Best Practices
Installing fire and gas (F&G) detection systems capable of timely response upon detection can help reduce and mitigate risks at an operating facility. Such systems, if correctly installed, configured, and maintained can be effective, whether personnel are located nearby or far away from the process area. For personnel closer to the operations/process area, these systems can provide early detection and mitigation means, especially for smaller releases or fires, and can prevent an escalation by ensuring timely response. For personnel located further away from the processing area, these systems are critical sensors in the field that can provide indications for possible long-term issues: e.g., corrosion under insulation that can result in a release from piping, which would normally only be observed during frequent operator rounds.
A dust explosion can be sudden and catastrophic, causing deaths, injuries, and destruction of entire buildings.
This BakerRisk Best Practice document provides general guidance for performing an FSS to ensure that the consequences or risks to people posed by facility operations are thoroughly, accurately, and defensibly quantified and allow consequences or risks to be minimized to the extent practical.
The objective of a HAC analysis is to minimize uncontrolled ignition by electrical equipment or hot surfaces of flammables in air that could lead to fires or explosions resulting in equipment and property damage as well as potential loss of life.
The HF Alkylation process is an important, core process in refinery operations to produce gasoline that meets modern clean fuels and engine performance requirements.
This document provides field tested suggestions and best practices to help bridge the gap between the standards and fire hazard studies.
This BakerRisk Best Practice document provides general guidance for performing highly effective HAZOP studies.
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