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Significant Event Elimination Program Overview
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 1999)
This paper presents an overview of the Significant Event Elimination (SEE) Program. The objective of the SEE Program is to eliminate the reoccurrence of events which have had the most significant impact, or potential for ...
Risk Assessment for Chemical Sensitivity Analysis
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 1998)
One critical area of uncertainty in toxic risk assessment studies is human dose-response relationships, particularly for acute exposures. Probit equations are lacking/questionable for many materials, and the use of ERPG ...
ISA and IEC Standards--How Are They Impacting the Process
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 1998)
At the present time, we have two approved USA National Standards on Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS); ANSI/ISA S84.01 and ANSI/ISA S91.01. In addition, there are two international standards presently under development on ...
Mitigate the Hazards of Emergency Atmospheric Venting by Steam Injection
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 1999)
During major plant upsets, it is often necessary to safely relieve the process fluids contained in process equipment. The relieved vapors may be flammable and/or toxic, and the vapor clouds may be within the explosive ...
Using Risk Mapping for Investment Decisions
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 1998)
To maximize corporate value, companies should not view environmental, health, and safety (EHS) as a cost of doing business, but as a potential source of economic value. Establishing value includes determining the risk ...
ISSUES RELATED TO RATCHETING IN PIPING COMPONENTS
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 1999)
Material and piping component test data involving ratcheting are discussed in regards to the phenomenon of shakedown. The data set studied indicates that the general belief about the occurrence of shakedown after a few ...
EMERGENCY RELIEF DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR REACTIVE CHEMICALS
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 1999)
A practical approach to sizing venting requirements for reactive chemical systems is outlined. Using calorimeter data from the Reactive System Screening Tool (RSST) or the new Advanced Reactive System Screening Tool (ARSST), ...
EXPERT SYSTEMS FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 1999)
Benchmarking Process Safety Programs
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 1999)
The concept of informal benchmarking is a natural process of sharing and exchanging information on a subject of mutual interest among peers within and even outside one's company. However, only some corporations for significant ...
21st Century Land Warrior Technology for the 21st Century Refinery Operator: Abnormal Situation Management and the Digital Battlefield
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 1999)
Each day, at refineries around the world, process operating personnel are putting on protective clothing and stepping out into a world consisting of the biggest chemistry set an individual could imagine. The role of operating ...