PUBLICATIONS (Dilip K. Das, P.E., FAIChE)

 

Books [Co-author: Dr. R.K. Prabhudesai]:

1. "Chemical Engineering License Review", Kaplan Education

2. "Chemical Engineering License Problems and Solutions", Kaplan Education

3. "EIT Chemical Review", Kaplan Education

Other Publications:

  • “Analog Studies of Non-linear Processes”, Graduate thesis, University of Washington. (1971)
  • “Chemical Engineering for Professional Engineers' Examinations”, McGraw-Hill. ISBN# 0-07-050640-X
  • “Chemical Engineering License Review”, Engineering Press, San Jose, CA, 1996. ISBN# 1-57645-000-7
  • “Chemical Engineering License Problems and Solutions”, Engineering Press, San Jose, CA, 1996, ISBN# 1-57645-037-6
  • “EIT Chemical Review”, Engineering Press, San Jose, CA, 1996. ISBN# 1-57645-023-6
  • Dip Pipe Apparatus – A Fail-Safe Non-Return Tube, US Patent # 5236013 (1993)
  • “Allowing for Process Upset Conditions in Piping System Design”, Plant Engineering, March 2, 1978
  • “Design of Thermosiphon Reboiler by Personal Computer”, International Conference, Calcutta, India (1987)
  • “Sizing Relief Devices in Runaway Reactions”, AIChE Environmental Conference, Baton Rouge (1995)
  • “Good Engineering Practice of Instrumentation for A Relief Valve and Rupture Disk Combination”, Spring DIERS Meeting, 1999
  • “Quantitative and Qualitative Method of Determining Flow Regime”, Spring DIERS Meeting, 2000
  • “Comparison of Omega Method & SuperChemsTM in Relief Sizing Involving Vertical Down Flow Pipe”, Fall DIERS Group Meeting, Boston, 2000
  • “Estimation of Physical Properties of Non-standard Compounds Using SuperChemsTM”, Fall International DIERS Group Meeting, Boston, 2000
  • “SuperChemsTM How To: Adding A Compound to Database”, Spring DIERS Group Meeting, 2001
  • “A Comparison between NFPA 68/69 In terms of Design Pressure”, Spring DIERS Meeting, 2001
  • “In Case of Fire, Break Assumptions”, Chemical Engineering, February, 2004
  • “A Heuristic Approach of Calculating Spray Water Flux Needed to Avert Fire Induced Runaway Reactions”, Third International Symposium on Runaway Reactions and Pressure Relief Design, Cincinnati, OH, 2005
  • “A Heuristic Approach of Calculating Spray Water Flux Needed to Avert Fire Induced Runaway Reactions”, Process Safety Progress, Volume 25, No. 3, September 2006.
  • Electrostatic hazards in pumping non-conductive fluid in lined pipe, DUG Fall Meeting, 2008
  • How to set design pressure and temperature of equipment from pressure safety considerations DIERS User Group Meeting, Spring, 2009
  • Scrubber Design – Guidelines for Pressure Relief and Effluent Handling System, 2nd edition, DIERS (CCPS), 2010
  • Emergency Vent Sizing for Reactive Materials for Chapter 3.5 Outlines-Guidelines for Pressure Relief and Effluent Handling System, 2nd edition, DIERS Fall meeting (2010), Reno, NV
  • A Case of Mistaken Interpretation of Calorimetric Data and How to Avoid It, DIERS Spring Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada (April, 2013)
  • The Art and Science of Simulating a Runaway Reaction Scenario without Experimentally Developed Calorimetric Data DIERS Spring Meeting (2014)
  • Overpressure Protection by System Design, DIERS Fall Meeting (2014), Global Congress on Process Safety, Spring (2015)
  • Relief Sizing for Reactive Materials: DIERS BASIC COURSE outlines, DIERS Fall Meeting (2015)
  • Introduction to ARC 254 VariPhi NETZSCH and Determination of Kinetics Parameters, DIERS Spring Meeting (2016)
  • Introduction to NFPA 68 & 69: Explosion Protection by Deflagration Venting and Containment, DIERS Spring Meeting (2016)
  • The Physics and Metaphysics of the Sensitivity of the Calorimetric Instruments and Human Senses, DIERS Fall Meeting, October 26, 2016
  • Handling Slurry in Emergency Relief System (ERS) Design, DIERS Spring Meeting, 2017
  • The Physics and Metaphysics of the Sensitivity of the Calorimetric Instruments and Human Senses, Wiley Interscience(2017)
  • Streamlining ERS Design for Reactive Material, DIERS Spring Meeting, 2018
  • The Contingencies of Distillation Column for ERS Design, DIERS Spring , Karlsruhe, Germany,(2019)
  • Phase Separation in Effluent Handling: Introduction to its Impact in Effluent Handling Cost, DIERS Fall Meeting(2019)
  • Understanding MAWP and its Relationship with Design Pressure and Design of Vessel at High Pressure, DIERS Fall (2020)
  • The Art and Science of Sizing Fusible Plugs to Protect the Jacket Side of Jacketed Vessel During an External Fire Exposure, DIERS Spring (2021)
  • Nuances on Rupture Disks, DIERS Fall (2021)
  • An Intuitive Enquiry into the Basics of Isoconversional Chemical Kinetics, DIERS Spring, (2022)
  • Improvements and Drawbacks of ASME XIII over ASME VIII UG-140, DIERS Fall, (2022),
  • Epistemology of Joule-Thomson Effect DIERS Spring Meeting (2024)

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