Specialized Supplemental Studies

Specialized studies are investigations that attempt to verify the ability of a facility to perform effectively during an emergency, generally by mathematical estimates. They are used extensively to justify the necessity or deletion of a safety system. The most common studies are listed below however every facility is unique and may require it s own investigative requirements (e g., for an offshore facility - the potential for ship collisions). For example, for a simple unmanned wellhead 

Leak Estimation - A mathematical model of the probability and amount of potential hydrocarbon releases that may occur from selected processes or locations. 

Depressurization and Blowdown Capabilities - A mathematical calculation of the system sizing and amount of time needed to obtain gas depressurization or liquid blowdown according to the company s philosophy of plant protection and industry standards (i.e., API RP 521). 

Combustible Vapor Dispersion (CVD) - A mathematical estimation of the probability, location, and distance a release of combustible vapors will exist until dilution will naturally reduce the concentration to below the LEL or no longer considered ignitable (typically defined as 50% of the LEL). 

Explosion Overpressure - A mathematical estimation of the amount of explosive overpressure that may be expected from an incident. It is portrayed as overpressure radii from the point of initiation until the overpressure magnitudes are of no concern, i.e., less than 0.02 bar (3.0 psio). Evaluations perfomed for enclosed areas will also estimate the amount of overpressure venting capability available. 

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Extensive theoretical studies have been carried out to probe the nature of the allyl anion. These studies supplement and extend the experimental results. Allyl anion is of special interest because it is the simplest 7r-delocalized carbanion with 4 electrons and 3 Pjr-centers. Much recent theoretical discussion has concerned the role of resonance in the stabilization of such conjugated systems, a stabilization defined as the enthalpy difference between the localized double-bonded system and its conjugated state. The stabilization of allyl anion has generally been attributed to the delocalization of charge associated... 

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During the last few years the versatility of ENDOR spectroscopy has been improved by a number of new techniques which make use either of special types of pumping fields (CP-ENDOR, PM-ENDOR), of more than one rf field (DOUBLE ENDOR, multiple quantum transitions, nuclear spin decoupling) or a different display of the spectrum (EI-EPR). In addition to these techniques, alternative methods have been developed (electron spin echo and electron spin echo ENDOR) which are able to supplement or to replace the ENDOR experiment under certain conditions. The utility of all these various advanced techniques, particularly in studies of transition metal compounds, has recently been demonstrated. 

Specialised studies may be conducted at any time during the development phase. If a special route is selected as the primary route of administration, then this route will be used throughout. Special routes used to supplement the main toxicology programme will usually be conducted before administration or exposure of man to the test material by the route equivalent to the special route. The duration of dosing recommended for the special routes in different species is presented in Table 3.5. 

C-labelled active plant protection substances for 13 years (17, 18). The results indicate that intensive cooperation between plant protection chemists, phytopathologists, phytophysiologists and specialists in the radioisotope techniques is necessary to fully exploit the application possibilities and to interpret the results. The special experimental facilities at the JUlich Nuclear Research Center which include practically oriented field tests supplemented by detailed studies under defined climatic conditions enable practical and relevant results to be obtained (17-19). The aim of this contribution is to provide new insights and information on the system effectiveness and residue behavior of azole fungicides. 

Local and institutional history, economic and social history, the history of industries and of individual corporations, the history of special branches of chemistry, or of chemical theories and discoveries, are traditional foci of interest for historians of modern chemistry. But soon the disciplinary approach was supplemented by cross-disciplinary studies and an interest in those patterns of interaction that arise... 

As in other preparative methods for organosilicon compounds, the direct synthesis produces a mixture of methylchlorosilanes rather than the single compound shown in equation 3. Besides dimethyl-dichlorosilane, the mixture usually contains silicon tetrachloride, tri-chlorosilane, methyltrichlorosilane, methyldichlorosilane, trimethyl-chlorosilane, and even silicon tetramethyl. Under proper conditions, dimethyldichlorosilane is the principal product. Of the other compounds, methyltrichlorosilane usually is next in abundance this substance finds use in the cross-linked methyl silicone resins, or it can be methylated further by the Grignard method to increase the yield of dimethyldichlorosilane. There is no way of recycling it in the direct process, and so supplemental operations are required for the conversion. The interconversion of this and the other minor products of the direct synthesis, involving the exchange of methyl and chlorine groups as desired, has been a special study in itself.10... 

A protein subject to NMR analysis may have 100-200 amino acid residues, which provide a 1H NMR spectrum of many hundreds of lines. Because the amino acid sequence can be assumed to have been determined previously by non-NMR methods, the first step in the NMR study is to assign each line in the spectrum to a specific moiety (NH, ot-CH, side chain CH3, etc.) of a specific amino acid residue. Without the 2D methods that we have discussed, it would be virtually impossible to make such assignments. For relatively small proteins ( 50—100 residues) it is often possible to use conventional homonuclear 2D methods, such as COSY and HOHAHA, to define some bonding paths and to supplement these results with NOE data for residues that are very close in space as a result of secondary structural elements such as a helices. However, for proteins of moderate size such techniques are insufficient, and special methods had to be developed and now constitute the standard method of making sequential assignments. 

The variations in distribution of oxygen isotopes in the oxides and carbonates of iron-formations have been examined in detail and the complex origin of the main ore mineral—magnetite—has been demonstrated. Isotopic investigations were supplemented by a special study of the chemistry of the rocks of the cherty-iron formations as a whole and of the individual layers, bands, and minerals constituting them. 

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