Search
Now showing items 131-140 of 152
Understanding the Formation of Heat Transfer Fluid Aerosols in Air
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2001)
Mist or aerosol explosions present a serious hazard to process industries. Heat transfer fluids are widely used in the chemical process industry, are flammable above their flash points, and can cause explosions. Though the ...
IMPROVING SAFETY PERFORMANCE IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM AND THE ROLE OF UNIVERSITIES
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2000)
Although the safety record of the process industries is good, almost all the accidents that occur need not have occurred. Often, after an accident or near-miss, we neglect opportunities to learn and remember: • Accident ...
Process Safety Documentation" The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2001)
We all pay lip service to the need for good process safety documentation. PHAs are required to be kept for the life of the process and must be readable by the next team in five years. Process safety information provides ...
Droplet Size Distributions of Heat Transfer Fluid Aerosols in Air
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2000)
Heat transfer fluids are widely used in the chemical process industry and are available in a wide range of properties. These fluids are flammable above their flash points and can cause explosions. Though the possibility ...
Performance vs. Prescriptive Fire Protection for the Offshore Industry
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2000)
Most companies have standards for fire protection on offshore installations. These standards typically are prescriptive in nature and require that fire protection be installed, generally, without regard to the actual hazard. ...
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 ...
Linking Engineering Standards with Process Safety Managemnet Systems
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 1999)
The techniques of Process Safety Management (PSM) are now an integral part of the operations of process plants in the United States. As the name implies, Process Safety Management is fundamentally a management standard; ...
Reactive Chemical Screening - A Widespread Weak Link?
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 1999)
It is an accepted practice in the fine chemical industry that feeds, products and intermediates for which thermal stability data is unavailable, are first “screened” and depending on the results, might then be subjected ...
Practical Approaches to Benchmarking
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 1999)
Benchmarking is a very effective tool to improve performance. It provides a systematic approach to identify and learn about best practices. However, there are many pitfalls associated with benchmarking that can make it a ...
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 ...