicot, P.
(2008).
Runaway reaction of non-tempered chemical systems: Development of a similarity vent-sizing tool at laboratory scale. JOURNAL OF LOSS PREVENTION IN THE PROCESS INDUSTRIES.
21(4), 359-366.
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Vchot, L., Bombard, I., Laurent, P., & Lieto, J.
(2006).
Experimental and modelling study of the radiative curing of a polyester-based coating. International Journal of Thermal Sciences.
45(1), 86-93.
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Vechot, L. N., Olewski, T., & Al-Qahtani, A. H.
(2022).
Development and implementation of a process safety competency development program (PSCDP) for process safety engineers: A unique collaboration between industry (SABIC) and academia (MKOPSC). JOURNAL OF LOSS PREVENTION IN THE PROCESS INDUSTRIES.
80, 104917-104917.
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conference paper
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Yu, J., Mahgerefteh, H., Martynov, S., Olewski, T., Economou, I., & Vechot, L.
(2019).
FIRE AND EXPLOSION MODELLING FOLLOWING THE ACCIDENTAL FAILURE OF HIGH PRESSURE ETHYLENE TRANSPORTATION PIPELINES. 195-198.
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Kanes, R., Ramirez-Marengo, C., Sheharyar, A., Bouhali, O., Vechot, L., & Alvarez, E.
(2018).
Developing a Framework for a Dynamic Modeling Tool to Support RiskBased Decision Making in the Petrochemical Industry
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Ulumuddin, N., Olewski, T., & Vchot, L.
(2018).
Analysis and validation of integral pool spreading model of LNG spills on concrete. Institution of Chemical Engineers Symposium Series.
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Ashraf, A. M., Vechot, L., Payne, S. C., & Keiser, N. L.
(2017).
Communicating hazards in a multicultural workforce. 288-302.
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Ashraf, A. M., Argyropoulos, C. D., Olewski, T., Vechot, L., & Kakosimos, K. E.
(2016).
Comparative study on toxic gas infiltration in a non-process area using CFD and multi-zone models. Institution of Chemical Engineers Symposium Series.
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Jassem, N. A., Sikora, E., Wang, D., Shaw, B., Mishra, B., Palmer, B., & Vechot, L.
(2016).
Study of protection mechanism of multifunctional coating systems against internal corrosion in pipelines in oil and gas industry. NACE - International Corrosion Conference Series.
1557-1571.
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Ahammad, M., Olewski, T., Liu, Y., Rahmani, S., Mannan, S., & Vechot, L.
(2015).
Guidelines for simulating cryogenic film boiling using volume of fluid (VOF) method. Institution of Chemical Engineers Symposium Series.
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Gopalaswami, N., Vechot, L., Olewski, T., & Mannan, M. S.
(2015).
Small-scale experimental study of vaporization flux of liquid nitrogen released on ice. JOURNAL OF LOSS PREVENTION IN THE PROCESS INDUSTRIES.
124-131.
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Quraishy, S., Sadia, A., Olewski, T., & Vchot, L.
(2015).
Modelling of Transition and Nucleate Boiling of Liquid Nitrogen Spill on Concrete. Institution of Chemical Engineers Symposium Series.
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Zhang, B., Liu, Y., Olewski, T., Vechot, L., & Mannan, M. S.
(2014).
Effects of expansion foam on controlling LNG vaporization rate. 1487-1494.
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Gopalaswami, N., Mannan, M. S., Vechot, L., & Olewski, T.
(2014).
Small scale experimental study of vaporization rate of liquid nitrogen released on ice. 433-445.
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Gopalaswami, N., Vechot, L., Olewski, T., & Mannan, M. S
(2014).
Small scale experimental study of vaporization rate of liquid nitrogen released on ice. 399-411.
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Gopalaswami, N., Vechot, L., Olewski, T., & Mannan, M. S
(2014).
Small scale experimental study of vaporization rates of liquid nitrogen released on ice. 318-330.
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Gopalaswami, N., Vechot, L., Olewski, T., & Mannan, M. S
(2014).
Small scale experimental study of vaporization rates of liquid nitrogen released on ice. 329-341.
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Gopalaswami, N., Vechot, L., Olewski, T., & Mannan, M. S
(2014).
Small scale experimental study of vaporization rates of liquid nitrogen released on ice. 494-506.
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Sadia, A., Nawaz, W., Olewski, T., & Vechot, L.
(2014).
Source Term Modeling Of Cryogenic Liquid Vapor Formation By Experimental Investigation - Evaporation Regime And Convection Effect
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Basha, O., Liu, Y. i., Castier, M., Olewski, T., Vechot, L., & Mannan, S
(2013).
Modelling of LNG Pool Spreading on Land with Included Vapour-Liquid Equilibrium and Different Boiling Regimes. Chemical Engineering Transactions.
43-48.
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Olewski, T., Vechot, L., & Mannan, S.
(2013).
Study of the vaporization rate of liquid nitrogen by smalland medium-scale experiments. Chemical Engineering Transactions.
133-138.
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Liu, Y., Olewski, T., Vechot, L., Gao, X., & Mannan, S
(2012).
Source term modeling of vapor cloud formation during a cryogenic liquid spill based on a boiling model by CFD method
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Liu, Y., Gao, X., Olewski, T., Vechot, L., & Mannan, M. S.
(2012).
Modelling the vaporization of cryogenic liquid spilled on the ground considering different boiling phenomena. Institution of Chemical Engineers Symposium Series.
289-296.
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Vechot, L., Buston, J., Kay, J., Round, G. A., Masharani, S., Tickle, G. A., & Rowlands, R.
(2011).
Experimental studyofthe liquid phase hydrolysis reaction of titanium tetrachloride. Institution of Chemical Engineers Symposium Series.
238-245.
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Vchot, L., Kay, J., Wilday, J., Carson, D., & Bigot, J. P.
(2011).
Round Robin vent sizing exercise on a gassy system: 40% dicumyl peroxide in butyrate solvent. Institution of Chemical Engineers Symposium Series.
278-286.
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Olewski, T., Basha, O., Waldram, S., Mannan, S., & Vechot, L.
(2011).
Mitigation of LNG dispersion using two dimensional (2D) Water curtains. Institution of Chemical Engineers Symposium Series.
308-314.
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Vchot, L., Cusco, L., Hare, J., & Bishopp, M.
(2009).
Development and evaluation of experimental calorimetric systems for the simulation of an external heat input on reactive chemicals and monomers. Institution of Chemical Engineers Symposium Series.
375-384.
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Vchot, L., & Hare, J.
(2008).
Dewar scale-up for reactive chemical waste handling. Institution of Chemical Engineers Symposium Series.
682-700.
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Vechot, L., Bigot, J. P., Kazmierczak, M., & Vicot, P.
(2005).
Runaway reaction Validating a less overestimating vent sizing method. 7708-7713.
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Saha, N., Castier, M., Kanes, R., & Vchot, L.
Assessment of the maximum gas generation rate of a gas generating system under runaway conditions. Institution of Chemical Engineers Symposium Series.
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Yu, J., Mahgerefteh, H., Martynov, S., Olewski, T., Economou, I., & Vechot, L.
(2019).
FIRE AND EXPLOSION MODELLING FOLLOWING THE ACCIDENTAL FAILURE OF HIGH PRESSURE ETHYLENE TRANSPORTATION PIPELINES. 195-198.
Research
principal investigator on
Teaching
teaching activities
- CHEN455 Process Safety Engr Instructor
- CHEN460 Qrisk Anlysis Safety Eng Instructor
- CHEN481 Seminar Instructor
- CHEN482 Bioprocess Engineering Instructor
- CHEN485 Directed Studies Instructor
- CHEN491 Hnr-research Instructor
- CHEN601 Chen Laboratory Safety Instructor
- CHEN601 Lab Safety Chem Engrs Instructor
- CHEN655 Process Safety Engr Instructor
- CHEN660 Quant Risk Analysis Instructor
- CHEN685 Directed Studies Instructor
- CHEN691 Research Instructor
- CHEN691 Research Instructor
- ENGR181 Engr Honors Seminar I Instructor
Background
education and training
- Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Mines Saint-Etienne - (Saint-Etienne, France) 2006
- B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 - (Villeurbanne, France) 2001
awards and honors
Contact
first name
- Luc
has last name
- Vechot
mailing address
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Texas A&M University
Qatar Campus
4251 TAMUQ
College Station, TX 77843-4251
USA
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- luc.vechot@qatar.tamu.edu