http://www.che.com Chemical Engineering en-us 2013 Fri, 24 May 2013 5:04:25 EDT Small companies that do not have all the resources of their large counterparts can turn to consultants and creative ideas to help implement safe practices.... http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/plant_and_personnel_safety/10475.html Wed, 1 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT The Advantage 1.0 is said to be the world’s first ATEX and IEC-Ex Zone 1/21 mobile phone with 3G technology. The device is a very robust, dust- and water-proof industry... http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/plant_and_personnel_safety/10496.html Wed, 1 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Admin. (OSHA; Washington, D.C.; www.osha.gov) has flagged combustible dusts as one of its top issues since the Imperial Sugar Mill explosion in Port Wentworth, Georgia, that killed 14 employees and injured many others in February 2008. Combustible dust is, in fact,... http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/plant_and_personnel_safety/dust_explosions/10456.html Wed, 1 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT There are several methods available to size relief valves. This article describes the inherent advantages of one of them.... http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/plant_and_personnel_safety/10394.html Mon, 1 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT This article reviews key aspects of safety-instrumented systems (SIS) and provides useful guidance to help designers and operators optimize efforts to conduct safety-related measurements. Special attention is provided to smart-transmitter diagnostics and digital protocols... http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/plant_and_personnel_safety/alarm_mgmt/10393.html Mon, 1 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT Users design safety instrumented systems to bring the risk of identified process hazards to within tolerable levels, using application-specific risk models, user inspection schedules, and safety data for the devices under consideration. A key problem when designing such systems is ensuring the relevance of the available data. Read more from this article that originally appeared in CE in July of 2003.... http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/plant_and_personnel_safety/10361.html Mon, 25 Mar 2013 0:00:00 EDT This article, which originally appeared in August, 2000, addresses avoiding uncontrolled-exothermic, or "runaway" reactions... http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/plant_and_personnel_safety/overpressure_and_runaways/10359.html Mon, 25 Mar 2013 0:00:00 EDT This article originally appeared in CE in June, 2002. It discusses using risk analysis as a meaningful and appropriate safety measure in the early design stages of chemical process operations.... http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/plant_and_personnel_safety/overpressure_and_runaways/10360.html Mon, 25 Mar 2013 0:00:00 EDT This company has released the rectangular version of its popular CV-S Explosion vent. Specifically designed to provide non-fragmenting opening when protection industrial process equipment, the... http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/plant_and_personnel_safety/overpressure_and_runaways/10280.html Fri, 1 Mar 2013 0:00:00 EST Airborne respiratory hazards are a very real threat in the chemical process industries (CPI). Existing in a variety of forms including gases, vapors, dusts, mists, fumes, smoke, sprays and fog, such hazards can cause illnesses including cancer and lung impairment, or even death. The specific hazardous gases present in a workplace will, of course, vary according to the processes of the facility, but commonly include chlorine, chlorine dioxide, ammonia, nitrogen dioxide, nitric oxide and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Some hazardous gases, such as carbon monoxide, act rapidly and can cause unconsciousness or death within minutes, while other toxic gases can take years to produce noticeable harm. Where toxic substances are present in the workplace and engineering controls (such as enclosing or confining the contaminant-producing operation, exhausting the contaminant, or substituting with less toxic materials) are inadequate to reduce or eliminate them, it is time to turn to respirators... http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/plant_and_personnel_safety/9985.html Sat, 1 Dec 2012 0:00:00 EST