At 2010 AIChE Spring meeting in San Antonio, Texas, GexCon Engineer Dr Scott Davis received the Doyle's Award for best paper and presentation at last years AIChE Global Congress of Process Safety for the paper on the investigation of the Danvers Explosion. The paper was recently published in Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries.

Danvers Explosion Article

More information about the Doyle's Award and previous winners can be found at

William H. Doyle Award

GexCon presentedt the following papers at the 2010 AIChE Spring Meeting March 21-25 in San Antonio, TX:

Davis, S., Engel, D. and Hansen, O.R., “Dust or Gas Explosion: Case Study of Dryer Explosion and Design Venting" – 44^th Annual Loss Prevention Symposium, Session #27, Room 102 A/B, March 22 (3.30 pm)

van Wingerden, K., Pedersen, G., Wilkins, B., Berg, M and Nielsen, N.O.F., “A Full-Scale Experimental and Modeling Investigation of Dust Explosions in a Roller Mill" – 44^th Annual Loss Prevention Symposium, Session #51, Room 102 A/B, March 23 (10.45 pm)

Gavelli, F., Davis, S. and Hansen, O.R., “A Unified Model for LNG Pool Spread and Vapor Dispersion: Is Wind Scooping Really A Factor?” – 10^th Topical Conference on Gas Utilization, LNG Simulation session, March 24 (afternoon)

Gavelli, F., Davis, S. and Hansen, O.R., “CFD Simulation of Vapor Dispersion From LNG Jetting and Flashing Releases” – 10^th Topical Conference on Gas Utilization, LNG Simulation session, March 24 (afternoon)

van Wingerden, K. and Skjold, T. “Investigation of an Explosion in a Gasoline Purification Plant” – 6^th Global Congress on Process Safety, Session #128 Case Histories and Lessons Learned, March 24 (3.15 pm)