Sutton Technical Books publishes a series of concise, practical primers covering key topics in the process and energy industries. These primers are written for professionals: engineers, operators, regulators, and technical managers — those who work in chemical plants, refineries, offshore platforms, pipelines, and storage terminals.
This Primer, DOT-117 Tank Car Insulation, is priced at $25 (U.S.) It can be purchased here.
This post continues our series to do with formal incident reports from organizations, including the BSEE (Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement), the CCPS (Center for Chemical Process Safety), and
Companies in the process and energy industries need to know not only how safe they have been, but also how safe they are likely to be in the future.
The blog The Principles of Process Safety Management summarizes the principles of the series of posts at The Process Safety Re
This blog discusses the Process Safety Beacon: Thermal Expansion runs hot and cold!, which describes an incident in which a section of liquid-filled piping ruptured after being isolated between two closed valves. As ambient temperature rose, the trapped liquid expanded, dramatically increasing pressure until the line failed.
The Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) publishes a Process Safety Beacon every month. The following is an overview of the Beacons provided by the CCPS.
We have opened a new substack site called called AI and the Church. The following is from the home page of AI and the Church.
The Primer Distillation is priced at $25 (U.S.) It can be purchased here.
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