ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Refineries must detect unsafe operating conditions before they occur. A set of automated safety shut-down skids for refineries were engineered, built and shipped by EPIC ...
A final investigative report by the U.S. Chemical Safety Board into the nearly catastrophic 2015 explosion that ripped through the Torrance refinery blames ExxonMobil for not “conforming to industry ...
An investigation by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has uncovered more safety and operational deficiencies at the Torrance refinery, including a “superficial” management structure and broken ...
To improve the safety of the operating environment, a holistic method for defining and evaluating the systems that aid an operator with the safe operation of a process unit is required. This approach ...
ISA recently published Safety Instrumented System Design: A Life-Cycle Approach by Paul Gruhn PE, CFSE, and Simon Lucchini, CFSE, MIEAust CPEng. In this Q&A feature, both authors highlight the focus, ...
This publication provides specific recommendations on research reactor instrumentation and control systems and software important to safety, including instrumentation and control system architecture ...
A series of "gaps" in safety systems, along with violations of the company's own safety standards, led to the February 2015 explosion at the then-ExxonMobil refinery in Torrance that injured four ...
When Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) were first adopted by the process industries in the mid 1980s, they typically were Triple Modular Redundant (TMR) systems. These systems were significantly more ...
prevent single failures or anticipated events from escalating into plant shutdowns, trips, or accidents endangering plant equipment, personnel, and the public. Typical examples include feedwater and ...
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