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1.1 Objectives, Intended Audience, and Scope of this Book |
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1.2 Integration of this Guidance with Other CCPS Guidance |
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1.3 Organization of this Book |
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1.4 History of Inherent Safety |
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2 The Concept of Inherent Safety |
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2.1 Inherent Safety and Process Risk Management |
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2.2 Inherent Safety Defined |
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2.3 Shared characteristics |
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2.4 Inherently Safer Strategies |
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2.5 Inherent safety throughout the process Life cycle |
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2.6 Inherently Safer Approaches |
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2.6.1 Orders of Inherent Safety |
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27 | (3) |
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30 | (2) |
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2.8 Integrating Inherent Safety in Process Risk Management Systems |
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32 | (8) |
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40 | (1) |
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3 Minimize - An Inherently Safer Strategy |
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44 | (3) |
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3.3 Continuous Stirred Tank Reactors |
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3.6 Reactive Distillation |
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51 | (3) |
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3.7 Storage of Hazardous Materials |
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54 | (3) |
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57 | (1) |
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3.10 Limitation of Effects |
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60 | (1) |
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4 Substitute - An Inherently Safer Strategy |
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64 | (23) |
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64 | (8) |
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4.7 Informed Substitution |
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77 | (6) |
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5 Moderate - An Inherently Safer Strategy |
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87 | (1) |
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5.3 Less Energetic Process Conditions |
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5.4 Secondary Containment - Dikes and Containment Buildings |
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6 Simplify - An Inherently Safer Strategy |
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103 | (23) |
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104 | (1) |
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6.2 Eliminating Unnecessary Spares |
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105 | (2) |
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6.3 Inherently Robust Process Equipment |
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107 | (3) |
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6.4 Preventing Runaway Reactions |
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110 | (3) |
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6.5 Simplifying Heat Transfer |
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113 | (1) |
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6.6 Simplifying Liquid Transfer |
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114 | (2) |
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6.8 Optimizing Catalyst Selectivity |
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116 | (1) |
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6.9 Separation of Process Steps |
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6.10 Limitation of Available Energy |
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119 | (1) |
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6.11 Simplification of the Human-Machine Interface |
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6.11.2 Equipment Layout, Accessibility, and Operability |
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6.11.5 Design of Equipment and Controls - Making Status Clearl |
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124 | (1) |
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7 Applying Inherent Safety Strategies to Protection Layers |
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126 | (10) |
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128 | (1) |
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7.2 Maintenance Procedures |
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129 | (1) |
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129 | (1) |
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130 | (1) |
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7.5 More Robust Process Equipment and Design |
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131 | (1) |
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7.6 Simplified Process Equipment and Design |
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132 | (1) |
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7.7 Distributed Control Systems |
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133 | (1) |
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134 | (1) |
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8.1 General Principles Across All Life cycle Stages |
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136 | (1) |
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137 | (2) |
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139 | (20) |
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8.3.1 Inherently Safer Synthesis |
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141 | (1) |
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8.3.2 Types of Hazards Associated with Research |
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142 | (6) |
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8.3.3 Hazards Identification Methods |
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148 | (11) |
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159 | (10) |
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8.4.1 Unit Operations - General |
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160 | (1) |
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8.4.2 Unit Operations-Specific |
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161 | (8) |
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8.5 Detailed Engineering Design |
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8.5.1 Process Design Basis |
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170 | (1) |
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171 | (4) |
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175 | (4) |
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8.5.4 Utility & Supporting Systems |
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180 | (2) |
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8.5.6 Other Design Considerations |
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8.6 Procurement, Construction, and Commissioning |
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183 | (2) |
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8.7 Operations & Maintenance |
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185 | (6) |
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8.7.1 Preservation of Inherent Safety |
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185 | (2) |
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8.7.2 Inherent Safety-Continuous Improvement |
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187 | (4) |
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191 | (1) |
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192 | (3) |
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195 | (8) |
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8.10.1 Location Relative to Raw Materials |
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197 | (1) |
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8.10.2 Shipping Conditions |
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198 | (1) |
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8.10.3 Transportation Mode and Route Selection |
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199 | (1) |
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8.10.4 Improved Transportation Containers |
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200 | (1) |
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8.10.5 Administrative Controls |
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201 | (1) |
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8.10.6 Management of Transportation Containers On-site |
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202 | (1) |
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203 | (9) |
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9 Inherent Safety and Security |
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212 | (18) |
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212 | (1) |
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9.2 Chemical Security Risk |
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213 | (4) |
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217 | (2) |
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219 | (1) |
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9.5 Assessing Security Vulnerabilities |
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220 | (1) |
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9.6 Inherent Safety and Chemical Security |
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221 | (5) |
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9.7 Limitations to Implementing IS Concepts in Security Management |
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226 | (2) |
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228 | (1) |
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229 | (1) |
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10 Implementing Inherently Safer Design |
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230 | (38) |
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230 | (1) |
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10.2 Management System Approach for IS |
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231 | (1) |
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10.3 Education and awareness |
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232 | (9) |
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10.3.1 Making IS a Corporate Philosophy |
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232 | (1) |
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10.4 Organizational culture |
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234 | (1) |
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10.4.1 Multiple Demands of IS in the PSM program |
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235 | (1) |
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10.4.2 Incorporating IS into Normal Design Process |
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236 | (5) |
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10.5 Inherent Safety Reviews |
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10.5.1 Inherent Safety Review Objectives |
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242 | (1) |
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10.5.2 Good Preparation is Required for Effective Inherent Safety Reviews |
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243 | (1) |
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10.5.3 Inherent Safety Review Timing |
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244 | (2) |
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10.5.4 Inherent Safety Review Team Composition |
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246 | (1) |
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10.5.5 Inherent Safety Review Process Overview |
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246 | (4) |
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10.5.6 Focus of Inherent Safety Reviews at Different Stages |
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10.5.7 Stage in the Process Life Cycle |
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252 | (4) |
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10.6 Reactive Chemicals Screening |
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256 | (2) |
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10.7 Inherent Safety Review Training |
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258 | (2) |
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10.8 Documentation of the Inherently Safer Design Features of a Process |
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260 | (4) |
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10.8.1 IS Review Documentation |
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261 | (2) |
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10.8.2 Time Required for an Inherent Safety Review |
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263 | (1) |
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264 | (1) |
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11 Inherent Safety & the Elements of a RBPS Program |
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11.1 Process Safety Culture |
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270 | (1) |
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11.2 Compliance with Standards |
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271 | (1) |
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11.3 Workforce Involvement |
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272 | (1) |
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11.4 Process Knowledge Management |
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272 | (1) |
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11.5 Hazard Identification and Risk Analysis |
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273 | (7) |
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280 | (2) |
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11.7 Asset Integrity and Reliability |
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282 | (2) |
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11.8 Contractor Management |
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284 | (1) |
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11.9 Training and Performance Assurance / Process Safety Competency |
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285 | (1) |
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11.10 Management of Change / Operational Readiness |
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286 | (4) |
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11.11 Conduct of Operations/Operating Procedures |
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290 | (7) |
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291 | (3) |
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294 | (2) |
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11.12 Emergency Management |
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296 | (1) |
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11.13 Incident Investigation |
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297 | (1) |
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11.14 Measurements and Metrics/Auditing/Management Review and Continuous Improvement |
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297 | (2) |
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299 | (1) |
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12 Tools for IS Implementation |
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302 | (18) |
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12.1 IS Review Methods - Overview |
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302 | (15) |
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302 | (1) |
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12.1.4 Research & Development Application |
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304 | (1) |
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12.1.5 PHA - Incorporation into HAZOP or other PHA Techniques |
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305 | (2) |
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307 | (1) |
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308 | (3) |
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12.1.8 Consequence-Based Methods |
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311 | (1) |
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312 | (5) |
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318 | (2) |
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13 Inherently Safer Design Conflicts |
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320 | (30) |
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13.2 Examples of inherent safety conflicts |
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13.2.1 Continuous vs. batch reactor |
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324 | (3) |
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13.2.2 Reduced toxicity vs. reactive hazard |
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13.2.3 Reduced inventory vs. dynamic stability |
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328 | (1) |
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13.2.4 Risk transfer vs. risk reduction |
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329 | (2) |
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13.2.5 Inherent safety and security conflicts |
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331 | (1) |
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13.3 Inherent safety-Environmental Hazards |
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332 | (1) |
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13.4 Inherent Safety and Health Conflicts |
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333 | (1) |
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13.4.1 Water Disinfection |
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333 | (1) |
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13.5 Inherent safety and economic conflicts |
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334 | (3) |
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13.5.1 Existing plants - operational vs. re-investment economics in a capital-intensive industry |
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334 | (2) |
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13.5.2 Often more economical, but not necessarily |
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336 | (1) |
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13.6 Tools for understanding and resolving conflicts |
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337 | (6) |
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13.6.1 Tools for understanding and resolving conflicts |
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339 | (4) |
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13.7 Measuring inherent safety characteristics |
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343 | (3) |
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13.7.1 Dow Fire and Explosion Index |
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344 | (1) |
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13.7.2 Dow Chemical Exposure Index |
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344 | (1) |
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13.7.4 Proposed Inherent Safety indices |
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14 Inherent Safety Regulatory Initiatives |
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350 | (38) |
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14.1 Inherent Safety Regulatory Developments and Issues |
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350 | (1) |
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14.2 Experience with Inherent Safety Provisions in United States Regulations |
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14.2.1 Inherently Safer Regulatory Requirements - Contra Costa County, California, USA |
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14.2.2 New Jersey Toxic Catastrophe Prevention Act (TCPA) and Prescriptive Order for Chemical Plant Security |
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14.2.3 Inherently Safer Systems Requirements - California Accidental Release Prevention (CalARP) Regulations |
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378 | (2) |
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14.2.4 Safer Technology & Alternatives Analysis - Revised US EPA Risk Management Program (RMP) Rule |
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380 | (2) |
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14.3 Issues in Regulating Inherent Safety |
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382 | (3) |
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14.3.1 Consistent Understanding of Inherent Safety |
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383 | (1) |
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384 | (1) |
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385 | (1) |
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386 | (2) |
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15 Worked Examples and Case Studies |
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388 | (1) |
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15.2 Application of an Inherent Safety Strategic Approach to a Process |
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388 | (6) |
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15.3 Case studies from carrithers |
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394 | (17) |
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15.3.1 An Exothermic Batch Reaction |
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395 | (3) |
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15.3.2 Refrigeration of Monomethylamine |
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398 | (1) |
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15.3.3 Elimination of a Chlorine Water Treatment System |
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399 | (1) |
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15.3.4 Reduction of Chlorine Transfer Line Size |
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400 | (1) |
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15.3.5 Substitution of Aqueous Ammonia For Anhydrous Ammonia |
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400 | (3) |
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15.3.6 Limitation of Magnitude of Deviations for Aqueous Ammonia |
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403 | (5) |
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15.3.7 A Vessel Entry Example |
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408 | (3) |
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15.4 Process Route Selection - Early R&D Example |
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411 | (1) |
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15.5 Example of an Inherently Safer Study of a Steam Production Facility |
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412 | (7) |
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15.5.1 Facility Description |
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412 | (1) |
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15.5.2 Initial Design Proposal (Liquid Anhydrous Ammonia) |
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412 | (1) |
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15.5.3 Aqueous Ammonia Design Proposal |
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413 | (2) |
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15.5.4 Final Round of Option Selection |
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415 | (1) |
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15.5.5 Consequence Analysis |
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416 | (1) |
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15.5.6 Conclusion and Action |
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417 | (2) |
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419 | (1) |
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420 | (1) |
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15.7 Example: Inherently Safer Process for Production of Trialkyl Phosphate Esters |
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421 | (1) |
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15.8 Summaries in brief: Examples by IS Strategy |
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422 | (8) |
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423 | (2) |
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425 | (2) |
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427 | (2) |
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429 | (1) |
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15.9 Additional literature giving examples of inherently Safer Operations |
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430 | (1) |
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431 | (2) |
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433 | (9) |
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16.1 Incorporating Inherently Safer Design into Process Safety Management |
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433 | (1) |
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16.2 Encouraging Invention within the Chemical and Chemical Engineering Community |
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434 | (1) |
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16.3 Including Inherent Safety into the Education of Chemists and Chemical Engineers |
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434 | (1) |
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16.4 Developing Inherently Safer Design Databases and Libraries |
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434 | (1) |
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16.5 Developing Tools to Apply Inherently Safer Design |
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435 | (4) |
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16.5.1 The Broad View and Life Cycle Cost of Alternatives |
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435 | (1) |
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16.5.2 Benefits of Reliability Analysis |
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436 | (1) |
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16.5.4 A Table of Distances and Consequence/Risk-Based Siting |
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437 | (1) |
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16.5.5 Quantitative Measures of Inherent Safety |
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437 | (1) |
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438 | (1) |
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439 | (3) |
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Appendix A Inherently Safer Technology (1ST) Checklist |
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442 | (13) |
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A.1 IST Checklist Procedure |
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442 | (2) |
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A.2 IST Checklist Questions |
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444 | (11) |
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Appendix B Inherent Safety Analysis Approaches |
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455 | (14) |
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B.1 Inherent Safety Analysis - Guided Checklist Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) |
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459 | (5) |
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B.2 Inherent Safety Analysis - Independent Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) |
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464 | (3) |
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B.3 Inherent Safety Analysis - Integral to Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) |
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467 | (2) |
Glossary |
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