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  1. Designing a Toxic Shelter: An Art and Science

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2022 July Anthony G. Sarrack Murtaza I. Gandhi, P.E. The release of toxic ammonia can pose significant risk to personnel at facilities that handle the material. This risk can be mitigated through the construction and operation of highly effective toxic sh ...

  2. Establishing a Global Robotics Program

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2022 July Frank Sebastianelli William Rifenburgh Catherine Xu Eric Sun A robotics program can provide many benefits, from improved safety to cost savings. This article provides advice for launching a robotics program at your organization. The term “robots ...

  3. Process Safety Beacon Manage Temporary Changes — Including Clamps

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2022 July ▲ Pipe clamps can temporarily fix a leaking valve. Image courtesy of the Process Safety Beacon Committee. A plant experienced a piping leak and could not shut down to properly repair it. Using their leak clamp procedure, they consulted the requi ...

  4. Spotlight on Safety: Flocking Behaviors Can Help Improve Safety Effectiveness

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2022 July Jim Klein Arie de Geus told the following story in his article “The Living Company” (1): In the late nineteenth century, milkmen left open bottles of milk outside people’s doors. A rich cream would rise to the tops of the bottles. Two garden bir ...

  5. Process Safety Beacon: Some Mistakes Take Time To Become Incidents

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2022 June ▲ A leak occurred in a process pipe years after it was shut down and “emptied.” It is likely that someone made a mistake during the clearing and flushing steps. A company decided to stop making a chemical product. One of the input materials was ...

  6. Conduct an Effective Pre-Startup Safety Review

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2022 June Jody E. Olsen, P.E This helpful guide provides tips and tools for ensuring operational readiness prior to process startup. Pre-startup safety review (PSSR) as required by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) process safe ...

  8. Translating Industrial Lab Safety Practices to Academia

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2022 May George Prpich Ron Unnerstall Sections Character of academic research Safety incidents in academia Safety culture in academia Our journey: Univ. of Virginia Dept. of Chemical Engineering How did we initiate improvement? Where are we heading? Last ...

  9. Process Safety Beacon: Process Safety Lessons from a Ship Fire

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2022 April On July 12, 2020, a fire broke out on the U.S. Navy ship USS Bonhomme Richard while docked in San Diego, CA. The fire burned for five days and spread to 11 of the 15 decks of the ship. Temperatures from the fire exceeded 1,400°F (760°C). The fi ...

  10. Spotlight on Safety: Questions to Ask About Process Safety Performance: Part 2

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2022 April Jim Klein In Part 1, three key questions were proposed that should be considered in assessing process safety program performance (1). The first question — What is the current level of process safety performance? — requires that performance be a ...

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