Pre-start-up Safety Review Live Webinar Live Wednesday, November 20, 2019, 2:00am-3:00am EST This live presentation explores the role and importance of PSSR, the many challenges industries face when performing PSSR and various mitigation paths.
September 2019 CEP Preview September 13, 2019This month in CEP, learn about NSF grants, get tips for safe scaleup, learn about planning a plant decommissioning, and much more.
New Products: September 2019 September2019New ProductsFluids and Solids Handling Laboratory-Scale Centrifuge Cools Samples Quickly The C0226R Refrigerated Universal Microcentrifuge can be used on a tabletop for general laboratory procedures. This centrifuge can cool samples to 4°C within 6 min. It...
Atmospheric Models Guide Emergency Response Decisions September2019SafetyJoselito IgnacioAtmospheric dispersion models are critical tools for informing emergency management decisions when an uncontrolled chemical release occurs with little or no warning.
Don't Worry!! Laboratory Safety Is Fun Do, Let's Play a Mobile Game :) Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019This paper aims to establish relationship of chemical laboratory safety with Mobile Serious Games (MSG) using Kolbâs Experimental...
Enhancing Behavior-Based Safety Culture through Casual Safety Observations Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 2, 2019Despite the influx of automated systems in the chemical manufacturing plant, human factors continue to play a pivotal role in the day-to-day...
Strathcona County's Industrial Engagement Program: Leading the Way Using the MIACC Model Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 2, 2019Strathcona County is in the heart of Albertaâs petrochemical district with oil refineries, chemical plants, oil and gas pipelines,...
Why Choose a Race Car When Economy Will Do - Competency with Safety Instrumented Systems Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 2, 2019There are qualitative and quantitative approaches to hazard assessment that justify the need for instrumentation with reliable performance and...
Study of the Initiator Mischarging Effect on Runaway Reaction of Styrene Polymerization Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 2, 2019Polymerization reactions are prone to runaway risks due to the unstable nature of monomers and complex interactions between reactants. Deviation from...
Using Process Simulators to Quantify Flashing Two Phase Release Conditions Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 1, 2019Process simulators are a readily available tool for making complex thermodynamic calculations which are necessary for quantifying the conditions for...
New Products: August 2019 August2019New ProductsMATERIALS AND CHEMICALS Binder for Textile Coating Strengthens Wet and Dry Materials Appretan NTR is a water-based textile coating binder made of renewable ingredients for applications such as tea bags, coffee filters, and capsules. Approximately...
July 2019 CEP Preview July 9, 2019A look at commissioning smart technology equipment, an intro to vapor intrusion, cutting costs and emissions with combustion control, and more.
New Products: July 2019 July2019New ProductsHeat Transfer Stirring Hot Plates Handle Corrosive Materials These corrosion-resistant, multiposition, stirring analog hot plates are suitable for acid digestions and can be used with most corrosive solutions. The 12-in. (305-mm) square ceramic...
An Introduction to Vapor Intrusion July2019Environmental ManagementTracy L. Repp, Brooke N. Voeller, Jeffrey A. BolinVapor intrusion (VI) occurs when contaminants in soil or groundwater drift into a building or facility through cracks and seams in the foundation. This article describes steps to mitigate VI at your facility.
Gavin Towler of Honeywell on Taking Safety Performance to the Next Level April 5, 2019Hear Gavin discuss how integrated safety management can enhance safety performance.
Chevron's Bruce Chinn on Inclusion and Diversity April 3, 2019Bruce Chinn, President of Chevron Oronite Company LLC, discusses highlights of his talk and shares his take on how diversity and inclusion fuel innovation.
New Products: May 2019 May2019New ProductsMaterials and Chemicals New Materials Enhance Properties of Plastics The XPB 633 BEADS universally conductive carbon black is intended for use with thermoplastics that must be conductive and have antistatic properties. This carbon is easy to...
Functional Surfaces in Food Processing May2019SBE Special SectionStephen M. C. Ritchie, Mainara Costa-Teixeira, Ryan M. SummersFood contacts many inert surfaces that direct flow or induce turbulence during processing. These surfaces could be modified to provide additional capabilities. The feed spacer material of spiral-wound membranes used in dairy applications is one such surface that could be functionalized to mitigate bacterial growth.
Putting Pressure on Food May2019SBE Special SectionV.M. (Bala) Balasubramaniam, Nitin Nitin, Kathiravan Krishnamurthy, Alifdalino SulaimanThe food industry has embraced high-pressure processing (HPP) as a food safety technology. HPP may also help satisfy consumer demand for clean-label products that are safe, nutritious, and don’t include synthetic chemicals.
SBE Special Section: Food Engineering (Complete 30-Page Section) May2019SBE Special SectionChanging Tastes; Challenges and Opportunities in a Legacy Sector; Engineering Frozen Desserts; Small-Scale Winemaking; Single-Cell Proteins as Aquaculture Feed; Functional Surfaces in Food Processing; Putting Pressure on Food
April 2019 CEP Preview April 12, 2019In this month's issue, a look at managing severe weather and flood risks (open access article), tips for optimizing industrial fermenters, bioprocessing safety, and much more.
Women in Process Safety April 11, 2019An impressive lineup of women leaders gathered at GCPS in New Orleans to discuss career paths, challenges, and and more.
Create a Strong Safety Awareness Across Biosafety Levels April2019BioprocessingPhil N. MoléUnderstanding differences in microbial hazards and handling procedures is key to ensuring occupational safety when working with biohazard materials.
Process Safety Data Management Best Practices Archived Webinar Oct 8, 2014 Presenters share best practices on how to tackle PSM IT projects including the development of functional requirements and “To Be” workflows, along with supporting management systems. This PSM IT...
New Products: March 2019 March2019New ProductsFluids and Solids Handling Valve Design Reduces Contamination in Hygienic Operations The modular Unique Mixproof 3-Body valve safely provides reliable fluid handling, making it suitable for use as a changeover valve in hygienic industries such as...
Understand the Risks of Composite Intermediate Bulk Containers February2019Fluids and Solids HandlingMichael D. Snyder, P.E.Although composite intermediate bulk containers (CIBCs) provide ease of storage and transport, they pose a unique fire hazard that is often overlooked.
New Products: January 2019 January2019New ProductsMaterials and Chemicals Filament Enables Implant Printing This polyether ether ketone (PEEK) filament is based on VESTAKEEP i4 G, a highly viscous implant-grade material. It can be used in fused filament fabrication (FFF) technology and enables...
New Products: December 2018 December2018New ProductsFluids and Solids Handling Media Extends Filter Lifespan in Medium- to High-Volume Operations The vertical cartridge filter (VCF) removes dust from medium to large volumes of air. An easy-to-use cartridge clamp system simplifies filter media...
A Case Study on Building Safety: The Coupling of Indoor and Outdoor Air Quality Modeling for Addressing Nearby Terrorist Chemical Attacks on Building Safety Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 24, 2018Terrorist attacks using chemical or biological agents represent an increasing threat to building safety. Impacts from these types of attacks are of...
Selecting the Proper Gas Compressibility Z for Relief Valve Sizing Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 23, 2018Selecting the Proper Gas Compressibility Z for Relief Valve Sizing Freeman Self ( feself@bechtel.com ) Satyajit Verma ( sverma4@bechtel.com ) Bechtel...
The Process Plant Safety Symposium - Past, Present, and Future Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 23, 2018A number of major process incidents during the 1980s led OSHA to promulgate the Process Safety Management Regulation in 1992. Those incidents and the...
Keynote Speaker Invites You to 2018 Process Development Symposium (PDS) May 23, 20183M's Cristina Thomas will deliver the keynote address at this year's PDS: "3M Science: Combining 46 Core Technologies to Improve Daily Life."
Laura Turci on Her Career in Process Safety May 10, 2018Laura Turci of Ashland discusses career challenges and successes, with advice for young women entering the field.
Jun Mutoh of JXTG on Establishing a Solid Safety Culture April 27, 2018Jun Mutoh, representative director and executive vice president of JXTG Holdings, Inc, presented “Beyond Operations Management
Successful Automation Strategies to Prevent Brittle Fracture in a Bimetallic Demethanizer Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 29, 2017Older demethanizer towers are commonly constructed of two different types of metals, sufficient to handle normal operating conditions: Stainless...
Dust Explosion Hazards: Housekeeping Quantified Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 29, 2017DUST-EXPLOSION HAZARDS: HOUSEKEEPING QUANTIFIED Richard W. Prugh, PE, CSP Principal Process Safety Engineer Chilworth Technology, Inc., a Dekra...
Process Event Avoidance: Using Identification of Process Faults to Avoid Abnormal Process Events Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 29, 2017Process faults are a significant concern in the chemical and petrochemical industry. Process operators typically become aware of process faults only...
RMP and ORA: A New Paradigm for Environmental Safety Management of Chemical Industry in Korea Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 28, 2017Korea experienced a massive chemical dispersion disaster on September 27, 2012, which occurred at the Gumi National Industrial complex in the...
Effectiveness of Water Sprays in Mitigating Toxic Releases Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 28, 2017Chemical manufacturing operations must consider and prepare for release of toxic chemicals, such as anhydrous ammonia, anhydrous hydrofluoric acid,...
Understanding Tolerable Risk Criteria – Considering the Growth of LNG Transportation Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 28, 2017Cheap natural gas and the aim to lower emissions from combustion systems such as stationary power generation and heavy haul vehicle engines has led...
Offshore Units Safety Management Systems Analysis: Sgso x SEMS II Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 28, 2017Industry has been increasingly demanded regarding safety. Its challenge is to keep its continuity in a horizon of growing operations and external...
Selection of Cases for Atmospheric Dispersion Modeling Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 27, 2017In many industrial facilities, toxic and/or flammable substances are discharged directly to the atmosphere. To ensure compliance with health, safety...
Safety Practice for Refinery and Petrochemical Plants - During the Major T&I (Turnaround & Inspection) Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 12, 2016Safety Practice for Refinery and Petrochemical in the Major T&I Rabigh Refinery and Petrochemical Company (Petro Rabigh), is an integrated...
Improving Combustion Efficiency, Reliability, and Safety in Large Fired Heaters Utilizing Multiplexed Laser Based Monitoring and Diagnostic Systems Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 12, 2016Operators are often challenged to maintain well-balanced, uniform combustion across a large fired heater in order to optimize efficiency, reliability...
Risk Based Process Safety Program in R & D Facility Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 12, 2016Research & Development facility comprises of pilot plants & laboratories which are designed & constructed to perform new experiments/...
Process Safety: The Culture of Management System Design, Implementation, and Sustainability Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 12, 2016With promulgation of the PSM Standard 29 CFR 1910.119, OSHA mandated that a management system comprised of several well-defined elements be...
Making Process Safety Personal - Engaging the Front Line Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 11, 2016The front line is instrumental in implementing process safety, Yet they are rarely engaged in meaningful process safety discussions. We tend to...
A Career in Process Safety: 50 Years of LPS Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 11, 2016Drawing from a career from 1962 through 2016 in the chemical and process industries, this paper will describe some informal practices of process...
Moments of Safety Transformation - Developing Strong Safety Leaders Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 11, 2016There are pivotal opportunities for leaders to make a fundamental change in the way others see the future state of safety and how they fit into and...
Development of Human Health Impact Characterization Factors for Ionic Liquids Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 17, 2014In this presentation we outline a methodology to derive human health characterization factors for ionic liquids that can be used in life cycle...
Process Safety Regulation - Can any Style be considered Superior? Conference PresentationSouthwest Process Technology ConferenceOctober 9, 2014Recently the US Chemical Safety Board has been quite supportive of the concept of the “Safety Case” system. In a recent Regulatory Report, CSB went...
Process Safety: From Concept to Commissioning Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 29, 2013Process Safety: From Concept to Commissioning Process safety is an essential component in all phases of project design, from initial research and...
A Key Factor In Hazardous Processes: Safety Culture Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 14, 2011The significance of Safety Culture is becoming increasingly recognized as a key factor to achieve the safe operation of hazardous processes. This...
Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Experience with the Combustible Dust National Emphasis Program Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 22, 2010As a result of several combustible dust explosions in the past decade, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) initiated a...
A Century of Process Safety: Safety and Chemical Engineering Education ֠History and Results Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 17, 2008CCPS/SAChE is making progress via motivating professors regarding the importance of process safety (workshops for professors in a plant environment...
Board Member Robert Collins Invites You to the 2017 Ammonia Conference August 18, 2017Hear from conference board member Robert Collins what you can expect from this year's event.
Committee Chair Invites You to 62nd Annual Safety in Ammonia Plants and Related Facilities Symposium August 2, 2017I recently caught up with Harrie Duisters, Technology Director of OCI N.
Consideration of Escalation Risks in Facility Siting Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 28, 2017A small fire when uncontrolled, can potentially lead to failure of an equipment containing large inventory of hydrocarbon or a structure holding...
Saudi YPC Educates Young Professionals about Process Safety and Hazard Recognition January 13, 2017Saudi YPC organized an interactive workshop that demonstrated the “Importance of Process Safety and the Recognition of Incident Warn
Books: December 2016 December2016BooksHidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race Margot Lee Shetterly, William Morrow, New York, NY, $27.99, 368 pages, Sept. 2016, ISBN: 978-0-062-36359-6 During the labor...
Introduction to Process Safety for Undergraduates and Engineers June, 2016Familiarizes the student or an engineer new to process safety with the concept of process safety management Serves as a comprehensive reference for Process Safety topics for student chemical engineers and newly graduate engineers Acts as a reference material for either a stand-alone process safety...
Guidelines for Integrating Process Safety Management, Environment, Safety, Health, and Quality December, 1996Over the years, companies have developed independent systems for managing process safety, environment, health, safety, and quality. Many aspects of these management systems are similar. Integrating EHS management systems can yield economies and improved system effectiveness. This book explains how...
Nanomaterials: What are the Environmental and Health Impacts? December2008Critical IssuesNastassja LewinskiAs with previous emerging technologies, there have been uncertainties and concerns about the environmental and health risks associated with nanotechnology. This article reviews some of the ongoing efforts to better understand and characterize...
Integrate Health, Safety, and Environment into Engineering Projects April2013SafetyJack Chosnek, Victor H. Edwards, Ralph Ellis , Alan English, Edward Geaslin , Sandra L. Jones, Myra A. RayApply HSE principles during front-end engineering design to assure safe, operable, and economical facilities.
Predict Incidents with Process Safety Performance Indicators February2016SafetyWahid AziziBecome a seer of process safety incidents with carefully chosen process safety performance indicators (PSPIs). A PSPI program developed using the barrier-based or tier-based approach will serve as your crystal ball.
Process Safety Beacon: Understand Chemical Compatibility July2016Process Safety BeaconChemical compatibility charts can be used to determine the chemical reactivity of thousands of common hazardous chemicals, the compatibility of absorbents, and the suitability of materials of construction in chemical processes.