Our Newletters

Fire exposure scenarios leading to overpressure are particularly challenging, especially where a reclosing pressure relief device provides the only means of protection. In this newsletter, Georges Melhem, Ph.D., FAIChE, shares a dynamic modeling case study of a process vessel exposed to a hydrocarbon fire.

In this newsletter, Dianne Coon, CSP, and Jian Lan discuss a fire and subsequent explosion that occurred in 2018 at a refining company in Superior, Wisconsin.

In this newsletter, Georges Melhem, Ph.D., FAIChE, and James Close, CEng, MIChemE, use SuperChems® Expert software to model the runaway reaction scenario and to examine the impact of the inhibitor on the thermal stability of butyl acrylate.

Read this newsletter for a look at the scenarios that can lead to runaway reactions in multipurpose equipment. Included are the key components of an optimal Technology Transfer Package (TTP).

A comprehensive risk management program must address both individual and societal risk. Read this newsletter for a comparison of two methods for evaluating risk tolerability criteria: qualitative and quantitative approaches.

The lessons learned from the 2005 Texas City refinery incident crystallize the importance of a sound process safety competency. Read this newsletter for guidance on what constitutes optimal individual and organizational process safety competency.

In this newsletter, Georges Melhem, Ph.D., FAIChE, presents an overview of LNG vapor cloud fire thermal radiation hazards and ways companies can reduce uncertainty in their safety and risk studies.

Read this newsletter by Georges Melhem, Ph.D., FAIChE, and Neil Prophet on safeguarding your buildings from exposure to fire and toxic material release by enhancing your facility siting.

Read this newsletter for an overview of applicable established standards, along with 7 steps biogas facilities can take now for risk prevention and mitigation.