CCPS (Center for Chemical Proc

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

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

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

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…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 …

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 …

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…

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

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

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

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