CCPS (Center for Chemical Proc

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

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

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

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…

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

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

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

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

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 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 …

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

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 …

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

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

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

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

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

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 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…

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

Over the years, companies have developed independent systems for managing process safety, environment, health, safety, and quality. Many aspects of th…

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

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

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 …

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

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

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

It is crucial for process safety professionals to be aware of best practices for post merger integration at any level. A compilation of industry best …

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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