Browsing MKOPSC Process Safety Symposium by Title

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    • I thought I had the right roadmap for implementing a safety system; help! 
      Lucchini, Simon (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2017)
      International standards IEC 61511 and IEC 61508 provide guidance for the safety system life- cycle phases. Armed with this knowledge, the safety design engineer may feel that he/she can tackle any project. However, the ...
    • Identifying Safety Culture Deficiencies in Facilities with the Potential for High Consequence/Low Probability Events 
      Hamparian, Alek; Kazarians, Mardy (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2017)
      One of the key underlying causes of most major accidents can be traced to deficiencies within the organization’s safety culture. The Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has directly identified safety culture deficiencies in their ...
    • Identifying the Underlying System-Based Causes of Human Errors in Major Chemical Incidents 
      Hoyle, Bill (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 1999)
    • If You Can't Measure, You Can't Contol It ProSmart 
      Perry, Bob (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2001)
      Convinced of the importance of good process safety management (PSM), the Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) began a project in 1993 to measure the effectiveness of management systems. The ultimate objective was to ...
    • Image processing techniques for the characterization of explosively driven dispersions 
      Buchlin, J.M.; Courtiaud, S.; Fouchier, Charline; Laboureur, D.; Lapébie, E. (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2019)
      Dispersions driven by explosions are challenging to characterize mainly due to the extreme test conditions, the different time and spatial scales of the flow, and the variation of intensity due to the combustion. An intensity ...
    • Impact of Basic Process Chemistry Issues on Process Safety 
      Hendershot, Dennis C. (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 1998)
      The greatest opportunities for development of an inherently safer chemical manufacturing process occur at the earliest stages of research and development, in the selection of the chemical synthesis route for the product. ...
    • Impact of Data Exchange Standards on Maintainabillity of Process Units 
      Baldwin, John T. (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 1998)
      Over the last decade a number of new standards for data exchange have been initiated in Europe, the U.S., and Japan. Of particular interest to the process industries are the Application Protocols (AP's) under ISO 10303 ...
    • The Impact of Process Safety on Productivity and the Bottom Line 
      Gaylon Fortune (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 1998)
      How does process safety impact productivity and the bottom-line? A total safety process. Kvaerner utilizes aspects of Process Safety Management to control the safety quality of its process design. PSM also drives many ...
    • The Impact of Subsea Gas Releases and Resulting Gas Plumes Using Computational Fluid Dynamics 
      Wu, Kejia; Cunningham, S.; Sivandran, S.; Green J. (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2016)
      A Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) model was developed to describe the behavior of a subsea gas release and the subsequent rising gas plume. Four numerical approaches were assessed for their suitability to capture the ...
    • The Impact of Subsea Gas Releases and Resulting Gas Plumes Using techniques in Computational Fluid Dynamics 
      Sivandran, Subajan (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2016)
    • Impact of the 70% Rule on Interlock Design 
      Freeman, Raymond (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2017)
      The IEC 61511 standard requires a verification calculation that a proposed design for a safety instrumented function (SIF) achieves the desired safety integrity level (SIL). The evaluation of the safety integrity level of ...
    • Impact of water on toxic hydrogen fluoride generation from the decomposition of LiPF6 in lithium-ion battery electrolytes 
      Han, Ji Yun; Seo, Jeongwook; Jung, Seungho (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2019)
      Toxic hydrogen fluoride (HF) gas can be generated when LiPF6, a salt used in lithium-ion battery electrolytes, thermally decomposes and/or reacts with trace water. Simultaneous thermal analysis and mass spectrometry (STA-MS) ...
    • Implementing API RP 580 Risk Based Inspection 
      Alderman, J. (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2002)
      API RP 580 Risk-Based Inspection was recently issued in the spring of 2002. This recommended practice provides the basic elements for developing and implementing a Risk-based Inspection (RBI) program. This paper will provide ...
    • Implementing New Elements into an Existing PSM System 
      Thompson, James R.; Arendt, J. Steve (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2015)
      This paper will present an approach for successfully implementing a new element(s) into a site or company’s existing process safety management (PSM) system. This approach includes steps for: (1) developing a new element ...
    • Implementing Safety Instrumented Burner Management Systems: Challenges and Opportunities 
      Scott, Michael D.; Lampson, Brittany (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2015)
      Implementing a Safety Instrumented Burner Management (SI-BMS) can be challenging, costly, and time consuming. Simply identifying design shortfalls/gaps can be costly, and this does not include costs associated with the ...
    • The Importance of Misalignment to Reduce Risk and Prevent Disasters 
      Galley, Mark (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2019)
      Large incidents are a combination of different factors. Any of those factors on their own would not have produced the incident, but together can be catastrophic. This unfortunate alignment is the nature of all disasters. ...
    • The Importance of Multiphase and Multicomponent Modeling in Consequence and Risk Analysis 
      Johnson, David W.; Marx, Jeffery D. (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2002)
      The ability to accurately predict the consequences of a hazardous fluid release is dependent on three things: the knowledge of the modeler, the quality of the model that is used, and the quality of the input parameters. ...
    • The Importance of Properly Determining Consequences of Process Safety Incidents 
      Schmidt, Rhonda (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2018)
      The purpose of this presentation is to communicate the importance of properly and consistently determining the consequence of potential process safety incidents. There are different methods to determine consequences such ...
    • Improved Blast Capacity of Pre-engineered Metal Buildings using Coupled CFD and FEA Modeling 
      Wesevich, James; Milner, D.; Nikodym, L.; Nasri, V.; Lawver, D.; Mould, J. (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2017)
      The initial CCPS guideline [CCPS, 1996] for estimating lethality for building occupants within petrochemical buildings subjected to blast hazards was based on building construction type and peak overpressure. This method ...
    • Improved Methodology on the Safe Design of Offshore Exploration and Production Facilities for Accidental Collisions 
      Sari, Ali; Nguyen, Hieu; Sahasakkul, Watsamon; Azimov, Umid; Arablouei, Amir (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2015)
      Accidental loads constitute the great majority of potential and actual fatalities in offshore drilling operations. An unplanned HSE (Health, Safety, and Environment) event has a great potential to cause permanent disablement ...