CCPS (Center for Chemical Proc

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

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

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 …

This book combines the synergies between performance improvement systems to help ensure safe and reliable operations, streamline procedures and cross-…

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

Over 40 papers and posters that share the latest practices in emergency planning related to fixed chemical, pharmaceutical, LNG, and petroleum facilit…

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

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

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

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

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…

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

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…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 …

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

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 …

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

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

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

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

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