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Process Safety and Corporate Responsibility

Apr 2, 2012
Michael Dolan
In his Keynote Address at the AIChE 2012 Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety in Houston, TX, on April 2, 2012, Michael J. Dolan of Exxon Mobil Corp. discusses the imperative to insure that process safety is integral to every aspect of what we and our companies do.

Leveraging PSM to Implement Key Elements of a SIS Program

Apr 2, 2012
Dave Grattan
The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 61511 standard, “Functional Safety – Safety Instrumented Systems for the Process Industry Sector", has achieved wide acceptance within the process sector, including chemicals, oil refining, oil and gas production, pulp and paper, and non-nuclear...

How to Effectively Apply Incident Command System (ICS) to Emergency Response

Apr 2, 2012
Qingsheng Wang
The Incident Command System (ICS) is a standardized approach typically structured into five functional areas: Command, Operations, Planning, Logistics, and Finance. The system allows for the integration of personnel, facilities, equipment, procedures, and communications operating within an...

Thermal Safety of Ionic Liquids

Apr 2, 2012
Ryan J. Hart
During the past decade, research and development in ionic liquids has grown tremendously. Targeted applications for ionic liquids include replacement of volatile organic solvents in separation processes, organic chemistry, microelectronics, and many more. Ionic liquids are simply low melting...

Safety System Impairments and the Need to Manage Peak Risk

Apr 2, 2012
David K. Lewis
The catastrophic incident which occurred at Bhopal is often referenced with respect to inherent safety issues. Did intermediate chemicals need to be present? Should the neighboring community start at the fence line? Although likely not as important as the above fundamental considerations, the...

Implementation of a Highly Toxic Materials Management Program

Apr 2, 2012
Ravi Ramaswamy
Process Safety Management (PSM) is defined as the application of management systems and controls (programs, procedures, audits, evaluations) to a manufacturing or chemical process in a way that process hazards are identified, understood, and controlled so that process-related injuries and incidents...

When MOC Meets LOPA: A Quantitative Assessment of the Impact of Errors in MOCs

Apr 2, 2012
Rainer Hoff
Layers of Protection Analysis, "LOPA", has become a popular tool for conducting semi-quantitative risk assessments, in the chemical process industries. A key concept is that of "Independent Protection Layers", whereby subsequent layers are intended to mitigate adverse events that were not mitigated...

Improving the Performance of Established PSM Programs

Apr 2, 2012
James A. Klein
Many facilities have now implemented and maintained PSM programs for 20 years or more, but these facilities continue to have sometimes serious incidents and injuries suggesting a continuing need to improve their PSM performance. Of course, new requirements are often added to upgrade PSM programs,...

Half a Century of Olefin Plant Accidents: The Role of Mechanical Integrity

Apr 2, 2012
Sebastian Diaz
Sebastian Diaz, Aon energy Risk Engineering, League City, TX. Email: sebastian.diaz@aon.com Russ Davis, CSP Aon Energy Risk Engineering, League City, TX. Email: russ.davis@aon.com Keywords: mechanical integrity, loss of containment, major accidents Abstract Since OSHA's Process Safety Management...

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