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Operator Response to Alarm Is an IPL, Now What?

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 13, 2022
Claiming operator response to an alarm as an independent protection layer (IPL) is a relatively common practice. But, is enough emphasis given to...

Importance of Backflow Prevention of Hazardous Chemicals from Process Vessels to Utility Pipelines

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 13, 2022
Design of a chemical manufacturing facility is a challenging task because one must ensure that every design feature is carefully analyzed for Hazard...

Leveraging the Use of Hard and Soft Skills in Process Safety

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 13, 2022
The field of process safety requires a combination of soft skills, and hard skills. The ideal process safety practitioner should have a combination...

Fire Pre-Plans – What to Know When Things Get Hot

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 13, 2022
History shows us that many facilities handling hazardous materials have experienced major fires that have had a profound impact on personnel, caused...

Limiting Reactive Feeds By Inherently Safe Design Methodology

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 13, 2022
Semi-batch chemical processing often involves feeding reactive materials into jacketed, agitated vessels producing exothermic reactions. Reactant...

Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI) – out of Sight Should It be out of Mind?

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 13, 2022
Every year billions of dollars are wasted by the chemical industry due to corrosion related incidents or mitigations. Process safety is the foremost...

Alignment of High Hazard Risk Assessment Scenarios

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 12, 2022
One of the main objectives in process safety hazard analysis is to ensure risks are identified and mitigated in a consistent and effective way across...

Understanding Section 5, Data Table 5.35 of “Guidelines for Initiating Events and Independent Protections Layers in Layer of Protection Analysis” CCPS

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 12, 2022
Bert Johnson & Niels Vis Sofis Inc Houston TX Bert.johnson@sofisglobal.com , Niels.Vis@sofisglobal.com Abstract During risk assessment exercises...

All Turnaround Jobs Are Not Equal! Managing Process Safety during Major Turnarounds at World Scale Ammonia Facility

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 12, 2022
The Occupational Safety risks associated with Plant Turnarounds are well known and managed by Operators and Contractors in the Petrochemical Sector...

Storytelling from Past Incident Investigations: A Key to Building Personal Commitment to PSM Program Implementation and Participation

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 12, 2022
Abstract The rigorous application of continuous improvement to Process Safety Management (PSM) programs to a facility or operation results in:...

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