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Process Safety Boot Camp

Instructor-led (classroom) Course
This intensive 4-day course is also offered periodically throughout the year to the broader chemical engineering public. Taught jointly by process safety veterans with decades of experience at major companies from the process industries, the course is highly interactive.Read more

Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS)

CCPS was established in 1985 to focus on engineering and management practices that can prevent and mitigate catastrophic accidents involving release of hazardous materials. CCPS is supported by sponsors in the chemical and hydrocarbon process industries and active worldwide via conferences, books, databases, education, research, and more.

SAChE Certificate Program

eLearning (online) Course
The SAChE Certificate Program offers working engineers an easy way to access a selection of knowledge about chemical process safety. Originally developed as a supplement to the undergraduate curriculum, these courses serve as an excellent introduction or refresher in chemical process safety for...Read more

Critical P & ID Reviews Using HAZOP/LOPA Methodology Overkill or Underrated?

May 1, 2013
John T. Perez
Critical P&ID Reviews Using HAZOP/LOPA Methodology ? Overkill or Underrated? Mr. John T. Perez, P.E. Mr. Andrew Madewell Cognascents Consulting Group, Inc. 11777-A Katy Fwy Ste 438 Houston, TX 77079 john.perez@cognascents.com Keywords: Process Safety Management (PSM), HAZOP, LOPA, Process and...

Preventing Process Safety Problems of Tomorrow, Today!

May 1, 2013
Kevin Watson, Robert Dayton
The most cost effective time for implementing process safety design elements is during the planning stages of the project management process. Gap: Facilities are designed with less than adequate process safety considerations and the gap is discovered after the facilities are constructed. Addressing...

Comprehensive Machine Monitoring Strategy At Green Ethylene Plant

Apr 29, 2013
Eder Felipetto, Michael Hastings, Otvio Vescovi
Abstract This paper presents an overview of the overall monitoring strategy of a green ethylene plant (ethylene produced by catalytic dehydration of ethanol), and gives an insight into some of the challenges of monitoring the machines, as opposed to that which is required for a traditional steam...

CEP: Process Safety Beacon - Can a Water Pump Explode?

August
2013
Process Safety Beacon
The answer must be yes, or we would not have a Beacon on this subject. The centrifugal pumps in the pictures are all water pumps that exploded. The explosions did not occur because of any contamination or chemical reaction with something that was...

Process Safety Management Overview

eLearning (online) Course
The course covers the US OSHA PSM 14 regulatory requirements as well as the Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) 20 element approach to process safety.Read more

Characterize Reactive Chemicals with Calorimetry

July
2013
Safety
Daniel Crowl, Jason Keith
In designing and operating chemical manufacturing processes, the reactivity of chemicals must be identified to avoid hazards. Calorimetry experiments combined with analytical methods provide a straightforward technique to identify these reactions...

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