Develop and Design Inherently Safer Process Plants

Many individuals and organizations have created inherently safer (IS) products, processes, and process plants. However, most reported applications employed only the four or five commonly known of the ten core principles of IS. This may be because the five neglected core IS principles are best applied during front end engineering and during detailed engineering and construction.

This paper proposes two new core principles of IS and illustrates both with examples.

Methods are proposed to ensure integration of all inherently safer methods beginning with process conception and continuing through process plant engineering design.

Particular emphasis is given to matching the various inherently safer principles with the state of the project.