Know What Pressure Relief Device Information a HAZOP/LOPA Facilitator Wants Newsletter

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Pressure Relief Devices (PRDs) are often what determine whether the risk is tolerable or not tolerable.

In this newsletter, discover what information a HAZOP/LOPA facilitator should know about a facility's Pressure Relief Devices (PRDs) to increase the quality of your PHAs. Topics include:

• PHA Compliance Overview
• PHA Methodologies
• The HAZOP Method
• Determining Severity
• Assigning Frequency Range
• The LOPA Method
• PRD Questions to Ask
• PRD Documentation Needed
• PRDs as Safeguards
• PRDs as Causes
• Information Accuracy is Key

Since a facility's relief systems design and design basis is part of its PSI, this information should be audited every three years and revalidated every five years.

Bonus!

This newsletter also includes access to the 18-minute video on the 2019 Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery incident for important lessons on relief design safety as part of a Process Hazard Analysis.

Have a great and safe day.

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