Management of Change eLearning (online) CourseUnsure how to identify procedural, process and other change situations that require evaluation—or implement process changes without risk to employees...
HAZOP Studies/Advanced PHA Concepts Combo Course Face-to-Face CourseThis course is a combination of HAZOP Studies and Other PHA Techniques for Process Safety and Risk Management (CH157) and Advanced Concepts for...
(Chinese) A Practical Approach to Hazard Identification for Operations and Maintenance Workers October, 2011本概念书《危害辨识实用方法——适用于运行和维护人员》是CCPS面向现场工作人员的出版物，将为读者提供非常有益的参考.
Overview of Risk Based Process Safety Face-to-Face CourseThis course will introduce you to CCPS’ Risk Based Process Safety (RBPS) approach, including the four pillars and twenty elements that define the...
Advanced Concepts for Process Hazard Analysis Face-to-Face CourseMove beyond simply understanding the PHA techniques being used in the process industry today. Learn how to apply them correctly.
SAChE® Programa de Certificación - Introducción de como manejar peligros en la seguridad de procesos eLearning (online) CourseIntroducción a la gestión de los peligros de la seguridad de los procesos La seguridad de los procesos es una parte vital de las operaciones diarias...
The Three Keys to Managing a Project Successfully Face-to-Face CourseProjects come with many moving parts, unknown variables—and landmines. No project manager has a crystal ball to predict and manage the risk ahead...
SAChE® Programa de Certificación - Identificación y minimización de peligros en la seguridad de procesos eLearning (online) CourseIdentificación y minimización de peligros en la seguridad de procesos Cuando se trabaja con materiales potencialmente peligrosos, es importante...
SAChE® Certificate Program - Understanding Hazards & Risk eLearning (online) CourseDesigned for juniors and seniors who are enrolled in upper-level chemical engineering classes, this course explores the most technical of the four...
Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA) eLearning (online) CourseLOPA is the methodology used by process organizations worldwide for risk analysis. Learn the basic LOPA approach to selecting and analyzing potential...
SAChE® Programa de Certificación – Reconocimiento de Peligros eLearning (online) CourseSaber qué hacer en ingeniería química comienza con el reconocimiento de peligros. Este curso introductorio ampliará el conocimiento de los...
SAChE® Certificate Program - Identifying & Minimizing Process Safety Hazards eLearning (online) CourseWhen working with potentially hazardous materials, it’s important to have the right tools to handle them. This introductory course reviews the tools...
Hazard Identification for Operators and Maintenance Workers eLearning (online) CourseThis online course helps operators learn how to recognize and respond to hazards at the field level.
Identificación de Peligros Para los Operadores y Trabajadores de Mantenimiento eLearning (online) CourseEste curso en línea ayudará a los operadores a aprender a reconocer y responder a los peligros en el campo.
HAZOP Studies eLearning (online) CourseNeed to plan and execute a HAZOP Study team review? This course covers the concepts and techniques you’ll need.
SAChE® Certificate Program - An Introduction to Managing Process Safety Hazards eLearning (online) CourseProcess safety is a vital part of everyday operations in chemical engineering. This course explains how a system of process safety management can...
Hazard Identification for Operations and Maintenance Workers Face-to-Face CourseThis seven module course provides participants with the knowledge and skills to more effectively identify process and mechanical hazards in the...
The Keys to Managing a Capital Project Successfully Face-to-Face CourseGain strategies for detail planning, monitoring and controlling a capital project.
SAChE® Certificate Program - Hazard Recognition eLearning (online) CourseKnowing what to do in chemical engineering starts with recognizing hazards. This introductory course will expand students’ knowledge of hazards found...
Process Safety Leadership for Front-Line Supervisors eLearning (online) CourseWhether you are a new or seasoned front- line supervisor, this course provides a thorough immersion in the process safety knowledge and skills you...
AIChE’s Modeling Techniques in Excel eLearning (online) CourseDevelop the deeper knowledge of spreadsheets, especially Excel, which you need to improve your financial and evaluation modeling and analysis. This...
HAZOP Studies and Other PHA Techniques for Process Safety and Risk Management Face-to-Face CourseThis course teaches you how to prepare for PHAs, how to ensure compliance with current U.S. regulations related to PHAs, and how to conduct and...
How to Safely Sample Fluid from Heat Transfer Systems Archived Webinar Dec 13, 2017 Understanding safety issues and incorporating the tips provided in this webinar can greatly help avoid the common potential safety concerns of sampling these fluids.
Dispersion Analysis 101: Gateway to Understanding a Complex Science Archived Webinar Oct 25, 2017 Do you know how to identify situations in your day-to-day work that warrant a dispersion analysis? Take this Provenance Consulting sponsored webinar to learn more. In 60 minutes, learn the physical and conceptual meaning of dispersion analysis, when and why you should perform one, and how to...
Industry Best Practices When Combining HAZOP and LOPA Archived Webinar Sep 27, 2017 Are you wondering if HAZOP and LOPA should be combined? Sphera Solutions discusses the pitfalls, industry best practices and more in this sponsored webinar. This 60-minute sponsored webinar looks at the increasing use of LOPA and how the additional effort is leading process safety engineers to seek...
Essentials of PRV Stability Archived Webinar Sep 13, 2017 Could undetected pressure relief valve (PRV) installation instability be putting your facility at risk? Join this webinar to find out. In this 60-minute ioMosaic sponsored webinar, gain a better understanding of the risks associated with potentially unstable PRV installations. Then, investigate how...
Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA): When and Where? Archived Webinar Jul 26, 2017 When is the best time to do Layer of Protection Analysis? Take this webinar to assess your options. In this 60-minute webinar, you’ll learn many facilitators have a preference about when to do LOPA - during the PHA/HAZOP, at the end of the PHA/HAZOP or independently of the PHA/HAZOP. You’ll...
Making Your HAZOP Study Work for You…In Real Time Archived Webinar May 3, 2017 Too often, a HAZOP study, despite the investment of human and financial capital, becomes a stand-alone document, securely archived for regulatory purposes. Many disparate processes or in fact even a lack of processes, related to study follow-up activities may not give you the insight you need into...
Process Safety in Operations - What's Missing? Archived Webinar Sep 15, 2016 Frontline operations is where everything comes together. It’s where production happens. It’s where all of the activities needed to operate and maintain the plant, where all of the operational risk and all of the human interaction with the assets occurs. It’s a dynamic and inherently hazardous place...
Quantitative Risk Analysis: Beyond QRA Archived Webinar Sep 14, 2016 You understand QRA. Now take the next step in risk mitigation with facility siting. This 60-minute ioMosaic-sponsored webinar begins with a re-cap of the basic concepts involved in QRA and why and how the results such analysis can generate are significant. You’ll gain an appreciation of how QR and...
Learn How to Manage Your PSI More Effectively Archived Webinar May 11, 2016 Too often, Process Safety Information (PSI) is inaccurate, out-of-date or stuck in a filing cabinet and not readily available. Find out how to more effectively manage your PSI, and have updated information at your fingertips. In this ioMosaic-sponsored webinar, you’ll explore how accurate and...
Enterprise Risk Management Archived Webinar Apr 20, 2016 You’ve got the safety audits, manuals, documentation and tracking systems. But are you really actively reducing the risk of a safety incident? In this Operational Sustainability sponsored webinar, you’ll identify the five key steps in implementing a successful Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)...
When the Only Things Consistent About Your PHAs Are Inconsistencies Archived Webinar Jan 27, 2016 This Provenance Consulting sponsored webinar helps you address the causes and the consequences of inconsistencies in PHAs and LOPAs while meeting the requirements of OSHA 1910.119 PSM. You’ll learn how maintaining consistency in PHAs can help simplify management of equipment in your facility,...
Capital Project Process Management Archived Webinar Sep 16, 2015 A major challenge faced by PSM-covered sites is addressing the process safety management needs of capital projects. This webinar covers specific concepts and underlying principles pertaining to this issue, with samples of currently popular technologies shown. Many companies are already effective at...
Benefits of Intelligent Drawing Practices Archived Webinar Jul 29, 2015 This presentation details how to identify opportunities for improved drawing practices and how these practices can shape your facility’s ability to maintain and evaluate Process Safety Information (PSI). Hundreds of thousands of PSI data points are stored on various types of drawings at a given...
Optimizing LOPA Archived Webinar May 6, 2015 This presentation is an overview of the LOPA process. How/why it is used instead of, or in addition to HAZOPs and What-Ifs to identify hazardous scenarios. It discusses best practices on conducting a LOPA review, as well as initiating event, and to determine whether safeguards qualify as...
The Mechanics of a Quantitative Risk Analysis - Better Understand Your Risks Archived Webinar Feb 25, 2015 This presentation outlines the main steps involved in conducting a Quantitative Risk Analysis (QRA) study, and the main inputs and outputs in such a study. It also discusses how closer examination of these results can enable risk analysts to better understand, manage, and mitigate risks at their...
Acuity: Software Solution for Improving Process Risk Management Archived Webinar Jul 30, 2014 The webinar provides attendees with information regarding Acuity, the new cloud-based risk management software from AcuTech. Acuity will enable organizations to better implement, audit, measure and improve their safety and security management systems. The session discusses and provides a...
Realizing the Benefits of a Truly Integrated PHA Process Archived Webinar Feb 26, 2014 This webinar highlights and discusses the benefits and importance of integrating the Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) process with your Management of Change (MOC) process, conducting a PHA on Capital and Plant Projects, and ensuring the adequacy of the PHA team membership.
Technical Entity Trends: Ensuring a Resilient Enterprise January 16, 2018Today's businesses need to be prepared for a variety of situations from flooding and terrorists to power outages and epidemics.
SAChE® Certificate Program - Risk Assessment eLearning (online) CourseA critical update for anyone involved in plant safety. Learn how to better assess, manage and reduce risk using today’s most innovative strategies.
SAChE® Programa de Certificación - Comprensión de los peligros y los riesgos eLearning (online) CourseComprender los peligros y riesgos Diseñado para estudiantes del último y penúltimo año de Ingeniería Química, este curso explora los aspectos más...
Fire Behavior: Part 1 Archived Webinar Oct 11, 2017 What if you could predict fire behavior and better protect your people and structures? Take this webinar to learn more. In 60 minutes, you’ll gain an overview of fire event modeling, how source terms are developed and how to use model predictions to better protect your people and structures. You’ll...
CCPS Project 246 - 2nd Edition Guidelines for Siting and Layout of Facilities Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 29, 2017The new second edition of CCPS's Guidelines for Siting and Layout of Facilities has been written to address the many developments in the last decade...
Are Your Safeguards Fast Enough to Be Effective? Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 29, 2017A number of design pitfalls must be avoided when allocating the process safety time during the specification of instrumented safeguards. A key...
Ignitability of Combustible Dust Fueled Flash Fires with Industrial Ignition Sources Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 28, 2017Combustible dust flash fires can represent a serious hazard in industrial settings and can require significant mitigation efforts. Increasingly,...
Prevent the Next Catastrophe Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 28, 2017With the increasing complex manufacturing processes and environmental regulations, and the challenges to retaining knowledge from retiring employees...
A HAZOP Gap Query Approach for Hazard Assessment in Multi-Product Facilities Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 28, 2017Batch, multi-product chemical processing facilities present special challenges for conducting thorough & timely hazard assessments. New or...
Inherently Safer Piping – Best Practices Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 28, 2017Abstract This paper presents lesser known items in the upstream and midstream industries important to piping stress and overpressure protection...
The Facility Siting Cycle (Revalidation) Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 28, 2017Facility siting is an assessment of occupied buildings given potential explosion, fire, and toxic hazards. As stated in 29 CFR Part 1910, it is...
A Look into Cumulative Risk Assessment: Past, Present and Future Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 28, 2017A Look into Cumulative Risk Assessment: Past, Present and Future S. Zohra Halim, Yogesh Koirala and M. Sam Mannan Mary Kay OâConnor Process Safety...
Elongated VCE Blast Waves and Structural Damage Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 27, 2017Elongated congested volumes are common at chemical processing and petroleum refining facilities due to the arrangement of processing units, but there...
Using Data-Based Indicators to Improve Process Safety Performance Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 27, 2017Using Data-based Indicators to Improve Process Safety Performance Erin P. Collins and Paul J. Amico JENSEN HUGHES Performance indicators (also...
A Proposal for Improving the Efficiency, Effectiveness, Quality, and Usefulness of PHA Identification of Controls Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 27, 2017Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) is an important discipline for identification and understanding of hazard causes, consequences, consequence severity,...
Recipe for a Complete Process Hazard Analysis – Especially Addressing the Key Demands from US CSB Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 27, 2017Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) is not a new topic. Surprising, more that 80% of PHAs performed today do not comply with the current interpretations by...
Dust Explosions Archived Webinar Dec 7, 2016 The danger of combustible dust is present in virtually every facility, including yours. Are you doing everything to possible to mitigate hazards? During the last decade, increased awareness of combustible dust has led to actions by regulators, standard writing organizations, insurers and...
Estimation of an Event Occurrence for LOPA Studies Archived Webinar Nov 30, 2016 Involved in LOPA? Sooner or later, you’ll run into a problem that has never before occurred in your plant. Find out what to respond. In 60 minutes, you’ll learn how to develop a measure of the frequency or failure rate of an event when the historical information includes no occurrences of the event...
Sponsored Webinar: Managing the Lifecycle of Independent Protection Layers Archived Webinar Oct 26, 2016 Learn how managing the entire lifecycle of Independent Protection Layers will ensure effectiveness, auditability and independence. This Provenance Consulting-sponsored webinar reviews the current standards and industry practices for IPL management and how to assess the effectiveness of their...
Atmospheric Tank Failures: Mechanisms and an Unexpected Case Study Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 13, 2016Most of the literature on catastrophic failures of low pressure tanks focuses on the ignition of explosive mixtures in the vapor space of those tanks...
Inherently Safe Design for Vertical Knock-out Drums and Vapor/Liquid Separators Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 13, 2016IN GAS PROCESSING AND LNG PRODUCTION, LARGE DIAMETER VERTICAL COMPRESSOR SUCTION DRUMS AND VAPOR/LIQUID SEPARATORS ARE COMMON. THE LIQUID LEVEL IN...
Intro to Quantitative Risk Analysis Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 13, 2016TBA Copyright © American Institute of Chemical Engineers. All rights reserved.
Quantitative Risk Analysis for Decision Support in Process Plant Operations Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 13, 2016Design of complex technical systems with potential for major accidents, such as nuclear power plants, offshore installations and high hazard process...
Basic Concepts in Risk Analysis Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 13, 2016TBA Copyright © American Institute of Chemical Engineers. All rights reserved.
Assessing Meticulous Verification Effectiveness Utilizing HAZOP and LOPA Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 12, 2016In 2011, the Center for Chemical Process Safety initiated work on Vision 20/20. The goal of Vision 20/20 is to demonstrate what perfect process...
Modelling and Validation of Dispersion Following an Instantaneous Vapor or Two-Phase Release from a Pressurized Vessel Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 12, 2016Hazardous flammable and/or toxic materials are often stored in pressurised vessels. This paper deals with the modelling of the dispersion following...
Prevention of Combustible Dust Explosions Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 12, 2016This tutorial emphasizes the technical understanding of combustible dust phenomena. It will enable attendees to better understand combustible dust...
Transient Large-Scale Chlorine Releases in the Jack Rabbit II Field Tests: Near Source Release Data and Preliminary Analysi Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 12, 2016Sponsored by the Chemical Security Analysis Center (CSAC) of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) of...
Combustible Dust Hazard Assessment: A Risk Based Approach Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 12, 2016A CCPS Concept Book on performing Combustible Dust Hazard Assessments (CDHA) will be published later this year. This book is not meant to duplicate...
Evaluating the Effect of Obstruction Separation Distance on Flammable Gas Dispersion Using FDS Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 12, 2016When Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) models are used for field siting studies on gas-handling facilities, the separation distance between...
Feasibility Study for Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) Optical Gas Imaging Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 12, 2016Infrared (IR) cameras have been used extensively to detect hydrocarbon leaks from process equipment for both process safety and environmental...
The Eye-Opener: Communicating Facility Siting Findings to Upper Management Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 12, 2016Upon completion of a Facility Siting study, the critical path forward is acceptance from Upper Management on the remediation plan. Using an example...
Security and Risk Mitigation: Practical and Cost-Effective Solutions By the U.S. Nuclear Industry Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 12, 2016Two major events have occurred in the last 20 years which have profoundly affected the U.S. nuclear industry – the terrorist attacks of 9/11/2001 and...
An "Intolerable" Risk: Applying the UK Environmental Risk Assessment Methodology to Freedom Industries, WV Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 12, 2016The Environmental Equivalent of a Fatality: Had the UK's Environmental Risk Assessment Methodology Been Applied to Freedom Industries in West...
Considering External Fire to be a Non-Applicable Overpressure Scenario Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 12, 2016An external fire is usually considered an applicable overpressure scenario as the necessary elements to fuel the ignition of a fire are almost always...
Retrofit of Non-Structural Components on Buildings Subjected to Blast Loading Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 12, 2016Structures in chemical and petrochemical facilities are often located in areas that may be subjected to blast loading. Building in those areas...
Is a Two-Inch Hole Adequate for a Siting Study? Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 12, 2016For several decades now, many consequence-based siting assessments (e.g., API RP 752) have relied upon a two-inch hole to represent what is termed a...
Fault Propagation Analysis and Causal Fault Diagnosis for Petrochemical Plant Based on Granger Causality Test Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 12, 2016Abstract: Petrochemical plants have becoming increasingly large and automatic. There exist strong interdependencies between various units. Once any...
Catastrophic Domino Effect from Projection of Fragments Associated with Spherical Vessel Explosions Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 11, 2016The domino effect related to the projection of fragments in an industrial environment occurs when an element of a system, such as a chemical vessel,...
Reforzamiento De Componentes No-Estructurales En Edificios Sometidos a Explosiones Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 11, 2016Estructuras en instalaciones químicas y petroquímicas a menudo se encuentran en zonas que pueden ser sometidos a explosiones. Los edificios en esas...
Identify SIF and Specify Necessary Sil, and Other IPLs, As Part of PHA/HAZOP, or Why It Is Not Necessary to "Boldly Go Beyond HAZOP and LOPA" Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 11, 2016This paper shows how to apply the qualitative definition of IPLs within the setting of a process hazard analysis (PHA) to get most of the gain from...