CCPS Process Safety Glossary
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A written agreement between a toller and their client to outline the extent... Read More... |
An agreement that allows a toller to release information to a third party... Read More... |
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A set of interconnected equipment forming a system. |
An explosion of fuel-oxidant mixture inside a closed system (e.g. vessel or... Read More... |
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A deflagration occurring in an enclosed volume such as a pipe or pressure... Read More... |
Obstacles such as walls and ceilings of a building, vessel, pipe, etc. that... Read More... |
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Small obstacles in the path of a flame front or dispersing vapor cloud that... Read More... |
Make/break a logical link (e.g., as between a MMI and a MPU, eventually... Read More... |
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The cumulative, undesirable result of an incident, usually measured in... Read More... |
The direct, undesirable result of an accident sequence usually involving a... Read More... |
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The direct result of a hazardous event, usually expressed in safety... Read More... |
The analysis of the expected effects of an incident, independent of its... Read More... |
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The analysis of the expected effects of incident outcome cases independent... Read More... |
A measure of the expected effects of an incident outcome case. |
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The direct, undesirable result of an accident sequence usually involving a... Read More... |
A device designed to maintain pressure within preset limits in a liquid-... Read More... |
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The layer near the ground (about 50 m to 100 m deep) where the stress, ô,... Read More... |
A system condition in which under no condition reactants or products are... Read More... |
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A test in which a flame arrester is subjected to flame of a continuously... Read More... |
Reactors that are characterized by a continuous flow of reactants into and a... Read More... |
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Emissions that are long in duration compared with the travel time (time for... Read More... |
Based on the Monin–Obukhov length, L |
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Factors that facilitate the occurrence of an incident such as physical... Read More... |
Physical conditions, management practices, etc. that facilitated the... Read More... |
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A mechanism used to regulate or guide the operation of a machine, apparatus... Read More... |
A scaling velocity important during lightwind daytime conditions with strong... Read More... |
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A relatively slow, self-sustaining, barely luminous gas-phase reaction of... Read More... |
A self-sustained low energy electrical discharge with nonthermal ionization... Read More... |
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As defined by DOT, a corrosive material is a liquid or solid that causes... Read More... |
The quantity of electricity on the positive plate of a capacitor of 1 Farad... Read More... |
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Force between two charged bodies is proportional to the product of the two... Read More... |
The mechanism by which an interference source produces interference in a... Read More... |
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A process subject to regulatory requirements established under the OSHA PSM... Read More... |
Faults that can be classified as hidden, concealed, unannounced, undetected... Read More... |
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The acronym for Chemical Process Quantitative Risk Analysis. It is the... Read More... |
The unit of computing system that includes the circuits controlling the... Read More... |