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April 2019

2019 Symposium Keynote Address

We are delighted to announce that Rui Cruz, Global R&D Director for Industrial Solutions at Dow, will be delivering the keynote address at this year's symposium titled "Trends, Challenges and Opportunities in Process Development and Scale-up".

Assessment of Battery Energy Storage Systems

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 2, 2019
Current and future power grids are characterized by a high share of renewable energy sources. This leads to fluctuations in the power injection that...

Human Factors - What Role Should They Play in Risk Assessment and How Should They be Handled

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 2, 2019
A risk assessment is just the assessment of the risk inherent to a process or piece of equipment, correct? At this stage why should I consider any...

A Semi-Quantitative Tool to Estimate the Risk of Dust Fire or Explosion from Process Equipment

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 2, 2019
Dust explosions can pose a risk of injury to personnel, damage plant and equipment, and cause business disruptions. Preventing dust explosions...

Guidelines for Integrating Process Safety into Engineering Projects

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 2, 2019
This paper describes a new book that CCPS has published on guidelines for integrating process safety into engineering projects. Engineering projects...

Frontline Supervisors Are the Safety Culture

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 2, 2019
Frontline Supervisors Are the Safety Culture No other form of safety communication is more important than the casual, face-to-face communication...

Role of Fire Codes and Standards in Hazard Management for Fire, Explosion and Reactivity Hazards

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 2, 2019
The hazard nature of materials found in chemical processes, whether raw materials or finished products, begins with an understanding of the inherent...

Accounting for Emergent Failure Paths in LOPA

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 2, 2019
One of the fundamental assumptions made when using standard LOPA (Layer of Protection Analysis) is that the barriers selected for a common threat...

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