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Where There Is a Will There Is a Way ֠a Story of Organizational Transformation

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 2, 2019
Successful organizational transformation requires clear vision, inspirational leadership, management commitment, effective communication, and...

Set Your Operators up for Success: Practical Guidelines for Addressing Human Factors in PHA Causes and Protection Layers

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 2, 2019
Everyone makes mistakes. Therefore, every Process Hazards Analysis (PHA) should address the potential for human error when people interact with a...

"Just the Facts" a Bad Way to Communicate Process Safety

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 2, 2019
"Just the facts" a Bad Way to Communicate Process Safety The qualities making a person a good engineer are often the same qualities making them poor...

Digital Plant: The Convergence of Process and Operational

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 2, 2019
“Refiners are poised to adopt new technologies at a faster pace after years of incremental progress; this effort could save the...

Investigation of a Polymeric Resin Deflagration Using Advanced Calorimetric Techniques

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 2, 2019
2019 AIChE Global Congress Process Safety Abstract Submission- FINAL Title: Investigation of a Deflagration Incident using Adiabatic Calorimetric...

Best Practices for Addressing Human Factors during PHAs/HAZOPs

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 2, 2019
Accidents and regulations underscore the need for companies to identify potential human errors and to reduce the frequency and consequences of such...

Harnessing Ethylene Plant Manufacturing Operations Reliability Using Data Driven Analytics

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 2, 2019
Availability of the Ethylene plant asset is an important factor that determines the Overall Manufacturing Asset Effectiveness. It is not uncommon for...

Using Feedback to Improve the Quality of Your Incident Investigations

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 2, 2019
Trevor Kletz once explained that it was relatively easy for him to create his monthly Lessons Learned Bulletins, because ICI had a requirement that...

Industrial-Academic Collaboration to Teach Chemical Process Safety

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 2, 2019
Chemical process safety is historically an overlooked topic within chemical engineering education. In response to a reactive chemical explosion at T2...

Humans Make Mistakes...Which Cause Events

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 2, 2019
When reviewing investigations reports associated with Loss of Primary Containment (LOPC) events, it is not uncommon to find human error identified as...

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