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Use of Failure Rate Databases and Process Safety Performance Measurements to Improve Process Safety
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2002)
In this paper, a methodology is proposed to combine process safety performance measurements techniques, decision-making strategies, applications of private and generic databases, reliability calculations, and benchmarking ...
Extrinsic Safety Systems
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2000)
Everything dies, breaks, or runs out of gas. Everything. This is especially true for extrinsic safety systems. In contrast to intrinsic safety in which the process is designed to be inherently safe (1), extrinsic safety ...
INTRODUCTION TO LAYER OF PROTECTION ANALYSIS
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2002)
Fire Protection Measures for Chemical Facilities
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2000)
Prevention of Dust Explosions
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2000)
Reactive Chemical Incidents, What Does Existing Data Tell Us?
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2001)
On April 18, 1998, a runaway reaction initiated a sequence of events that led to an explosion and fire at the Morton International Plant in Patterson, New Jersey. The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board's ...
Chemical Facility Vulnerability Assessment Project
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2002)
Sandia National Laboratories, under the direction of the Office of Science and Technology, National Institute of Justice, is conducting the Chemical Facility Vulnerability Assessment (CFVA) project. The primary objective ...
Decomposition of Hydroxylamine/Water Solution added Iron Ion
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2002)
The decomposition hazards of hydroxylamine (HA)/water solution with and without the addition of the iron ion were studied in this paper. Tests were conducted to obtain information about the decomposition hazards of HA/water ...
The Pitfalls of Alarm Rationalization and Benchmark Analysis
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2001)
The noble goal of reducing the overload of process control system alarms has lead to many approaches, some more worthy of the task than others. The pressure to do 'something' about alarms is becoming so great that the theme ...
Implementing API RP 580 Risk Based Inspection
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 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 ...