Process Safety

This month, lessons from Shell's energy transition, carbon storage in saline formations, cleaner ethane cracking, blue vs. gray ammonia, and much more.

More than 300 attendees came from around the world to discuss topics such as safely scaling clean ammonia production, AI in ammonia production, and much more.

IPSW represents a unified global commitment to enhancing safety in industries where process hazards pose significant risks.

This month, a look back at Bhopal and how it affected process safety culture, tips for heat integration by side reboiling, applying lifecycle thinking for next-generation chemical engineering, and more.

Hear from Louisa how she first got involved in process safety, what early experiences were influential in her career, how mentors helped her grow, and more.

Find out how Kathy found her way into process safety, learn how mentors helped her to throughout her career, and hear about the major events that shaped her career.

This issue, answering questions about using ChatGPT for chemical engineering, applying AI to process safety studies, harnessing virtual tours to accelerate plant turnarounds, and more.

This issue, troubleshooting air condenser limitations, using data to manage combustible dust, destroying "forever chemicals" with a new method, and much more.

Chemical engineers have an important role to play in driving innovation in both the semiconductor industry as well as in the various areas that will rely on next-generation semiconductors.

This issue, new possibilities for geothermal, a look at harnessing separation power, case studies on liquid-liquid extraction for contaminant removal, and much more.

This issue, a special section on biotherapeutics, plus understanding the effect of human factors and leadership on safety, managing successful collaborations, and more.

The newly named Process Safety Division will identify and address individual engineers’ needs and technical development. Join us in New Orleans for an unveiling of programs and activities.

Learn what's new in process safety, what's not to be missed at this year's event, and how you can make the most of the 2024 GCPS in New Orleans.

This issue, understand how to used advanced tools to support LOPA, find out whether ammonia storage tanks are susceptible to rollover, get tips for school-to-work transitions, and much more.

This issue, a new approach to distillation control education, ways to increase the sustainability of process plant projects, strategies for cybersecurity, and much more.

Hear what attendees learned to improve their facilities’ safety, learn about how one Japanese firm has gained from implementing CCPS's Risk-based Process Safety model, and more.

Vision 20/20, a forward-looking framework, offers a comprehensive approach to enhance process safety.

Learn more about this year’s winners who represent a broad range of specialty areas and work in both academia and industry.

Process Safety Progress is a premier research quarterly in the area of process safety as practiced in industry and government.

The CCPS monograph aims to promote a better understanding of the impact of natural hazards, including hurricanes and other natural events around the globe, and provides recommended actions.

Teni Butler has served as Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) practitioner and has past experience supporting chemical manufacturing/production and in customer facing technical sales.

This young AIChE local section is poised to make a significant difference in improving industrial safety standards in Peru.

Learn how better process safety knowledge can make you a better chemical engineer and better job candidate.

AIChE Credentials can be the competitive edge that helps you get your next promotion or new job, whether in process intensification, process safety, hydrogen, safety, sustainability, or other specialized chemical engineering areas.

Get a closer look at specialty areas with these LinkedIn technical communities for relevant content, news, and networking in advanced manufacturing, safety, and bioengineering.

This month, guidance for compliance auditing of pressure relief systems, tips for better steam-assisted flare performance, risk management of glass use in hazardous chemical service, and much more.

Learn how new technologies are helping companies to improve their risk management processes.

This issue, know-how for heterogeneous catalysts scale-up, tips for using historic field-level data for hazard analyses, ways to create a strong safety culture, and more.

This issue, cybersecurity and the role of process safety, hydrogen's growing importance in transportation, how best to manage change for small modifications, and much more.

Learn how Acelen has a close eye on process safety at every level of its operations, as it processes 300,000 barrels of oil each day at its Mataripe refinery.

Learn about how Vale would like to help apply CCPS Risk-based Process Safety (RSPS) to the mining, minerals, and metals industries, and hear how the company continues to learn from the process safety lessons of a major incident.

Flaubert Matos Machado is the General Manager for Strategy and Center of Excellence in Safety, Environment and Health at Petrobras and a keynote speaker at the 9th CCPS Latin American Conference on Process Safety. I spoke with Flaubert about his and Petrobras’ involvement with the conference.

This issue, learn about ultrasonic flowmeters, understand what makes an effective toxic shelter, get tips for starting a robotics program, and much more.

This issue, check out a special section on sustainability, including new paths towards sustainability for chemical engineering, significant sustainability policy updates, solar power storage news, and much more.

See photo highlights from San Antonio, where chemical engineers from 35 countries recently met in person for the 2022 Spring Meeting.

Learn how Enablon is helping companies use predictive analytics and AI to help evaluate risk and improve risk management.

This issue, read about where effort is most required to break down gender biases in the workplace, learn how mobile tools can help reduce human error, get tips for thermal hazards assessments, and more.

In this issue, learn how to prevent polymer buildup at an ethylene plant, take a look at avoiding incidents with toxic inhalation hazard chemicals, harness AI in the plant, and much more.

Want to meet other process engineers? Looking to understand how you can apply your degree to multiple fields as a process engineer? Then join us March 10th!

Hear from Ecolab’s global engineering leader about process safety trends in the Asia-Pacific region and about the company’s path to process safety leadership.

Learn how one company is transforming its process safety culture, and hear predictions about where process safety practices, technology, and related regulatory issues are headed.

This issue, brush up on process control basics, get tips on dust hazard analysis, and identify root causes of heat exchanger tube failure — and much more!

These simple but important lessons drawn from daily work life can simplify any chemical engineering career path you choose, traditional or otherwise.

This issue: boosting parting box performance, common failures mechanism of fired heaters, plus AI, XR, and microlearning trends in training, and much more.

Scientist and CEO Ilham Kadri will discuss leadership and how she has led her company to take on the challenges of sustainability and safety.

This issue, a seven-question HAZOP study, a look at early-stage capital cost estimation, avoiding a high-temperature hydrogen attack, and more.

Can you help out with answers to other members’ questions about upper flammability limits, safe carbon disulfide storage, student thesis topics, and more?

Use this summary of 2019's process safety incidents to learn and to help prevent incidents at your facility, whatever your industry.

This month, chemical engineers exchange tips on safely speeding up bleach processing, debate digital twins, discuss how they can best improve the world, and more.