CCPS (Center for Chemical Proc

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

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

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

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

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

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

Familiarizes the student or an engineer new to process safety with the concept of process safety management Serves as a comprehensive reference for Pr…

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

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

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 …

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

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

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

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 …

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

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

Drawn from international sources, this book provides principles and strategies for the evaluation of chemical reactions, and for using this informatio…

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

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

This Guideline presents the framework of process safety knowledge and expertise versus the desired competency level in a «super-matrix» format, vertic…

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…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 …

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

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

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

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

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 …

Batch reaction systems pose unique challenges to process safety managers because they do not operate in a steady state. The sequence of processing ste…

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

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

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 …