CCPS (Center for Chemical Process Safety)

Guidelines for Risk Based Process Safety provides guidelines for industries that manufacture, consume, or handle chemicals by focusing on new ways to design, correct, or improve process safety management practices. This new framework for thinking about process safety builds upon the original process safety management ideas published in the early 1990s, integrates industry lessons learned over the intervening years, utilises...

Guidelines for the Management of Change for Process Safety provides guidance on the implementation of effective and efficient Management of Change (MOC) procedures, which can be applied to improve process safety. In addition to introducing MOC systems, the book describes how to design an initial system from scratch, including the scope of the system and the applications over a plant...

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. Chapter 5 deals with techniques and methodologies for identifying and evaluating hazards. Chapter 6 deals with making risk-based decisions....

Bow Ties in Risk Management is an authoritative guide that explains the effectiveness and implementation of bow tie analysis, a qualitative risk assessment and barrier management methodology. This invaluable book is the result of a collaborative effort between the Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) and the Energy Institute (EI). It focuses on bow tie barrier analysis, a specific qualitative...

Use this guideline to develop an effective Process Safety Knowledge Management system. When managing the risks of hazardous materials and energies, a well-developed process safety program is critical for maintaining a healthy workforce, for protecting the environment, and for sustaining the business. The Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) has identified Process Knowledge Management as one of its twenty Elements...

Guidelines for Initiating Events and Independent Protection Layers in Layer of Protection Analysis is a guide for Layers of Protection Analysis (LOPA) practitioners. It explains the onion skin model and, in particular, how it relates to the use of LOPA and the need for non-safety instrumented independent protection layers. It provides specific guidance on Independent Protection Layers (IPLs) that are...

Guidelines for Revalidating a Process Hazard Analysis is derived from the experience of many companies in the chemical and hydrocarbon processing industries. It presents demonstrated, concise, and common-sense approaches for a resource-effective revalidation of process hazard analyses (PHAs). The book includes flowcharts, checklists, and worksheets that provide invaluable assistance to the revalidation process. The new edition, now as a guideline,...