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History of the process plant safety symposium: 20 years, 1992–2012
Author(s) -
Edwards Victor H.,
Early William F.,
Fleming G. Jeff,
Darby Ron,
Cramer Joseph,
Mannan M. Sam,
Kaiser Hugh D.,
Freeman Randy A.,
Pearson Kathy,
Thompson James,
Myers Philip,
Chosnek Jack,
Champion John,
Howat Colin S.,
Emerson Steven D.,
Willis James H.,
Hoff Rainer
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
process safety progress
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.378
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1547-5913
pISSN - 1066-8527
DOI - 10.1002/prs.11505
Subject(s) - process safety , chemical safety , engineering , process (computing) , work in process , engineering ethics , library science , section (typography) , management , operations management , computer science , biochemical engineering , economics , operating system
The first Process Plant Safety Symposium (PPSS) was a regional conference held in 1992 in Houston, TX, which has the largest concentration of chemical process plants in North America. The symposium was organized to provide perspectives, methods, and tools that could be readily practiced at the plant level. The first conference was organized by the South Texas Section of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and cosponsored by the AIChE Center for Chemical Process Safety and a number of other engineering and scientific organizations. The PPSS has evolved to an international symposium, part of the Global Congress on Process Safety, held annually in conjunction with the AIChE Spring Meeting. This article is a brief history of the PPSS. © 2012 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Process Saf Prog, 2012