Process Safety Boot Camp Face-to-Face CourseOffered in North America, this intensive and highly interactive 4-day course trains chemical engineers in the fundamentals of Process Safety. Taught...
Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) CCPS was established in 1985 to focus on engineering and management practices that can prevent and mitigate catastrophic accidents involving release of hazardous materials. CCPS is supported by sponsors in the chemical and hydrocarbon process industries and active worldwide via conferences, books, databases, education, research, and more.
2nd CCPS Global Summit on Process Safety November 3-5, 2015Hotel Istana, Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaThe 1st Global Summit on Process Safety held in Mumbai on December 2014 was a great success. The theme of the conference is based on Vision 2020, developed by the Center for Chemical Process Safety and is supported by the Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP).
2020 European Conference on Process Safety and Big Data October 13-14, 2020DECHEMA House, Frankfurt am Main, GermanyThe Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) and European Process Safety Center (EPSC) will jointly host the 5th Edition of the European Conference on Process Safety and Big Data at the DECHEMA-House in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
9th CCPS Latin American Conference on Process Safety June 16-18, 2020TBD, São Paulo, BrazilThe Latin American Conference on Process Safety is part of CCPS' family of Global Congress on Process Safety. This conference, co-organized by ABIQUIM, is part of CCPS' worldwide effort to prevent major accidents through promoting lifelong learning as well as continuous improvement in process...
Protect Tanks from Overpressure and Vacuum December2019Back To BasicsTodd W. Drennen, P.E.This article is based on a presentation at the 2019 AIChE Spring Meeting and 15th Global Congress on Process Safety, New Orleans, LA. Low pressure does not mean low risk. If low-pressure tanks are compromised, they can release large volumes of...
What’s Trending at AIChE: Highlights from September & October 2019 November 27, 2019Up on the latest happenings and events? Catch up on conference highlights, top Engage discussions, most popular content, and more.
November 2019 CEP Preview November 14, 2019This month in CEP, tips for getting your research published, advice for strong video presentations, a look at reducing plant energy costs, and much more.
Safety Minute: Fix Information Overload: Include a Visual Summary of Important Documents November2019Safety MinuteTJ LarkinWhy? As more and more mental effort is devoted to managing the information, less mental capacity is available for understanding it. Research shows that decision quality falls by 50% after saturation. This Safety Minute was prepared by Larkin...
Closing the Gaps in Cybersecurity November2019Critical IssuesEmily Petruzzelli, Nidhi SharmaThe cybersecurity industry suffers from an immense talent gap. As the need for tougher security measures in industrial facilities becomes dire, numerous organizations are creating training programs to build and strengthen cybersecurity education.
Process Safety 101 - Understanding Process Safety eLearning (online) CourseThis course offers an overview and introduction to process safety and was developed to create awareness and knowledge of the fundamentals of chemical...
SAChE® Certificate Program - Risk Review Using LOPA (Layer of Protection Analysis) eLearning (online) CourseThis course is designed to introduce the chemical engineering student to Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA), a simplified, semi-qualitative risk...
SAChE® Certificate Program – Dust Explosions eLearning (online) CourseThis course will introduce the student to combustible dust and its hazards. Several case studies are presented, details on dust recognition, factors...
SAChE® Certificate Program – Risk Based Process Safety - Manage Risk: Training and Procedures eLearning (online) CourseChemical processes are prevalent in colleges, universities, research and design as well as industry. These process are instrumental to learning, and...
Looming Deadline Prompts Cybersecurity Concerns November2019EditorialThis is an extended version of the editorial that appeared in the November 2019 issue of CEP When a chemical engineer thinks about risk in a plant or facility, the first few things that come to mind may be chemical releases, overpressure and...
Process Safety Beacon: What Does That Button Do? November2019Process Safety BeaconSafety systems need to have a well-defined purpose. When activated, they must reliably respond as designed with the necessary action, such as in instances where a process must be stopped. The objective of a process control system is to keep the...
Pre-Start Up Safety Review Archived Webinar Nov 20, 2019 This live presentation explores the role and importance of PSSR, the many challenges industries face when performing PSSR and various mitigation paths.
CCPS 2019 Summer and Fall Highlights October 25, 2019Catch up on the latest CCPS news, including student boot camps, faculty workshops, regional meetings around the world, and more.
How Damage Mechanism Reviews Impact Operations Archived Webinar Oct 23, 2019 This 60-minute live webinar will walk you through the components of a damage mechanism review, the team and documentation it requires, the evaluation process and resulting information. The presenter...
Faculty Summer Vacations Focused on Safety Over the past summer, while many of us were vacationing, over 130 faculty members from around the globe took time out of their well-earned summer breaks to attend our industry led process safety workshops, through AIChE’s Undergraduate Process Safety Learning Initiative (UPSLI). Wo
Today Is National Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Day October 8, 2019 October 8th (10/08) was chosen in reference to the atomic weight of hydrogen, 1.008.
DIRETRIZES PARA GERENCIAMENTO DE MUDANÇA PARA SEGURANÇA DE PROCESSO September, 2019Este livro é destinado a um público que varia de instalação e gerentes corporativos de segurança de processo para os trabalhadores que têm diferentes níveis de conhecimento sobre os princípios de gestão da mudança com segurança. Este livro foi projetado para dotar as pessoas responsáveis por...
Paula Cameron: Featured LGBTQ ChemE Professional October 10, 2017Meet Paula Cameron, a Technical service and development manager for The Dow Company in Texas.
Peter Schwalbenberg: Featured LGBTQ ChemE Professional August 16, 2017The latest installment of the series introduces us to a process engineer in Philadelphia.
Brenda Seggerman: Featured LGBTQ ChemE Professional June 8, 2017Meet Brenda Seggerman, an environmental, health, and safety (EHS) engineer for Hydrite, a chemical manufacturing and distribution company.
IRETRIZES PARA SEGURANÇA DE PROCESSO BASEADA EM RISCO January, 2014Ao ler este livro, em sua totalidade ou em partes, o leitor terá acesso a um conteúdo de qualidade, que reflete o melhor que a indústria e a academia juntas puderam, até o presente momento, produzir e sistematizar, e espera-se que, com a efetiva adoção dos princípios contidos no texto, se...
SAChE® Certificate Program – Process Safety Ethics – A Brief Introduction eLearning (online) CourseStudents will learn about the AIChE Code of Ethics and how it aligns with the engineer’s creed to do no harm. This brief “introduction to ethics”...
SAChE® Certificate Program - Lab Safety eLearning (online) CourseLaboratory safety is important for anyone working in a laboratory. This course will introduce you to laboratory safety and provides the content...
Introduction to Hydrogen Safety for First Responders eLearning (online) CourseThis introduction to Hydrogen Safety for First Responders is a Web-based course that provides an "awareness level" overview of hydrogen for fire, law...
Process Safety Beacon: Look Out for Sluggish Control Systems October2019Process Safety BeaconImagine a process temperature that climbs beyond the setpoint. The temperature continues to increase and goes outside of the operating range. The available cooling capacity is sufficient, but the control system is slow to bring the process back into...
SAChE® Certificate Program – Hazards and Risk: Introduction to Hazard Identification and Risk Analysis eLearning (online) CourseThe student will learn methods of identifying hazards of a process, such as inherent reactivity, flammability, and toxicity of raw materials,...
SAChE® Certificate Program – Atmospheric Dispersion eLearning (online) CourseStudents will learn the usefulness of the atmospheric dispersion models, and critical factors that influence the calculations. These may include wind...
Will James on Hydrogen Safety September 24, 2019As the hydrogen economy grows, so does the need for technical information and know-how about hydrogen safety. Read more about safety advances.