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A Practical Approach to Improving Human Factors in the Operation and Maintenance of Automation Systems

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 2, 2019
Case studies included in Guidelines for Safe Automation of Chemical Processes (2016) provide examples of how errors by operators and maintenance...

Como Implementar Un Sistema De Gestion De Competencias De Seguridad Funcional En La Industria De Procesos?

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 2, 2019
La historia reciente ha demostrado que las normativas y regulaciones que rigen las actividades de la industria de los procesos no son suficientes...

The Day I Got a Second Chance

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 2, 2019
This presentation recounts a major process safety accident that occurred in 1989. The accident released a large volume of hot flammable liquid...

Combustible Dust - Hazards / Mitigations / Pitfalls

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 2, 2019
Combustible dust is and has been a major issue in industry. This is not something new but is something that is more in the spotlight in recent years...

Safeguard Meters within Chevron

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 2, 2019
Chevron has developed a framework for implementing the concept of “safeguard meter” within our operating assets...

Development of Thermodynamic Parameters for Amine-Containing H2S Scavengers

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 2, 2019
Removal of H 2 S from oil and gas streams has been a priority, oftentimes a necessity, for upstream crude oil/gas facilities for decades. However,...

Induced Draft Fan Reliability Case Study

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 2, 2019
Induced draft fans are normally installed on top of the furnace and are critical equipment in the operation of Ethylene furnaces as they are...

Everything You Need to Know about Human Reliability for Process Safety

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 2, 2019
Weak control of human factors leads directly to error. An error can result in an initiating event of an accident sequence (directly by the mistake...

La Gestion Del Cambio Del Sistema Instrumentado De Seguridad y Su Impacto Con El Riesgo

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 2, 2019
LA GESTION DEL CAMBIO DEL SISTEMA INSTRUMENTADO DE SEGURIDAD Y SU IMPACTO CON EL RIESGO Los Sistemas Instrumentados de Seguridad (SIS), al sido dise...

1995 NAPP Explosion and the Future of the Chemical Safety Board

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 2, 2019
The 1995 Napp Explosion and the Future of the Chemical Safety Board.

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