CCPS (Center for Chemical Proc

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

A comprehensive understanding of the potential dangers inherent in warehousing chemicals is the first step in managing the associated risks. Written b…

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

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

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

Written by a committee of safety professionals, this book creates a foundation document for the development and application of risk tolerance criteria…

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

Complemented by an estimating tool spreadsheet based on a fixed set of chemicals to assist in risk estimations, Probability of Ignition of a Released …

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

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

This book is an update and expansion of topics covered in Guidelines for Mechanical Integrity Systems (2006). The new book is consistent with Risk-Bas…

This book has been written to address many of the developments since the 1st Edition which have improved how companies survey and select new sites, ev…

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

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

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…

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…

At last, a book that covers safety procedures and standards with information that is rarely available outside of proprietary materials. A comprehensiv…

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

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

In recent years, process safety management system compliance audits have revealed that organizations often have significant opportunities for improvin…

This CCPS Guideline book outlines current transportation risk analysis software programs and demonstrates several available risk assessment programs f…

With new and growing interest in dealing with the hazards of reactive chemicals, this book offers guidelines that can significantly reduce the risk or…

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 …

Providing in-depth guidance on how to design and rate emergency pressure relief systems, Guidelines for Pressure Relief and Effluent Handling Systems …

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

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

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

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

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

Guidelines for the Management of Change for Process Safety provides guidance on the implementation of effective and efficient Management of Change (MO…

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

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

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

Chemical process quantitative risk analysis (CPQRA) as applied to the CPI was first fully described in the first edition of this CCPS Guidelines book.…

While there is no «perfect» solution or absolute zero risk, engineering design can significantly reduce risk potential in the CPI. In Guidelines for D…

Incidents That Define Process Safety describes approximately fifty incidents that have had a significant impact on the chemical and refining industrie…

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

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 …

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

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

Over the years, companies have developed independent systems for managing process safety, environment, health, safety, and quality. Many aspects of th…

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