The Center for Chemical Process Safety

The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) has been involved in Cheni ical Process Safety and Loss Prevention for chemical and petrochemical planis for decades. In early 1985, the AIChE established the Center for Chemical Process Safely (CCPS) to intensify development and dissemination of the latest scientific and engineering practices for prevention and mitigation of catastrophic incidents involving ha/ ardous chemicals. The CCPS serves as a focus for developing literature and courses to continue to improve chemical process safety. 

---

Center for Chemical Process Safety. In 1985, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers estabHshed the Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) (New York). The objective of the CCPS was to help prevent catastrophic chemical accidents by compiling information on the latest scientific and engineering practices, safety programs, and adininistrative procedures of the larger members of the chemical industry, so that they can be shared with other (and particularly the smaller) members of the chemical and petrochemical industries. 

Other publications include the proceedings of six international conferences and symposia three training courses and a computeri2ed bibliography of Guideline references, all available from the Center for Chemical Process Safety (1-800-242-4363). 

Fireballs Giant hazardous fireballs result from large BLEX s. Several formulas for BLE physical parameters and thermal radiation hazards have been summarized by the Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and by Pruffh. (See AlChE/CCPS, 1989 Prugh, 1994.) For the maximum fireball diameter, in meters, CCPS has selected... 

The Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) has identified the need for a publication dealing with process safety issues unique to batch reaction systems. This book, Guidelines for Process Safety in Batch Reaction Systems, attempts to aid in the safe design, operation and maintenance of batch and semi-batch reaction systems. In this book the terms batch and semi-batch are used interchangeably for simplicity. The objectives of the book are to ... 

The Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) was established in 1985 by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICliE) for the express purpose of assisting the Chemical and Hydrocarbon Process Industries in avoiding or mitigating catastrophic chemical accidents. To achieve this goal, CCPS has focused its work in four areas ... 

The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICliE) wishes to thank the Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) and those involved in its operation, including its many sponsors whose funding and technical support made this project possible. Particular thanks are due to the members of the Batch Reaction Subcommittee for their enthusiasm, tireless effort and technical contributions. Members of the subcommittee played a major role in the writing of this book by suggesting examples, by offering failure scenarios for the major equipment covered in the book and by suggesting possible solutions to the various Con-cerns/Issues mentioned in the tables. 

The Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS), a directorate of AIChE, was established in 1985 to develop and disseminate technical information for use in the prevention of major chemical accidents. The CCPS is supported by a diverse group of industrial sponsors in the chemical process industry and related industries who provide the necessary funding and professional guidance for its projects. The CCPS Technical Steering Committee and the technical subcommittees oversee individual projects selected by CCPS. Professional representatives of the sponsoring companies staff the subcommittees, with a member of the CCPS staff coordinating the activities of the sub-committee. 

Inherently Safer Chemical Processes—A Life Cycle Approach was written by the Center for Chemical Process Safety Inherently Safer Processes Subcommittee ... 

Dr. Richard Walentowicz provided the EPA CD-ROM disk entitled Exposure Models Library and Integrated Model Evaluation System" with other reference material. Lester Wittenberg of the Center for Chemical Process Safety, AIChE was particularly helpful in providing a chenncal industry perspective and reference material as was Dr. Steven Arendt of JBF Associates, Inc. Drs. David Hesse of Battelle Columbus Laboratories and Vinod Mubayi of Brookhaven National Laboratory were very helpful in providing material on the chemical consequence codes. 

The present work will apply one of the above mentioned 3D codes, namely the EXSIM code, to a case study of gas explosions in a process plant. The scenario was specified by Mancini for use in a workshop at a recent conference arranged by the Center for Chemical Process Safety of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (CCPS/AIChE 1991). 

The Center for Chemical Process Safety of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers owes a great deal of thanks to the dedicated and professional engineers and scientists who served with distinction on the Vapor Cloud Explosion subcommittee during the development of this Guidelines book. They are ... 

PSM, which appiies a management systems approach to process safety, is required by OSHA 1910.119. The Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) has issued guidelines for recommended PSM practices. 

The Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) defines PSM as "The application of management systems to the identification, understanding, and control of process hazards to prevent process-related injuries and incidents."... 

The Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) wishes to thank all the members of the Technical Management Su ommittee who provided guidance in the preparation of these materials. CCPS also wishes to express its appreciation to members of the Technical Steering Committee for their advice and support. 

Another publication produced by the Center for Chemical Process Safety, Guidelines for Investigating Chemical Process Incidents (CCPS, 1992d), is directed at achieving similar objectives but from a differing perspective and with differing emphasis. Both sources of information can be used in a complementary manner to improve the quality of data collection and incident analysis in the CPI. 

The Center for Chemical Process Safety s projects fall into a number of general topic areas that comprise a comprehensive program. These topic areas include identification of hazards and analysis of risks, prevention and mitigation of the hazards identified, and better definition of areas affected by a release of hazardous materials. This book is the latest in the series dealing with hazard identification and risk analysis. 

The chairman of the CCPS Equipment Reliability Data Subconunittee was S. Barry Gibson, E.I. du Pont de Nemours Co., Inc. The subcommittee members were Harold W Thomas, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. William H. Ciolek, Amoco Corporation Joseph C. Sweeney, ARCO Chemical Company Brian D. Berkey, Hercules Incorporated Gary R. Van Sciver, Rohm and Haas Company and William K. Lutz, Union Carbide Corporation. Thomas W. Carmody and Lester H. Wittenberg of the Center for Chemical Process Safety were responsible for the overall administration and coordination of this project. 

Publications Available from the CENTER FOR CHEMICAL PROCESS SAFETY of the... 

We also continue to acknowledge and thank all the members of the Undergraduate Education Committee of the Center for Chemical Process Safety and the Safety and Loss Prevention Committee of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. We are honored to be members of both committees. The members of these committees are the experts in safety their enthusiasm and knowledge have been truly educational and a key inspiration to the development of this text. 

The Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) has identified twelve elements that must be part of any chemical process safety management program [5]. Application of these elements specifically to plant operations has also been defined [6]. Because of the critical importance of these twelve elements, they are listed here as follows for reference ... 

---