Manage Risks
Companies are constantly looking for effective execution of risk based process safety tasks. Risk management can help a company to better deal with the resultant risks and sustain long-term accident free and profitable operations.
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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.
Dust Explosions: Case Study of Dryer Explosions and Poor Explosion Vent Design
Apr 4, 2012
Scott G. Davis
Four recent explosions occurred in a single burner, recirculating solids ring dryer. The dryer was equipped with a recirculating fan, a burner section, a section to introduce the solids, a ring duct, a pre-separator and four cyclones. Seven explosion doors were also used to protect the integrity of...
HAZID and risk assessment on ultra-large crude oil tank
Apr 4, 2012
Fabo Yin
HAZID and risk assessment on ultra-large crude oil tank
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...
Process Safety Management Training for New Engineers -Spanish
Apr 4, 2012
Alberto E. Vignale
Process Safety training for new engineers
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
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 Structured What If/Checklist A New Twist On An Old Approach
Apr 3, 2012
C. Curtis Clements
The purpose of Process Hazards Analysis (PHA) is to identify and understand the hazards associated with the process being reviewed, to understand the potential resultant hazardous events, and to prevent those events by identifying all the potential routes to those events and ensuring that adequate...
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