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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Incorporating Inherently Safer Design Practices into Process Hazard Analysis
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 1999)
Inherently safer design concepts are particularly useful for risk reduction and are highly recognized and recommended by safety professionals as a first choice in process design practices. These concepts can be easily ...
Spontaneous Combustible Substances: a Database Update
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 1999)
A database of spontaneous combustible substances is under development. Over 100 substances commonly found in the chemical processing industry have been included to date. Spontaneous combustion includes the several related ...
Development of Performance-Based Protection Standards from Recent Research on the Hazards of Silane Releases
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 1999)
Factory Mutual Research (FMR) is an FM Global affiliate charged with providing advanced property loss prevention research and engineering support for the benefit of the customers of FM Global and the public at large. This ...