Process Safety Technical Areas

Incident Learning: Popcorn Polymer in Butadiene Extraction Unit

Site Administrator — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 21:15:00 +0000

Conference Presentation

AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety

March 27, 2024

Popcorn Polymer (PCP) is a well-known industry safety and reliability risk in Butadiene Extraction Units, Steam Cracker Units ( primarily light-ends...

AIChE’s Safety and Health Division Announces New Name

Idell Bryan — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 04:51:00 +0000

March 21, 2024

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.

June 2023 CEP Preview

Karen Simpson — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 20:05:53 +0000

June 13, 2023

This issue, understand the risks of working with carbon dioxide, learn about the need for attorneys with chemical engineering backgrounds, read about high-recovery RO for water sustainability, and much more.

May 2023 CEP Preview

Karen Simpson — Wed, 03 May 2023 22:01:27 +0000

May 9, 2023

This issue, improve your knowledge of predictive maintenance, get tips for troubleshooting common issues with vacuum systems, learn to boost your career with an entrepreneurial mindset, and much more.

March 2023 CEP Preview

Karen Simpson — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 18:09:46 +0000

March 8, 2023

Learn how to use vapor-liquid equilibrium properties for inferential models, improve safety with better site selection and buffer zone maintenance, and much more.

BASF and Chemours Champion Safety and Ethical Practice

cms_lucis — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 01:10:14 +0000

BASF and Chemours continue to host excellent faculty workshops on process safety that will equip undergraduate students with the knowledge and training they need to succeed in the workplace.

CCPS’s Kadri Shares Process Safety Knowledge at Health and Safety Conference in Oman

cms_marcp — Mon, 23 May 2022 03:25:03 +0000

May 24, 2022

The 2022 edition of the Global HSE Conference convened May 16–19 in Muscat, Oman, where Kadri presented his address at the Youth Forum.

Understanding Section 5, Data Table 5.35 of “Guidelines for Initiating Events and Independent Protections Layers in Layer of Protection Analysis” CCPS

Site Administrator — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 21:00:00 +0000

Conference Presentation

AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety

April 12, 2022

Bert Johnson & Niels Vis Sofis Inc Houston TX Bert.johnson@sofisglobal.com , Niels.Vis@sofisglobal.com Abstract During risk assessment exercises...

Safehx: Bufferred HEAT Exchangers for Increased Safety and Temperature Control of Sensible Fluids.

Site Administrator — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 21:00:00 +0000

Conference Presentation

AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety

April 11, 2022

Acid and water leaks are one of the major reasons for sulfuric acid plant emergency shutdowns and also respond for more than 70% of the hydrogen...

Auditing Under Pressure: Techniques for Compliance Auditing of Pressure Relief Systems

Site Administrator — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 20:30:00 +0000

Conference Presentation

AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety

April 11, 2022

Pressure relief systems are commonly considered as part of compliance audits for processes covered by the OSHA PSM standard (OSHA 1910.119: Process...

2022 DIERS Spring Virtual Meeting

cms_mathm — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 14:42:31 +0000

May 11, 2022 to May 13, 2022

Virtual

The DIERS 2021 Spring Meeting will use the Microsoft TEAMS (free software) to conduct a three day virtual meeting to cover what you need to know to size emergency pressure relief devices for runaway chemical reactions and two-phase vapor-liquid flows.

Developing the Process Safety Community: A Chat with Ecolab’s Manju Parkhe

Evan Flach — Tue, 07 Dec 2021 20:45:30 +0000

December 10, 2021

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.

Industry Interviews

Automation of Process Simulation and Data Analytics with MATLAB

Derek Ward — Mon, 16 Aug 2021 10:57:43 +0000

Archived Webinar

Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 9:00pm EDT

When undertaking the upfront design or studying routes to optimization of a production plant, the workflow typically requires manual transfer of data between different process simulators (Eg. Aspen...

Safety Minute: Sleep Loss Doubles Errors

Karen Simpson — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 19:50:10 +0000

Losing one night of sleep doubles a worker’s error rate.

August

2021

Process Safety Beacon: Even Tanks Containing Mostly Water Can Explode

Karen Simpson — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 19:50:10 +0000

A foul condensate tank exploded at a mill and traveled 375 ft before landing on process equipment.

August

2021