340837 Incorporating Inherently Safer Designs to Improve Sustainability of Industrial Facilities

Wednesday, November 6, 2013: 8:30 AM
Mason B (Hilton)
Morgan Reed, Technical Process Safety and Risk Management, MMI Engineering, Houston, TX and Eric Peterson, Technical Process Safety, MMI Engineering, Houston, TX

Incorporating Inherently Safer Designs to Improve Sustainability of Industrial Facilities

Morgan Reed

MMI Engineering

11490 Westheimer Road, Suite 150 Houston, Texas 77077

MReed@MMIEngineering.com

Eric Peterson

MMI Engineering

11490 Westheimer Road, Suite 150 Houston, Texas 77077

EPeterson@MMIEngineering.com

Keywords: Inherent Safety, Sustainability, Process Safety, Process Hazard Analysis, and CFD

Abstract

An increasing number of facilities across the globe are reaching a significant age of maturity. Those facilities were constructed under different regulations and guidelines than those used today. Renovations, upgrades and retrofits are abundant in the oil, gas, and petrochemical facilities and these new constructions must follow the current regulations. The new guidelines will enhance the facility to become more sustainable and inherently safer based on newer design and construction practices. This paper discusses the coming challenges to facilities and the need to incorporate inherently safer designs in the upgrades, modifications to the facilities.


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