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Portfolio Risk Management for Process Safety

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 14, 2011
A majority of PSM tools and risk methodologies are focused on risks at individual sites or process units. For example, PHA risk ranking matrices are...

How to Efficiently Perform the Hazard Evaluation Required for Non-Routine Modes of Operation (Startup, Shutdown, Online Maintenance)

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 14, 2011
Process safety is about controlling risk of failures and errors; controlling risk is primarily about reducing the risk of human error. All elements...

A Conceptual Approach to the Evaluation of Layers of Protection for Inherently Safer System Design

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 13, 2011
First order inherently safer technology (IST) involves the elimination of a hazard through one of four traditional approaches. While these methods...

Quantitative Models for Assessing MOC Performance

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 13, 2011
The safety community, bolstered by the PSM regulations, has emphasized the importance of proper management of change to ensure safe, reliable and...

Comparison of Deflagration to Detonation Transition (DDT) Criteria with Test Data From Unconfined Ethylene-Air Vapor Cloud Explosion

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 13, 2011
Deflagration to detonation transitions (DDT) were previously observed in a set of large-scale unconfined vapor cloud explosion (VCE) tests involving...

The UK Experience In Managing Risks Arising From Human Error

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 13, 2011
Following the Piper Alpha incident in the North Sea, both offshore and onshore Oil and Gas operators in the UK were required under the COMAH (Control...

On the Potential of Mitigating Vapour Cloud Explosions Using Flame Inhibitors

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 13, 2011
Very few measures are taken to mitigate the possible consequences of vapour cloud explosions. The main attention is given to prediction of the...

Incident Investigation – Addressing the Worst That Could Have Happened

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 13, 2011
Incident Investigation techniques typically start with a detailed description of the actual consequence and work backward toward the root causes. A...

Kinetic Modeling of the Reactions Involved in the T2 Explosion

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 13, 2011
The runaway reaction at the chemical preparation facility called T2 laboratories in Jacksonville, Florida on December 19, 2007 is analyzed. The...

Human Performance Training

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 13, 2011
Operator competency has been a major challenge for the petrochemical and refining industry for decades. In recent times, human factors are believed...

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