Power plants commonly utilize conventional fuel sources from natural gas (from production wells), coal or biofuel products to produce electricity. Who would have thought that a fuel source could also be found from a deepwater lake in Africa? This spectacular phenomenon is found at Lake Kivu, Rwanda. The lake encompasses […]
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PROBLEM STATEMENT Continuous processes maximizes production and operate at a considerably lower cost compared to other process method. However, this process method is asset intensive and an unexpected breakdown would cause high production loss. The process is automatically controlled and monitored with the help of control systems such as DCS, […]
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INTRODUCTION In recent years, Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment and Risk Control have become a major to the practice of planning, management and the operation of a business as a basic of risk management. Safety engineering is an engineering discipline which encourages that engineered systems provide acceptable levels of safety. Therefore, […]
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HAZOP and HAZID workshops are a staple of process safety engineering and they are a standard line item in the project scope of work. But the same can’t be said for the electrical equivalent of a HAZOP/HAZID, which reviews the safety and operation of electrical installations in a facility. So […]
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Did you know that operator error accounts for the highest dollar losses per incident in the process industries? How do these operator errors come about? Among the reasons for operator error is a lack of experience and confidence of operators to handle operational mishaps whenever these situations arise. That, coupled […]
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This is a view of Jakarta from one of our client’s offices located in the Pondok Indah area. As a safety engineer, one of the most common and important studies that we get involved in is the Escape, Evacuation and Rescue Analysis (EERA). In this study, we typically perform a […]
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