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An Integrated Toolkit for Addressing Human Factors Issues in Process Safety

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 23, 2010
This paper describes an integrated toolset, called the Human Factors Workbench, which addresses the proactive and reactive control of human error in...

Gas Piping and Equipment Commissioning Risks "10 Key Things Everyone Should Know"

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 23, 2010
There have been a number of devastating incidents related to natural gas piping system and the start-up and commissioning of equipment. It's very...

Investigation of an Explosion in a Gasoline Purification Plant

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 23, 2010
On May 24, 2007 an explosion and subsequent fire destroyed a tank farm located at a gasoline purification plant in Sløvåg, Norway. In...

A Framework for Human Error Analysis of Emergency Situations

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 23, 2010
Human factors play an important role in the escape, evacuation and rescue process. Human factors analysis is rooted in the concept that the frequency...

Modular Procedural Automation Addressing the Post Recession Skills Gap

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 23, 2010
A procedural operation consists of a set of tasks that are conducted in a set way time-after-time to achieve a certain goal such as starting or...

Near-Miss Management to Develop Dynamic Leading Indicators to Predict Incidents

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 23, 2010
Recent studies have shown the importance of identifying near-misses to predict the probability of accidents (Meel and Seider, 2006) – and managing...

Semi-Automated Work Process for Capturing Relief Valve Proof Test Data to Support Failure Rate Analysis

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 22, 2010
Chevron and Air Products have both leveraged an initiative by the Swan Associates test shop that ensures compatibility of their internal software...

Challenges in Developing and Implementing Safety Risk Tolerance Criteria

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 22, 2010
Risk quantification can help in understanding and managing risk. Establishing quantitative risk criteria can be a key component to risk decision-...

Atmospheric Storage Tank Explosion Modeling

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 22, 2010
Many flammable products are usually stored in large vessels at atmospheric pressure. Ignition of an hydrocarbon-air mixture in such tanks can lead to...

Process Safety Management in the Energy Sector

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 22, 2010
This paper describes experience of application of the principles of process safety management within Centrica plc, an integrated energy company with...

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