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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.

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.

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Emergency Block Valves

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Beware of the Black Swan

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In 16 th century London, a statement that describes impossibility was referred to as a “black swan” because all historical records of swans up to that time had reported that swans only had white feathers. The Greek philosopher Aristotle first used the term “white swan” as an example of necessary...

Acetylene Converter Safety Systems

Apr 4, 2012
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Major Turnaround in An Olefins Plant: A Process Safety Point of View

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Working Under Pressure (How do you manage pressure hazards?)

Apr 4, 2012
Dr. Angela E. Summers
Industry is increasingly moving towards utilizing High Integrity Protective Systems (HIPS) to reduce flare loading and prevent the environmental impact of pressure venting. HIPS are becoming the option of choice to help alleviate the need to replace major portions of the flare system in existing...

Impact of Guidelines for Independent Protection Layers and Initiating Events

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Layers of Protection Analysis (LOPA) was introduced about 15 years ago as a simplified risk assessment method between HAZOP (Process Hazard Analysis [PHA]) and quantitative risk assessment (QRA). This introduction was timely; LOPA was quickly adopted world-wide. The rules for independent protection...

On the Catastrophic Explosion of the AZF Plant in Toulouse (September 21, 2001)

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Georges Guiochon
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Evaluation of Dispersion Models for LNG Siting Applications

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