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Reactivity of Unsaturated Hydrocarbons Via Adiabatic Calorimetry
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2000)
Selected olefins, diolefins, and alkynes have been examined via adiabatic calorimetry to understand the behavior of these species as a function of temperature. APTAC (Automatic Pressure Tracking Adiabatic Calorimeter) and ...
Application of Ab initio Principles for Prediction of Chemical Reactivity
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2000)
To simulate the behavior of a chemical reaction or unit operation, thermodynamic, kinetic or mechanistic information is necessary. Such data are usually obtained from direct experimental measurements, empirical correlations, ...
“Application of Critical Thinking Concepts to Determining the Most Likely Scenario “
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2000)
Chemical process incidents are typically accompanied by a complex chain of events involving multiple breakdowns of safeguards in “tightly coupled” systems. When identifying and determining the most likely scenario(s), there ...
POTENTIAL PROCESS SAFETY MANAGEMENT LESSONS FROM THE BHOPAL DISASTER
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2000)
What You Ask For Isn’t Always What You Get
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2000)
Engineers designing equipment for a new process routinely specify the required material of construction. But how can we be sure that the specified material of construction was actually installed? These three incidents ...
Inherent Safety and Reliability in Plant Design
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2000)
Inherent safety principles apply at all stages in a process life cycle. While the biggest gains are achieved early, through the selection of inherently safer process technology, there are many opportunities for enhancing ...
Dicyclopentadiene Polyester Resin Risk Assessment
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2000)
Dicyclopentadiene is a reactive monomer used in substantial volume as a key raw material by the unsaturated polyester resin industry. Although the chemistry was well understood from a technical perspective, the process ...
MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACKING APPLYING PSM METHODS TO CASE HISTORIES OF YESTERYEAR
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2000)
Goal Setting: A Systematic Approach to Chemical Safety Improvements
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2000)
This paper explores a novel approach for improving chemical safety in the United States by establishing National Process Safety Goals. Process safety initiatives in the recent years have given rise to significant increases ...
The Effect of the Routine/Non-Routine Nature of Tasks on Serious Accident Rates
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2000)
An accident model and a model of human cognition were combined to create a hypothesis about a major source of causation for accidents at a manufacturing site. This led to a definition of a routine/non-routine task or ...