PROCESS SAFETY
OUR SERVICES
- Compatibility Study
- Preliminary Hazard Analysis (PHA)
- Hazard and Operability Study (HAZOP)
- Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA)
- Hazard Analysis and the Critical Control Points (HACCP)
- Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
- Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA)
- Risk Management Plan (RMP)
- Inherent Safety
- Consequence Analysis for Events with Flammable and Toxic Chemicals
- Equipment and Process Plants Reliability Studies
- Control of Static Electricity in Chemical Plants
- Training and Information Courses in the Risk Assessment and Management Techniques
- Safety Integrity Level (SIL) Assessment
- Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA)
Inherent Safety
The core of an inherently safe project is avoiding or removing the hazards instead of adding equipment or protection devices. The less the safety is dependent on equipment, systems or procedures, the more inherently safe is the plant or the process.
In practice, many of the processes we operate really require that hazardous products to be stored, and sometimes at significant amounts; or that severe operating conditions are maintained, e.g.: a reaction that can run away. Thus, the question is: “Can we change the process or the facilities to make them inherently safe?” The general principles for an inherently safe plant are divided into:
a-substitution,
b-intensification,
c-attenuation,
d-isolation,
e-simplification.