
The Delayed AIChE 2020 Spring Meeting and 16th Global Congress on Process Safety is Now Going Virtual in August
As a safety measure amidst the pandemic, AIChE will now deliver its previously delayed 2020 Spring Meeting and 16th Global Congress on Process Safety (and co-located events) virtually. The meeting — which had been rescheduled for August 16–20 in Houston, TX — will now be available via the internet from August 17–21. Process Improvement Institute [...]
Process Improvement Institute Training Moves Online
In light of the current challenges facing business travel and traditional public seminars, Process Improvement Institute has moved all of its currently scheduled public seminars online for the remainder of 2020. Although we will miss the opportunity of being able to address all of our students in-person, we are excited by the opportunity to still [...]
New Infographic Poster in Free Resources – A Proven Streamlined Approach to SIL Assessment Requirements
There's a new infographic poster in the Safety Instrumented System section of PII's Free Resources area, entitled A Proven Streamlined Approach to SIL Assessment Requirements. This infographic shows how to apply the qualitative definition of independent protection layers (IPLs) within the setting of a process hazard analysis (PHA) to get most of the gain from [...]
New Paper in Free Resources – SIL-3, SIL-2, and Unicorns
There's a new paper in the Safety Instrumented System (SIS) section of PII's Free Resources area, entitled SIL-3, SIL-2, and Unicorns (There Is a High Probability Your SIL 2 and SIL 3 SIFs Have No Better Performance Than SIL 1). This paper shows that specific human error during testing, calibration maintenance, and restoration of a [...]
March-April 2020 Process Safety Training Course Schedule Changes
Wishing a happy holiday season to everyone out there! This is a notice of a schedule change to two upcoming 2020 Process Improvement Institute training courses - the dates for the Incident Investigation/Root Cause Analysis Leadership course originally scheduled for March 2-4, and the Human Error Prevention course originally scheduled for March 5-6, have been [...]