Browsing MKOPSC Process Safety Symposium by Author "Baker Engineering and Risk Consultants, Inc."

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    • Are biases towards the recent past causing us to unintentionally expose personnel to increased levels of risk? 
      Fergusson, Alexander I.; Vilas, Karen R. (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2019)
      This paper focuses on the consideration of an unbiased approach to assessing risk to push the industry towards proactively addressing risk rather than reactively allowing cognitive biases to drive process safety culture ...
    • Commonly Encountered Problems in the Safety-Focused Design of Capital Projects 
      Anderson, T.; Hodge, P. (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2017)
      The design and construction of a new building is often a significant investment for capital projects. As a result, there are typically many competing design considerations, such as: land use, interconnectivity, access for ...
    • Comparison of Large-Scale Vented Deflagration Tests to CFD Simulations for Partially Congested Enclosures 
      Diakow, Peter A.; Thomas, J. Kelly; Vivanco, Emiliano (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2017)
      This paper presents a comparison between the results from a test program carried out to characterize the blast load environment within BakerRisk’s Deflagration Load Generator (DLG) test rig, and predictions made using the ...
    • Large-Scale Vented Deflagration Tests 
      Diakow, Peter A.; Thomas, J. Kelly; Parsons, Philip J. (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2016)
      This paper presents results from a test program carried out to determine the peak deflagration pressure achieved within a congested enclosure vented through one wall of the enclosure. The industry standard in the United ...