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Inherently Safe Design A Common Sense Approach
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 1999)
Most safety professionals associate Inherently Safer Design (ISD) with preliminary design of new processes. Indeed, in most cases, ISD concepts can have the greatest impacts in the early stages of process design. However, ...
Inherent Safety Index For Transportation Of Chemicals
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2002)
Inherent Safety can be understood as the absence or reduction of hazards (which implies lower risk) rather than low risk reached by add-on protective barriers. While the methodologies for risk analysis are well developed ...
Development of an Inherent Safety Index Using Fuzzy Logic
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2001)
The Inherently Safer Design is a concept known since 1870. However, there is a general resistance to adopt and systematically apply its principles because they are subjective. For instance: "Reduce the inventory of a ...
SEMI S2, EQUIPMENT SAFETY GUIDELINE AND RELATED SAFETY STANDARDS FOR THE SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 1999)
What is safe semiconductor manufacturing equipment? Does meeting the regulatory requirements make it safe? How much risk management is necessary to make equipment safe? The semiconductor industry has a challenge in providing ...
Benchmarking Chlorine Safety Practices in the Water and Wastewater Industry
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2001)
Less than six percent of the total chlorine production in the U.S. is used for disinfecting drinking water and wastewater. However, this segment of the industry is responsible for the operation and maintenance of more than ...
Evaluation of Styrene-Acrylonitrile Copolymerization Thermal Stability and Runaway Behavior
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2002)
Evaluation of thermal stability and runaway behavior of any exothermic chemical reaction is of great importance to the design and operation of a chemical process. The evaluation process should be based on a thorough ...
A Comparison of Simple Vapor Cloud Explosion Prediction Methodologies
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2001)
Advances in research and technology have sprouted several approaches for the prediction of vapor cloud explosion blast loads. The three simple approaches most used in industry are the TNO Multi-Energy Method, Baker-Strehlow ...
Risk Management Program: Current Issues and Updates
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2002)
This discussion will provide a discussion of the current issues being addressed by EPA's Risk Management Program under 112(r) of the Clean Air Act. The topics will include: Third Party Audits, Site Security/Counter Terrorism ...
Reducing Accident Causation in Complex Plants by Identifying Mutual Misconceptions Between Designers and Operators
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2001)
Catastrophic accidents in complex plants arise from an unforeseen combination of a number of factors. Although much effort has been invested in both improving the reliability of components, and the design of user interfaces, ...
Risk Assessment and Emergency Management Information Tools for Planning and Real-Time Applications
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 1999)
Manufacturers, transporters and regulators of hazardous materials, as well as other stakeholders, are recognizing the value of risk-based decision making to improve safety performance. Attention is being focused on the ...