Environment & Safety
HP Automation Safety: Importance of the safety manual
It is the beginning of 2003, a good time for improving process safety. The new IEC 61511 standard for the process industries has passed voting on part 1 (the meat!). Most in the U.S. ex..
Valve signatures and partial stroke testing
The technology can be used on any valve without shutting down the process
Thermal oxidizing systems
Test your knowledge to improve your refinery’s safety and reliability
What is the optimum U.S. mogas sulfur content?
Simple algebraic optimization method provides the answer to this and other environmental and plant risk management questions
Improve estimations for dynamic pressure waves from an explosion
Using a polar coordinate system, engineers can estimate risks on buildings and structures during the design phase
Improve facility SIS performance and reliability
Use solenoids to partial stroke test block valves
Operator maintenance - key to reducing breakdowns
Here are the benefits and implementation procedures
Pregrouted baseplates reduce installation time and costs
Improving pump reliability is another benefit
Critical situation management – avoid the pitfalls
Guidelines are based on over 50 projects
Improving reliability of chemical processing facilities
An enterprise reliability management system offers powerful failure analysis capabilities
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