Search the site | AIChE

Other Sites & Tools

Technical Groups

Search the site

To refine your search: use "quotation marks" to join terms; use AND or OR to combine search terms; limit a search by a second term using NOT; click a filter link within the sidebar below to refine to that category.

  1. Process Safety Beacon: Effects from Changes May Take Years to Appear

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2023 January ▲ A process change that rerouted a waste stream back to a storage tank (T302) was not documented, ultimately leading to a deadly explosion. Read the report for more details: www.hse.gov.uk/comah/chevron-pembroke-report-2020.pdf. On June 2, 20 ...

  2. 2023 AIChE Spring Meeting & 19th GCPS Short Courses

    Conference Event | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers | Mar 12, 2023
    AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety 2023 The 2023 AIChE Spring Meeting & 19th Global Congress on Process Safety short courses will be held on Sunday, March 12, 2023, from 9 AM- 5 PM ...

  3. Five Things to Know About Cybersecurity in Process Safety

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2022 December Patrick O'Brien Process safety professionals have an especially important part to play in protecting the chemical process industries (CPI) from cybersecurity threats. Cybersecurity is one of today’s most popular buzzwords, and it can be ...

  4. Spotlight on Safety: Even Astronauts Make Mistakes

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2022 December Jim Klein We all know that people, even highly trained people, occasionally make mistakes. It could be a manager making an ill-advised decision, an engineer making a poor design choice, an operator filling a vessel incorrectly, or a mechanic ...

  5. 4th Engineering Cosmetics and Consumer Products Conference

    Conference | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers | Apr 18, 2023
    2023 ECCP cosmetics Institute Conference on Engineering Cosmetics and Consumer Products 2023 Lucy Gildea Berrian Puma Yelena Yesha Dr. Robb Akridge Laura Philips Deep Bhattacharya Tiffany Quinn Glenn Longwell Audrey Wesson Chase McAnerney Lai Hing Vair Go ...

  7. Management of Change Reviews for Small Modifications

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2022 December Jody E. Olsen, P.E Sections The MOC review is the sum of many reviews The screening step Engage discipline representatives to perform discipline-specific reviews Engage discipline representatives to support assessment of replacement-in-kind ...

  8. Process Safety Beacon: Idle Does Not Mean Safe

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2022 November ▲ An explosion at an ink and paint manufacturing facility caused significant damage to the nearby community. Image courtesy of the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board. At 2:46 AM on Nov. 22, 2006, a violent explosion occurred ...

  9. 2023 Safety in Ammonia Plants & Related Facilities Symposium

    Conference | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers | Aug 20, 2023
    Annual Safety in Ammonia Plants and Related Facilities Symposium Ammonia conference Institute Annual Safety Ammonia Plants and Related Facilities Symposium 2023 ...

  10. Process Safety Beacon: Communication — The Heart of Safe Operations

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2022 October ▲ Flowmeters require periodic calibration. Be sure to always follow proper safety procedures. An inexperienced operator was running a process that involved regular transfers of flammable solvents. Part of the operation was shut down to allow ...

Pages

You may also be looking for...