Environment & Safety
HP Automation Safety: Safety-certified field equipment
I received an interesting question in a recent e-mail: "How can I design a safety instrumented function when I cannot buy safety-certified field equipment?" The designer went on to state that in his o..
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Add depth to technical training
Use these 15 approaches and real-world examples to refresh the knowledge base and analytical skills of engineers and plant managers
Failure analysis of a primary reformer riser
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