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  1. Site Selection and Buffer Zone Maintenance

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2023 March Karen Study John Currie Sections Past incidents necessitate buffer zones The Dow Chemical Company Greenbelt Standard History of the Greenbelt Standard Drive for continuous improvement Program results Program partnership Effective greenbelt mana ...

  2. 19th GCPS Welcome Plenary Keynote

    Conference Event | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers | Mar 13, 2023
    AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety 2023 The 19th Global Congress on Process Safety (GCPS) welcome plenary  keynote will be presented by  Chris Tagoe, Senior Vice President of Health, Sa ...

  3. Process Safety Beacon: People Are a Critical Part of Safe Operations

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2023 February ▲ Tank level monitoring should include a level gauge (L), a high-level alarm (LAH), and an automatic overfill protection system (LAHH), in addition to operator and facility procedures. Adapted from U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigati ...

  4. Chronic Unease — The Missing Ingredient in Safety Leadership

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2023 February Jennifer Bracey To achieve a robust safety culture, a sense of chronic unease within an organization’s management can help develop a healthy preoccupation with failure in near misses, risk assessments, and audits. Truly effective safety lead ...

  5. Use Process Historian Data to Verify Safeguards

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2023 February A. M. (Tony) Downes Prasad Goteti, P.E. Steve Lindsay Michele Loseto Use field-level data from process historians to verify safety assumptions made during hazard analyses. The chemical process industries (CPI) have driven toward performance- ...

  8. Conducting a Climate Risk Vulnerability Assessment

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2023 January Julie D. White, P.E. Victor H. Edwards, P.E. As extreme weather events increase in frequency and severity, the potential impact on safe and reliable operations of process plants can be evaluated using a climate risk vulnerability assessment. ...

  9. Use Risk-Based Methodologies to Improve Asset Integrity Management

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2023 January Dr. Payam Jamshidi A risk-based approach to asset integrity management offers several cost, safety, and productivity benefits. Efficient asset management has become crucial for organizations to stay competitive in today’s global market. With ...

  10. 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 ...

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