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CCPS Process Safety Glossary
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A balanced mixture of fuel and oxidizer such that no excess of either... Read More... |
As used here, any concentration profile that develops in an enclosure. The... Read More... |
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Capacitance unessential for the function of a circuit and of relatively... Read More... |
Electric currents which wholly or in part do not follow the original... Read More... |
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The charging current introduced to a system by liquid flow, expressed in... Read More... |
Special situations for which models are developed based on empirical... Read More... |
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A geometrical representation of the variety of depths of study possible for... Read More... |
A portion of a system. |
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Liquids at a temperature above their normal boiling point. |
A chemical agent used in a deflagration suppressant system to extinguish the... Read More... |
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An isolation system using a suppressant. |
Layer of depth 50 to 100 m where the friction velocity u* can be assumed... Read More... |
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The charge per unit area of solid surface expressed in Coulomb/square meter... Read More... |
Turbulent heat flux upward from the surface, measured by fast response... Read More... |
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The resistance across a surface element having unit length and unit width,... Read More... |
A measure of the amount of mechanical mixing introduced by the surface... Read More... |
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A wall-to-surface discharge observed on charged liquids during tanker... Read More... |
Pertaining to two or more processes that depend upon the occurrence of a... Read More... |
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Another name or names by which a material is know. Methyl alcohol, for... Read More... |
The rules governing the structure of a language. |
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A collection of people, machines and methods organized to accomplish a set... Read More... |
The individual responsible for designing the complete computerized system.... |
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The accumulated documents relating to a computerized system that are... Read More... |
A phase in the development of computerized systems in which the system is... Read More... |
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The process of selecting optional parts of an operating system and of... Read More... |
Failure in one system that propagates to another. |
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See Reliability |
Software written by the Device manufacturer which defines the operation of... Read More... |
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A method for determining the detailed performance required of people and... Read More... |
A human error analysis method that requires breaking down a procedure or... Read More... |
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Converting from one isomer into another in organic compounds that differ... Read More... |
A hierarchical organization of data cells, where the items contained in a... Read More... |
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The precise address of a data cell as defined by the classification scheme... Read More... |
The precise address of a data cell as defined by the classification scheme... Read More... |
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Information typically provided to a toller by their client delineating... Read More... |
The temperature at which the rate of heat generation of a reaction or... Read More... |