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Tolerable and Acceptable Risk: Establishing Quantitative Targets for the HPC Industry
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2001)
This paper presents background and basis for establishing acceptable and tolerable levels of fatalistic risk specific to the Hydrocarbon/Petrochemical/Chemical (HPC) industry, and suggests both a target level of tolerable ...
Economic Justification for Process Safety Systems
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2001)
Improving the overall safety within the process industries requires that process safety programs and projects get funded by plant management. In this day of increasing competitiveness in the global marketplace, the competition ...
System Simulation of a Management of Change process in a North Slope Oil Exploration Facility
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2001)
Our ability to manage the integrity of our facilities is directly related to our ability to manage change. Management of Change as a component of PSM has been part of the processing industry since 1994, yet in that time ...
Theoretical and Experimental Techniques for the Evaluation of Reactive Chemical Hazards
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2001)
Evaluation of reactive chemical hazards is critical for the design and operation of safer chemical plant processes. Much effort is needed for experimental techniques to measure thermal reactivity of chemical systems. ...
Evaluation of Reaction Hazards for a Wiped-Film Evaporator
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2001)
A production plant desired to increase its capacity by raising the operating temperature of a wiped film evaporator (WFE) unit. The WFE separates a high-boiling product (taken overhead) from a heavy tar stream (taken out ...
SPR Operations & Maintenance Benchmark Study
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2001)
This paper is based on the "Benchmark Study of Operations and Maintenance at the Strategic Petroleum Reserve" final report, dated February 16, 2001, that was conducted by the GP author under direction of the DOE author. ...
Of Computers, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, and Reactivity
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2001)
With the availability of powerful computers and continued reduction in computing cost, it is routinely possible to calculate the physico-chemical properties of chemicals. This paper is an overview of state-of- the-art ...
Analysis of an LPG Explosion and Fire
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2001)
In September 1997 an LPG release occurred at the Hindustan Petroleum Corporation, Ltd refinery in Vishakhpatnam, India. The resultant explosion and fire destroyed most of the facility's administrative buildings, numerous ...
Picture This! Incidents that Could Happen in Your Plant
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2001)
Here is an opportunity to learn from the misfortunes resulting from flaws in judgment on minor decisions. Observe these chemical plant case histories that involve relatively minor errors in design, operation or maintenance. ...
Common Causes and Corrections for Explosions and Fires in Improperly Inerted Vessels
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2001)
Causal factors and corrective actions surrounding improperly inerted vessel incidents are developed and compared. Several case studies of flash fires or explosions involving these improperly inerted process vessels are ...