Conference Presentations - 2012 Global Congress on Process Safety

Recent catastrophic dust explosions, the combustible dust National Emphasis Program (NEP), and OSHA proposed rulemaking, have increased awareness of combustible dust hazards in industry. This presentation provides an overview of combustible dust. The presentation will provide a summary of recent...

Even after several years of trying, many plants still struggle with controlling alarm floods. Static rationalization can reduce your average number of alarms, but without controlling the alarm floods, there is no help for the operator when he needs it the most. This session will cover the...

Relief evaluation and system design for laboratories and pilot plants presents unique challenges to the relief designer. Relief devices designed for commercial production-sized process vessels are often impractical for use in laboratory and pilot plant environments due to their size. However,...

Taking a Risk for Safety Over the last twenty years companies in the process industries have invested heavily in their occupational safety programs. These investments of time and money have been made in many areas, including training, behavior-based safety and the use of PPE. The results have been...

A release of flammable substances can result in various fire or explosion events depending on whether there is an immediate or delayed ignition. Although developments have taken place in producing fit-for-purpose ignition models, there remain significant uncertainties, including how to identify the...

The most dangerous accident that can occur in storage of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is the boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion (BLEVE). The BLEVE is defined as an explosion resulting from the failure of a vessel containing a liquid at a temperature significantly above its boiling point at...