Commitment to Process Safety
The Cornerstone of process safety excellence. A workforce that is actively involved and an organization that fully supports process safety as a core value will tend to do the right things in the right ways at the right times-even when no one else is looking.
Process Safety Management Training for New Engineers -Spanish
Apr 4, 2012
Alberto E. Vignale
Process Safety training for new engineers
Analysis of the transfer and distribution of sulfur in the typical refinery
Apr 4, 2012
Li Shi
Analysis of the transfer and distribution of sulfur in the typical refinery
More LOPA Misapplied: Common Errors and How to Avoid Them
Apr 4, 2012
Karen Study
Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA) continues to be more and more widely utilized in the Petrochemical and other industries. LOPA is a “simplified” tool, which is true relative to tools such as Quantitative Risk Assessment and Fault Tree Analysis. However, simplified does not mean simple on an...
Inter-linkages between Process Safety and APELL for Accident Prevention- Spanish
Apr 4, 2012
Nestor H. Sposito
Interrelacion Entre Process Safety y el Proceso APELL para la prevecion de accidentes.
The optimum design of LNG tank farm layout
Apr 4, 2012
Yifei Meng
The optimum design of LNG tank farm layout
Explosions in Transformer and Circuit-Breaker Tanks Due to Arcing Events
Apr 4, 2012
Timothy L. Morse
Industrial transformers and circuit breakers operate with large voltage differences between current-carrying internal components and the grounded tank walls. A breakdown in the dielectric strength of the insulating oil in the tank due to contamination or other causes can lead to the formation of an...
Proven in Use (What's the Quality of Your Data)
Apr 4, 2012
Harold W. Thomas
To perform LOPA's, fault tree analysis, SIL verifications and other quantitative likelihood analyses requires data. As much as everyone wants data, it always seems to be elusive or lacking in quality. This paper explores various issues that the authors have experienced when dealing with end user...
Societal Risk Criteria and Pipelines
Apr 4, 2012
Joan M. Schork
The discussion of societal risk criteria for the process industry began in the 1970's, led primarily by the Dutch and British governments. Most of the discussion, however, has centered on fixed facilities. The literature on the societal risk of hazardous goods transportation, particularly by...
On the Catastrophic Explosion of the AZF Plant in Toulouse (September 21, 2001)
Apr 4, 2012
Georges Guiochon
On the Catastrophic Explosion of the AZF plant in Toulouse (September 21, 2001) Georges Guiochon and Laurent Jacob Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996-1600, USA During the morning of September 21, 2001, a warehouse containing ca. 300 metric tons of production...
Applying Inherently Safer Technology and Safer Design Strategies to Reduce Societal Risk in the Chemical Supply Chain
Apr 4, 2012
George Famini
Increasing the safety and security within the chemical supply chain has been a concern of the US government for several years. Both the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have active efforts to reduce societal risk of a toxic industrial chemical...
Flash Fire From a Hot Combustible Liquid
Apr 4, 2012
Russell A. Ogle
A truck driver loading a tanker was fatally injured in a flash fire. The accident occurred at the loading rack of a petroleum refinery. The truck driver was on top of the tank trailer loading a liquid petroleum byproduct material similar to asphalt through an open hatch on the trailer. The material...
Process Safety Management Mentoring: Subjects to Convey and the Methods for Conveying
Apr 4, 2012
Clyde W. Young
Process Safety Management Mentoring: Subjects to Convey and the Methods for Conveying Many organizations have developed competency descriptions at various levels for personnel. These competencies generally start at awareness level and progress to more advanced levels. Process safety competency at...
Using the Integrated Hazard and Operability Study (HAZOP) Study / Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA) Methodology As a Value Engineering Tool
Apr 4, 2012
Kristin D. Norton
While Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) can be an essential element of process facility design to minimize the potential for process incidents, in some cases they can also be over-applied in the design phases of capital projects where the Safety Instrumented Functions (SIFs) associated with the SIS...
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