A PROCESS ENGINEERING VIEW OF SAFE AUTOMATION

Published in Chemical Engineering Progress – December 2008.

IEC 61508 PRODUCT APPROVALS – VEERING OFF COURSE

Upon close examination it appears that the product approval process of IEC 61508(1) has veered seriously off course, possibly rendering many safety instrumented system (SIS) applications less reliable than expected or required. Published on ControlGlobal, June 2008.

KEEP OPERATIONS SAFE

Appeared in Chemical Processing, August 2008; presented at 1st Latin America CCPS Conference, Buenos Aires, May 27-29, 2008; presented at American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Process Plant Safety Symposium, 2008 Spring National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 6-10, 2008.

QUALITY ASSURANCE IN SAFE AUTOMATION

Published in Process Safety Progress, 2008; presented at 1st Latin America CCPS Conference, Buenos Aires, May 27-29, 2008; presented at American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Process Plant Safety Symposium, 2008 Spring National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 6-10, 2008.

AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO WELLHEAD FLOWLINE PRESSURE PROTECTION

Presented at the Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, 2007

SAFETY INSTRUMENTED SYSTEMS

Published in Perry’s Handbook of Chemical Engineering, Fall 2007

ACHIEVE CONTINUOUS SAFETY IMPROVEMENT

Published in Chemical Processing – April 2007. Presented as Continuous Improvement in SIS at Texas Chemical Council, 2007 Annual Meeting, Galveston TX, June 2007.

CHALLENGES TO CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT OF SAFETY SYSTEMS

Presented at American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Process Plant Safety Symposium, 2007 Spring National Meeting, Houston, TX, April 23-26, 2007

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT IN SIS

Presented at American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Process Plant Safety Symposium, Spring National Meeting, April 2007.

THE EVOLUTION OF PLANT AUTOMATION

Published in Control Global, February 2007.Published in Control Global, February 2007.Published in Control Global, February 2007.