CCPS Process Safety Glossary
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The fraction of time that the system is actually capable of performing its... Read More... |
The concentration averaged over time and/or space. |
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The length of time in atmospheric dispersion testing over which... Read More... |
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An event in a fault tree that represents the lowest level of resolution in... Read More... |
Reactor in which all reactants and solvents are introduced prior to setting... Read More... |
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Sometimes called batch instruction. The operating procedure for making a... Read More... |
The perimeter of a specific manufacturing process area. It is often defined... Read More... |
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Unit of modulation speed corresponding to a unit interval testing one second... Read More... |
Technical laboratory scale (typically between 0.1 and 5 dm3), more... Read More... |
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A point of reference from which measurements may be made or from which other... Read More... |
A device or system that is comprised of preferably production components,... Read More... |
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Either of the "characters" of the "character set" consisting of two... Read More... |
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A code consisting of the numbers 0 and 1. Can be easily represented in a... Read More... |
A numerical representation in which each decimal digital is represented by a... Read More... |
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Either of the "digits" o and 1 when it is used in the "pure binary... Read More... |
The amount of dissolved oxygen in water, given in lbs. (kgs) or % that is... Read More... |
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A transient change in the gas density, pressure, and velocity of the air... Read More... |
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Buildings that are structurally designed to withstand an explosion generated... Read More... |
The overpressure wave traveling outward from an explosion point. (CCPS, 1996... Read More... |
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The narrow pressure pulse transmitted by an explosion. |
A Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion is a blast resulting from the... Read More... |
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A type of rapid phase transition in which a liquid contained above its... Read More... |
A simplified drawing representing a process. It typically shows major... Read More... |
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Separators or accumulators used to separate liquids and vapors in pressure-... Read More... |
A violent expulsion of contents caused by a heat wave from the surface... Read More... |
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A type of rapid phase transition in which a liquid contained above its... Read More... |
The process of connecting two or more conductive objects together by means... Read More... |
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The process of connecting two or more conductive objects together by means... Read More... |
That branch of mathematics describing the behavior of linear functions of... Read More... |
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A small number of incidents selected to bracket the spectrum of possible... Read More... |
(Basic Process Control System) - The control equipment which is installed to... Read More... |
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The minimum voltage for spark breakdown to occur across a material of given... Read More... |