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Conference Presentations - 2012 Global Congress on Process Safety

Management System Relevance in Achieving Desired Process Safety Performance

Apr 3, 2012
John Remy
Management System Relevance in Achieving Desired Process Safety Performance John T. Remy Consulting Process Safety Engineer LyondellBasell Industries 2502 Sheldon Road Channelview, TX 77530 (281) 862-5046 john.remy@lyondellbasell.com ABSTRACT Although a company's Process Hazard Analysis (PHA)...

A Pre-Plan for Process Safety Management

Apr 3, 2012
Sheryl Goddard
This paper will present the steps a small pharmaceutical research and development company is taking to prepare for Process Safety Management (PSM). Although not under PSM at the present time, the corporate growth plan is such that PSM will be a requirement within the next 2 to 5 years. When looking...

Using Alarms As a Layer of Protection

Apr 3, 2012
Todd Stauffer
Alarms and operator response are one of the first layers of protection in preventing a plant upset from escalating into a hazardous event. This presentation will discuss how to evaluate and maximize the risk reduction (or minimize the probability of failure on demand) of this layer when it is...

Use PFFM Instead of Hazop

Apr 3, 2012
Rosalynn MacGregor
While accepted world-wide as being the standard for process hazard analysis for many years, the HazOp review technique is cumbersome. This drives the team with limited time and/or resources to look for alternatives: Short-cut the HazOp method in order to get the review done in a reasonable time...

Controlling Mechanisms of Dust Layer Ignition and Flame Propagation in Dust Clouds

Apr 3, 2012
Ali S. Rangwala
Initiation and propagation of dust deflagrations are extremely complex phenomena due to the interaction between solid particles and the gaseous flame front. In comparison with premixed gas deflagration, a dust-oxidizer deflagration depends on the rate of evolution of volatiles, the mixing of these...

Process Safety - Management or Leadership?

Apr 3, 2012
Charles J. King
Process Safety Management is often presented as technically complex, requiring a large staff of engineers and specialists with an array of tools and techniques that appear to grow in intricacy and sophistication year by year. Large companies are generally well positioned to operate in this arena –...

Why Smaller Companies Struggle with Process Safety

Apr 3, 2012
John Herber
Proposed title: Why smaller companies struggle with Process Safety Author: John Herber, Principal Consultant, Process Hazard Management Services, LLC. The majority of events investigated by the CSB occur at smaller companies. Some of these companies may not fully recognize the hazards of the...

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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