CCPS (Center for Chemical Proc

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

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

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

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…

An understanding of organizational change management (OCM) – an often overlooked subject – is essential for successful corporate decision making with …

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…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 …

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

Current industry, government and public emphasis on containment of hazardous materials makes it essential for each plant to reduce and control acciden…

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

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

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

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

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

Siting of permanent and temporary buildings in process areas requires careful consideration of potential effects of explosions and fires arising from …

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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