CCPS (Center for Chemical Proc

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…

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

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 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 …

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

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

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

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