CCPS (Center for Chemical Proc

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…

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

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 …

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 …

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

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 helps advance process safety in a key area of interest. Currently, no literature exists which is solely dedicated to process safety for the …