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A systematic approach for thermal stability predictions of chemicals and their risk assessment: Pattern recognition and compounds classification based on thermal decomposition curves

Thierry Meyer, Nadia Baati, Annik Nanchen

In the context of process and product design, predictive models are increasingly employed. Decomposition properties of chemicals may be experimentally determined through calorimetric measurements, and a few molecular structure-based models- which correlate ...

Institution of Chemical Engineers2017

Plastics

Thierry Meyer, Philip Nising

A review in 4 sections comprising synthetic methods and prodn. processes of plastics (section I), apparatuses for prodn., processing, and making of plastics (section II), manufg. processes for the most important plastics (section III), and processing of th ...

Wiley-VCH2005

Third-Generation Solar Cells: Toxicity and Risk of Exposure

Thierry Meyer, Anna Maria Novello, Elina Buitrago

Solar energy is considered clean energy, and its use is predicted to increase in the near future. Most installed units today are crystalline solar cells, but the field is in constant development, and when the first dye sensitized solar cell was published b ...

2020

Research and developments-where people are exposed to nanomaterials

Thierry Meyer

Objectives: Many nanomaterials (materials with structures smaller than 100 nm) have chemical, physical and bioactive characteristics of interest for novel applications. Considerable research efforts have been launched in this field. This study aimed to stu ...

2015

FH HES Optimization of Chemical Reactor Feed by Simulations Based on a Kinetic Approach

Thierry Meyer, Francis Stoessel, Charles Ibrahim Guinand

Chemical incidents are typically caused by loss of control, resulting in runaway reactions or process deviations in different stages of the production. In the case of fed-batch reactors, the problem generally encountered is the accumulation of heat. This i ...

Schweizerische Chemische Gesellschaft2014

Quantitative Structure-Property Relationships for Thermal Stability and Explosive Properties of Chemicals

Thierry Meyer, Nadia Baati, Annik Nanchen, Francis Stoessel

Handling and storing chemicals in the industrial world require a conscientious hazards assessment and the implementation of appropriate measures to ensure safety for the workers, the company, the environment and the society. Reliable evaluations and predic ...

2013

Risk analysis in research environment

Thierry Meyer, Amela Groso, Aristide Ramondgwendé Ouédraogo

Available risk analysis techniques are well adapted to industry since they were developed for its purpose. All hazards met in industry are also present in research/academia (although quantities of some hazardous substances are smaller). Still, because of i ...

2012

Temperature-induced morphology control in the polymer- foaming process

Thierry Meyer

Supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2) is a promising foaming agent for the production of polymeric foams, representing an environmentally friendly alternative for the foaming agents currently used. During the expansion phase of the scCO2-foaming process, te ...

2007

The important role of pressure in supercritical fluid process development revealed by reaction calorimetry

Thierry Meyer

The technique of reaction calorimetry adapted for use with reactions in supercritical fluids was used to study some safety aspects of the free-radical dispersion polymerization of methyl methacrylate in scCO2. The reaction heat rate profile was found to ch ...

Wiley-Blackwell2009

The importance/role of education in chemical engineering

Thierry Meyer

Chemical engineering as a skilled profession depends on the competencies of the individuals practicing it. Formal teaching of chemical engineering at universities only started in the 19th century. Informally, the subject has been in existence at least sinc ...

2022

Engineering risk management: Third Edition

Thierry Meyer

This book is a valuable resource for achieving and promoting a culture of risk awareness and integrating risk management principles and practices into the educational environment. This integration is essential to ensure that students have the knowledge and ...

De Gruyter2022

Managing Risks when Using Nanomaterials in Research

Thierry Meyer, Amela Groso, Anna Maria Novello, Elina Buitrago

As the number of engineered nanomaterials (ENM) used in research increases with an incredible speed, health and safety specialists are continuously faced with the challenge of evaluating the risks involved with these materials. Nowadays there is not enough ...

2019

Optimization of reaction calorimetry with supercritical fluids: A complete term-by-term analysis of the heat flow equation

Thierry Meyer

A complete anal. of the heat flow equation in reaction calorimetry with supercrit. fluids is presented. An esp. developed reaction calorimeter is employed to study the challenges introduced by the supercrit. state of the reaction mixt. and the particularit ...

2008

Supercritical Reaction Calorimetry: Versatile Tool for Measuring Heat Transfer Properties and Monitoring Chemical Reactions in Supercritical Fluids

Thierry Meyer

The heat flow reaction calorimetry technique was developed for reactions with supercrit. fluids and was applied to monitor the free-radical dispersion polymn. of Me methacrylate in supercrit. carbon dioxide (scCO2). The main math. equation for the calorime ...

2008

Parameters affecting thermal risk through a kinetic model under adiabatic condition: Application to liquid-liquid reaction system

Thierry Meyer

Risk of thermal runaway for epoxidation is not negligible and should be analyzed and assessed. In industry, epoxidation of vegetable oils is carried out by the oxidation of Prileschajew, involving the in situ production of percarboxylic acid from hydrogen ...

2018

Expert Judgements in Risk Analysis: a Strategy to Overcome Uncertainities

Thierry Meyer, Amela Groso, David Nicolas Plüss

There is a need for a risk analysis technique specific for academic research laboratories. Since accurate accident data, normally required for quantitative risk analysis, are not available for this environment, expert judgements are often used to describe ...

2013

Safety In Research Institutions: How to Better Communicate the Risks using Numerical Simulations

Thierry Meyer, Anna Maria Novello, Damien Stricker, Riccardo Iannarelli

What are the risks for the personnel following a gas leak in a laboratory? How effective are the safety measures (gas detection) put in place? Are users aware of how fast they can be exposed? These questions have been approached with the intent to better c ...

2019

Reaction monitoring of the MMA polymerization at marginal dispersion stability

Thierry Meyer

The free-radical dispersion polymn. of Me methacrylate was studied using the reaction calorimetry technique. An esp. developed calorimeter for use with supercrit. fluids was employed and a set of expts. was explicitly designed to isolate the effect of the ...

Wiley-Blackwell2008

Measuring the Safety Climate of Academic Laboratories to Improve Safety Behaviours

Thierry Meyer, Damien Stricker, Nadia Gerweck

In 2005, two major accidents occurred at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). Although there were no injuries, the material damages resulted in high financial losses. The management of safety was restructured as a consequence. One of the ma ...

2019

Safety climate in university laboratories. Part I: model development and practical application

Thierry Meyer, Anastasia Jung

Safety climate assessment has become a regular practice for most organisations. However, it is often limited to questionnaires, providing only qualitative information. The indicator-based approach takes precedence over decision-making, and practical risk a ...

2023