CCPS Process Safety Glossary
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Ideally the process of connecting one or more conductive objects to ground... Read More... |
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An interlock accomplished by electro-relays and/or wires. An interlock not... Read More... |
Physical equipment directly involved in performing industrial process... Read More... |
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That portion of the logic which is executed by electrical circuits comprised... Read More... |
An inherent physical or chemical characteristic that has the potential for... Read More... |
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A chemical or physical condition that has the potential for causing damage... Read More... |
A chemical or physical condition that has the potential for causing damage... Read More... |
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An inherent chemical or physical characteristic that has the potential for... Read More... |
A chemical, physical, or changing condition that has the potential for... Read More... |
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The identification of undesired events that lead to the materialization of a... Read More... |
A systematic qualitative technique to identify process hazards and potential... Read More... |
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A systematic qualitative technique to identify and evaluate process hazards... Read More... |
Broken into three categories, "Safety and Environmental", "High Business... Read More... |
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The analysis of hazardous situations associated with a process or activity,... Read More... |
The analysis of the significance of hazardous situations associated with a... Read More... |
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(i.e., Demand Rate) times the Fractional Deadtime of Safety Systems... Read More... |
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A modified form of fault tree highlighting event mitigating feature pairs.... Read More... |
The zone or region where hazard impact has the potential to occur. |
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Any chemical reaction with the potential to exhibit rates of increase in... Read More... |
In a broad sense, any substance or mixture of substances having properties... Read More... |
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A solid waste, or combination of solid waste, which because of its quantity... Read More... |
In a broad sense, any substance or mixture of substances having properties... Read More... |
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A chemical for which there is statistically significant evidence based on at... Read More... |
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The heat of reaction obtained by burning a unit mass of |
The net difference in heat of formation of all reactants and of all products... Read More... |
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The total quantity of thermal energy liberated or absorbed during a chemical... Read More... |
A gas whose density is greater than that of the ambient air. Synonymous with... Read More... |
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A gas with density exceeding that of air at ambient temperature. See also... Read More... |
Heavy Gas Dispersion Model |
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Pertaining to the numeration system with a radix of sixteen. |
Heavy Gas System Model (Witlox and McFarlane, 1985) |
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An event that, under different circumstances, might easily have resulted in... Read More... |
A device to prevent the passage of flame in the reverse direction,... Read More... |