CCPS (Center for Chemical Proc

Process safety metrics is a topic of frequent conversation within chemical industry associations. Guidelines for Process Safety Metrics provides basic…

This book provides guidance to those with responsibility for scheduling and executing a Pre-Startup Safety Review (PSSR). It outlines a protocol and t…

This book explains the decision-making processes for the management of instrumented protective systems (IPS) throughout a project's life cycle. It use…

In today’s competitive economy, companies often augment in-house production by outsourcing chemical reaction processes and distillation, drying, formu…

Written by reliability data experts, the book gives plant managers and supervisors the guidance they need to collect, and use with confidence, process…

This book discusses the fundamental skills, techniques, and tools of auditing, and the characteristics of a good process safety management system. A v…

This book describes how to conduct a Combustible Dust Hazard Analysis (CDHA) for processes handling combustible solids. The book explains how to do a …

This book provides a valuable reference tool for technical and management personnel who lead or are a part of incident investigation teams. This secon…

The process industry has developed integrated process safety management programs to reduce or eliminate incidents and major consequences, such as inju…

A resource for individuals responsible for siting decisions, this guidelines book covers siting and layout of process plants, including both new and e…

Whether occurring accidentally or through acts of terrorism, catastrophic chemical releases must be identified early in order to mitigate their conseq…

The EPA investigation of a 1994 chemical plant tragedy concluded that «the explosion resulted from a lack of written safe operating procedures…» While…

The complexity of today's risk decisions is well known. Beyond cost and risk there are many other factors contributing to these decisions, including t…

The book supplements Guidelines for Chemical Process Quantitative Risk Analysis by providing the failure rate data needed to perform a chemical proces…

This book helps advance process safety in a key area of interest. Currently, no literature exists which is solely dedicated to process safety for the …

This book helps advance process safety in a key area of interest. Currently, no literature exists which is solely dedicated to process safety for the …

It is crucial for process safety professionals to be aware of best practices for post merger integration at any level. A compilation of industry best …

Guidelines for Hazard Evaluation Procedures, 3rd Edition keeps process engineers updated on the effective methodologies that process safety demands. A…

Layer of protection analysis (LOPA) is a recently developed, simplified method of risk assessment that provides the much-needed middle ground between …

The first part of this book (Chapters 1 and 2) provides an introduction and discusses basic concepts. Chapter 3 deals with the use of the basic human …

The first part of this book (Chapters 1 and 2) provides an introduction and discusses basic concepts. Chapter 3 deals with the use of the basic human …

Inherently Safer Chemical Processes presents a holistic approach to making the development, manufacture, and use of chemicals safer. It discusses stra…

The serious consequences of vapor cloud explosions, flash fires, and BLEVEs are very well known. Better understanding of the characteristics of these …

This book provides designers and operators of chemical process facilities with a general philosophy and approach to safe automation, including indepen…

The 2nd edition provides an update of information since the publication of the first edition including best practices for managing process safety deve…

This book provides guidance on characterizing, recognizing, and responding to warning signs to help avoid process incidents and injuries before they o…

This guide provides an overview of methods for estimating the characteristics of vapor cloud explosions, flash fires, and boiling-liquid-expanding-vap…

The second edition of this essential reference updates and combines two earlier titles to capture the many technological advances for predicting the «…

There is much industry guidance on implementing engineering projects and a similar amount of guidance on Process Safety Management (PSM). However, the…

An essential guide for recognizing and responding to normalization of deviance to help organizations improve their process safety performance This boo…

The book is a guide for Layers of Protection Analysis (LOPA) practitioners. It explains the onion skin model and in particular, how it relates to the …

Prevention, preparedness, response and recovery–the key components of emergency planning–form the major sections of this work. The book first describe…

Almost all the major accident investigations–Texas City, Piper Alpha, the Phillips 66 explosion, Feyzin, Mexico City–show human error as the principal…

An essential guide that offers an understanding of and the practices needed to assess and strengthen process safety culture Essential Practices for De…

Process safety management (PSM) systems are only as effective as the day-to-day ability of the organization to rigorously execute system requirements …

First-line managers have to maintain the integrity of facilities, control manufacturing processes, and handle unusual or emergency situations, as well…

This Guidelines book provides technical information on how to conduct a consequence analysis to satisfy your company's needs and the EPA rules. It cov…

Guidelines for Risk Based Process Safety provides guidelines for industries that manufacture, consume, or handle chemicals, by focusing on new ways to…

While there are many resources available on fire protection and prevention in chemical petrochemical and petroleum plants—this is the first book that …

This guide provides an overview of methods for estimating the characteristics of vapor cloud explosions, flash fires, and boiling-liquid-expanding-vap…

Examines the concept of aging process facilities and infrastructure in high hazard industries and highlights options for dealing with the problem whil…

Powders and bulk solids, handled widely in the chemical, pharmaceutical, agriculture, smelting, and other industries present unique fire, explosion, a…

Process vent header collection systems are subject to continually varying compositions and flow rates and thus present significant challenges for safe…

This updated version of one of the most popular and widely used CCPS books provides plant design engineers, facility operators, and safety professiona…