Make Your Existing Plant Inherently Safer
Jack Chosnek, Victor H. Edwards, P.E.
Don't overlook opportunities to build more safety into a process that is already in operation.
Safe Work Practices
The RBPS element that helps control hazards associated with maintenance and other nonroutine work is one of nine elements in the RBPS pillar of managing risk. Introduction to Safe Work Practices and Control of Hazardous Energy By Lock-out and Tag-out, provide information on various safe work practices. The importance of communcation between production and maintenance employees ensures positive prevention of all hazardous energy sources causing harm to others.
See all publications regarding safe work practice in these CCPS' Guidelines for Managing Risk.
Incendio y Explosion en Formosa Plastics corporation (Texas)
Sin contar con las salvaguardas necesarias, una pequena colision provoca un incendio masivo.
Practicas fatales
Peligros de la liberación intencional de gas natural en áreas de trabajo.
Exposing the Blurry Lines Between Personal Safety and Process Safety Education
Oct 17, 2011
Delmar R. Morrison
Chemical engineering curricula have long been focused on instilling the fundamentals of chemical engineering science in undergraduates and advancing the state of the art through postgraduate study. Unfortunately, a comprehensive focus on safety has never been in the core of the chemical engineering...
Resources, Recommendations and Overcoming Challenges for Integrating Safety Into the Chemical Engineering Curriculum
Oct 17, 2011
Amy Theis
Interviews were performed with more than ten instructors and professors who are currently incorporating safety into the chemical engineering curriculum. These individuals described their methodology, resources and challenges in this effort. Excellent programs exist with courses dedicated to...
A Treasure Hunt towards Process Safety In the Unit Operations Laboratory
Oct 17, 2011
Ronald J. Willey
Integration of the process safety in the chemical engineering curriculum is a requirement. Several places exist and with a multitude of approaches. One approach we have used in our unit operations laboratories for over 30 years is an introductory treasure hunt, mandatory during the first meeting of...
Flame Flashbacks: Causes and Prevention
AIChE Webinar
Apr 7, 2010
Dan Banks, P.E.
This webinar addresses the principle of flammability of vapor/air mixtures, including flammability limits, ignition temperatures, the effect of inerts and how to determine the flammability of any particular mixture.
Properties of Materials: How Material Safety Data Sheets Help You Perform Hazard Analyses
AIChE Webinar
May 13, 2009
Dr. Ronald J. Willey
Performing hazard analyses are critical to safe operation in any chemically based operation or experiment. Often, engineers are approached with proposals for chemicals that have not been used in a company or research group previously.
Process Safety - From the Top-Down and Bottom-up
Apr 28, 2009
The theme of this session is implementing Process Safety systems from two different perspectives: (1) what Senior Management needs from process safety and risk practitioners to effectively facilitate decision making and ensure ongoing process safety excellence and (2) what technical personnel can...
Managing Dust Explosion Hazards
Vahid Ebadat
Companies that handle powders or other particulate solids need to be aware of the potential for fire and explosions, and follow industry best practices, codes and standards to manage the risk.
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...
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