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Session 1 – Monday, August 26, 2013 1a One Hundred Years of Ammonia Production – A Recap of Significant Contributions to Feeding the World Venkat Pattabathula – Incitec Pivot Q: Hanggara Parianta – Pupuk Indonesia For future development, what is the emphasis on ammonia technology, technology itself, reliability, safety and other? A: I believe the future ammonia technology would focus on large capacity plants with improved energy efficiency that would give better plant reliability. 1b Assessment of the Safety Risks in Running the Single Train Ammonia Unit with Partially Defeated Shutdown System Nenad Ze?evi? – Petrokemija Q: Majed Al Solimani – Ma’aden Phosphate In your experience, what is the frequency of flange leaks that you experienced? A: Our experience was this was the first problem with such intensive leakage, which caused the failure of the pipeline PG-1016-16. During the operation period of one year there are some minor leakages in different type of the flanges and we can say that the frequency is in average three to four minor leakages per year. Q: Majed Al Solimani – Ma’aden Phosphate What type of device do you use to detect leaks? A: We use always portable measuring device type Drager Xm-5000 with measuring probes for CO, CH4, NH3, H2. Q: Satyajit Mahapatra – OCI Fertilisers Why did you not consider heat tracing on the bypass line to avoid condensation? A: Heat tracing is not required according to the original project design basis. We never considered installing heat tracing due to high temperature of the syngas inside of the bypass pipe line. According to some experiences from literature, in such temperature and pressure conditions heat tracing is not an effective protective measure to avoid steam condensation. Q: Satyajit Mahapatra – OCI Fertilisers Did you consider free draining the line (slope the line) to avoid collection of condensate? A: No, but we restricted the closing action of the temperature regulating valve TV141 to 25%, so that the v