Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS)

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 senses for identifying hazards.

Chapter 4 deals with different classes and categories of hazards.

The 2004 CCPS conference, June 29–July 1 2004, featured over 40 papers and posters that shared the latest practices in emergency planning related to fixed chamical, pharmaceutical, LNG, and petroleum facilities, storage facilities, transportation, and security.

This book details management practices which help ensure rigor in executing process safety programs in order to prevent major accidents with Conduct of Operations, also called Operational Discipline, which involves a range of management practices which help keep companies focused on executing the requirements of process safety management programs.

• Offers technical background and guidance to prepare any workplace for gas–leak catastrophes
• Determines when monitoring for catastrophic release is appropriate
• Breaks down gas monitoring equipment options
• Guides work safety professionals on the placement of monitoring equipment.
  Category: Industrial Chemistry, Electronics Engineering

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 practices from both technical and financial perspectives, this book provides a single reference that addresses acquisitions and merger integration issues related to process safety.

This book discusses the fundamental skills, techniques, and tools of auditing, and the characteristics of a good process safety management system. A variety of approaches are given so the reader can select the best methodology for a given audit.

This book offers a sound, basic approach to Transportation Risk Analysis, which can be used to manage and control transportation risks by identifying the parameters with the greatest influence on a given movement, or to identify and evaluate risk reduction strategies.

This book describes the philosophy for development and application of risk tolerance criteria by providing a process which a company can use to develop risk tolerance criteria.

This updated version of one of the most popular and widely used CCPS books provides plant design engineers, facility operators, and safety professionals with key information on selected topics of interest. The book focuses on process safety issues in the design of chemical, petrochemical, and hydrocarbon processing facilities.