QRA

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The AIChE Spring Meeting is the year’s key technical conference for practicing chemical engineers, and the 2020 edition will be held at the Hilton Americas and George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas! A wide range of subjects relevant to the current needs of industry is covered. Plus, the Global Congress on Process Safety [...]

By Mark Johnson|2019-11-21T14:45:06-07:00November 21st, 2019|Events, GCPS, HAZOP, Human Error, Human Factors, Incident Investigation, LOPA, MOC, Near Miss, PHA, PMI, Process Hazard Analysis, Process Safety, PSM, QRA, Root Cause, SIF, SIL, SIS, Training|Comments Off

Does LOPA really replace 90% of the QRA?
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Does LOPA really replace 90% of the QRA?

CCPS, HAZOP, LOPA, PHA, QRA

Does LOPA really replace 90% of the QRA?

Well, that depends on what you call QRA. Some companies (the folks they have taught) define QRA as only the high level risk assessment that may be performed at the early design phase of a project to make large siting and fire protection (and other mitigation) decisions. LOPA does not replace that specific QRA. But [...]

By Bill Bridges|2016-09-05T05:54:22-07:00August 26th, 2015|CCPS, HAZOP, LOPA, PHA, QRA|Comments Off