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Best Practices for Writing Operating Procedures and Trouble-Shooting Guides

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 27, 2017
There is no complete, best practice guideline or textbook for writing operating procedures and trouble-shooting guides. This paper presents the...

Prevención De Eventos Catastróficos Mediante anáLisis De Causas Comunes

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 27, 2017
A las 21:48 del 16 de julio de 2016, se presenta sobre-presurización en la línea de descarga del compresor reciprocante; se supera el l...

Major Accidents: Managing the First 96 Hours

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 27, 2017
Effectively responding to a major accident requires a prompt, sure-footed approach; especially with criminal prosecutions for endangerment and...

Elongated VCE Blast Waves and Structural Damage

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 27, 2017
Elongated congested volumes are common at chemical processing and petroleum refining facilities due to the arrangement of processing units, but there...

Human Error. a Myth Eclipsing Real Causes

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 27, 2017
Abstract Human Error. A myth eclipsing real causes For years the professionals involved in the investigation of industrial accidents have identified...

Safety and Asset Integrity Excellence – Using Data and Analytics to Control Composite Risk and Add Operating Value

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 27, 2017
Process safety and asset integrity are typically seen as separate areas of operating practice and are addressed as such. This creates a limit to the...

A Statistical Approach for Using Test and Inspection Results to Adjust Maintenance Strategies

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 27, 2017
A Statistical Approach for Using Test and Inspection Results to Adjust Maintenance Strategies William M. Bradshaw, ABSG Consulting Inc., 10301...

Cost-Effective Human Factors Tools to Reduce Plant Costs and the Risk of Injuries

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 27, 2017
Human Factors is defined as the “systematic process of designing for human use”. This process systematically...

Selection of Cases for Atmospheric Dispersion Modeling

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 27, 2017
In many industrial facilities, toxic and/or flammable substances are discharged directly to the atmosphere. To ensure compliance with health, safety...

A Proposal for Improving the Efficiency, Effectiveness, Quality, and Usefulness of PHA Identification of Controls

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 27, 2017
Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) is an important discipline for identification and understanding of hazard causes, consequences, consequence severity,...

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