208952 Acid Release From Catalyst Tanks

Wednesday, March 16, 2011: 3:30 PM
Grand Ballroom A/B (Hyatt Regency Chicago)
R. Wayne Garland, Corporate Safety and Security, Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN

This is the story of how the cumulative effects of several seemingly innocent changes to a catalyst system resulted in a near miss Process Safety incident. Several aspects will be discussed including cumulative effects of multiple changes to the system, identification of potential scenarios in safety reviews, and design of controls and alarms. Results from the root cause analysis and the lessons learned will be explained.

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