General Process Safety

Cameron, I., M.S. Mannan, E. Németh, S. Park, H.J. Pasman, W.J. Rogers and B. Seligmann, “Process Hazard Analysis, Hazard Identification and Scenario Definition: Are the conventional tools sufficient, or should and can we do much better?” Process Safety and Environmental Protection,2017
Barua, S., X. Gao and M.S. Mannan, “Comparison of Prescriptive and Performance-Based Regulatory Regimes in the USA and UK,” Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, vol. 44, November 2016, pp. 764-769.
Peres, S.C., N. Quddus, P. Kannan, L. Ahmed, P. Ritchey, W. Johnson, S. Rahmani and M.S. Mannan, “A Summary and Synthesis of Procedural Regulations and Standards – Informing a Procedures Writer’s Guide,” Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, vol. 44, November 2016, pp. 726-734.
Kannan, P., T. Flechas, E. Mendez, L. Angarita, P. Chaudhari, Y. Hong* and M.S. Mannan, “A web-based collection and analysis of process safety incidents,” Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, vol. 44, November 2016, pp. 171-192.
Roy, N., F. Eljack, A. Jiménez-Gutiérrez, B. Zhang, P. Thiruvenkataswamy, M.M. El-Halwagi and M.S. Mannan, “A Review of Safety Indices for Process Design,” Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering, vol. 14, November 2016, pp. 42–48.
Amyotte, P., S. Berger, D.W. Edwards, J.P. Gupta, D.C. Hendershot, F.I. Khan, M.S. Mannan and R. Willey, “Why Major Accidents are Still Occurring,” Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering, vol. 14, November 2016, pp. 1–8.
Mannan, M.S., O. Reyes-Valdes, P. Jain, N. Tamim and M. Ahammad, “The Evolution of Process Safety: Current Status and Future Direction,” Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, vol. 7, June 2016, pp. 135-162.
Pittman, W.C., Z. Han, B.Z. Harding, J. Jiang, C. Rosas, A. Pineda, and M.S. Mannan, “Methods and Data Sources for Identifying Members of a Regulated Community,” Process Safety Progress, vol. 35, no. 1, March 2016, pp. 47-52.
Mannan, M.S., S. Sachdeva, H. Chen, O. Reyes-Valdes, Y. Liu and D.M. Laboureur, “Trends and Challenges in Process Safety,” AIChE Journal, vol. 61, no. 11, November 2015, pp. 3558-3569.
Vázquez-Román, R., J.A. Inchaurregui-Méndez and M.S. Mannan, “A Grid-Based Facilities Allocation Approach with Safety and Optimal Heat Exchanger Networks Synthesis,” Computers and Chemical Engineering, vol. 80, 2015, pp. 92-100.
Pittman, W.C., R.A. Mentzer and M.S. Mannan, “Communicating Costs and Benefits of the Chemical Industry and Chemical Technology to Society,” Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, vol. 35, May 2015, pp. 59-64.
Mannan, M.S. and S.P. Waldram, “Learning Lessons from Incidents: A Paradigm Shift is Overdue,” Transactions of the Institute of Chemical Engineers, Part B, Process Safety and Environmental Protection, vol. 92, no. 6, November 2014, pp. 760-765.
Mentzer, R.A., J. Zhang, W. Xu, and M.S. Mannan, “What does ‘safe’ look and feel like?” Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, vol. 32, November 2014, pp. 265-275.
Pittman, W., T. Ridha, S. Nayak, V. Carreto, and M.S. Mannan, “Zero-energy Determination: Confirmation of Vessel and Pipeline De-energized State Through Noninvasive Techniques With Strain Gauges,” Process Safety Progress, vol. 33, no. 2, June 2014, pp. 195-199.
Benavides-Serrano, A.J., S.W. Legg, R. Vazquez-Roman, M.S. Mannan and C.D. Laird, “A Stochastic Programming Approach for the Optimal Placement of Gas Detectors: Unavailability and Voting Strategies,” Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, vol. 53, no. 13, 2014, pp. 5355–5365.
Nicola, S., S. Leon, S. Nayak, R.A. Mentzer and M.S. Mannan, “Revisiting Age Old Corrosion Problem With Modern Tools and Techniques,” Chemical Engineering Transactions, vol. 31, Part 2, 2013, pp. 673–678.
Huang, S., and M.S. Mannan, M.S., “Technical Aspects of Storage Tank Loss Prevention,” Process Safety Progress, vol. 32, no. 1, March 2013, pp. 28-36.
11. Edwards, V.H., W.F. Early, G.J. Fleming, R. Darby, J. Cramer, M.S. Mannan, H.D. Kaiser, R.A. Freeman, K. Pearson, J. Thompson, P. Myers, J. Chosnek, J. Champion, C.S. Howat, S.D. Emerson, J.H. Willis, and Rainer Hoff, “History of the Process Plant Safety Symposium: 20 Years, 1992-2012,” Process Safety Progress, vol. 31, no. 3, September 2012, pp. 200-202.
Mannan, M.S., “Trevor Kletz’s Impact on Process Safety and a Plea for Good Science – An Academic and Research Perspective,” Process Safety and Environmental Protection, vol. 90, no. 5, September 2012, pp. 343-348.
Pasman, H.J., W.J. Rogers and M.S. Mannan, “How to Consolidate Trevor’s Experience and Knowledge? Impossibilities, Reflections on Possibilities, and Call to Action,” Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, vol. 25, no. 5, September 2012, pp. 870-875.
Kim, B.K., J. Krams, E. Krug, M. Leaseburge, J. Lemley, A. Alkhawaldeh, R.A. Mentzer and M.S. Mannan, “Case Study Analysis of the Financial Impact of Catastrophic Safety Events,” Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, vol. 25, no. 5, September 2012, pp. 780-787.
Koseki, H., X. Li, and M.S. Mannan, “Damage to chemical and oil complexes following the 2011 Tohoku earthquakes,” Loss Prevention Bulletin, August 2012, Issue 226, pp. 12-15.
Mannan, M.S., A.Y. Chowdhury, and O.J. Reyes-Valdes, “A Portrait of Process Safety: From Its Start to Present Day,” Hydrocarbon Processing, vol. 91, no. 7, July 2012, pp. 55-62. 163.
Harputlu, E., S.L. Murray, R.A. Mentzer, M.S. Mannan, “Develop a Human Performance Modeling System for Process Safety Operations,” Proceedings of 8th Global Congress on Process Safety, Houston, Texas, April 1-4, 2012.
Qi, R., K.P. Prem, D. Ng, M.A. Rana, G. Yun and M.S. Mannan, “Challenges and Needs for Process Safety in the New Millennium,” Transactions of the Institute of Chemical Engineers, Part B, Process Safety and Environmental Protection, vol. 90, no. 2, March 2012, pp. 91-100.
Markowski, A.S., M.S. Mannan, A. Kotynia, and H. Pawlak, “Application of Fuzzy Logic to Explosion Risk Assessment,” Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, vol. 24, no. 6, November 2011, pp. 780-790.
Mannan, M.S., “The Buncefield Explosion and Fire–Lessons Learned,” Process Safety Progress, vol. 30, no. 2, June 2011, pp. 138-142.
Yang, X., L.T.T. Dinh, D. Castellanos, C.H. Osorio-Amado, D. Ng, and M.S. Mannan, M.S., “Common Lessons Learned from an Analysis of Multiple Case Histories,” Process Safety Progress, vol. 30, no. 2, June 2011, pp. 143-147.
Olewski, T., O. Basha, S.P. Waldram, M.S. Mannan and L. Vechot, “Mitigation of LNG Dispersion Using Two Dimensional (2D) Water Curtains,” Proceedings of HAZARDS XXII, Institution of Chemical Engineers, Liverpool, UK, April 12-14, 2011, pp. 308-314.
Mannan, M.S. and Q. Wang, “Stretch in Technology and Keeping the Focus on Process Safety for Exploration and Production in the 21st Century,” Proceedings of HAZARDS XXII, Institution of Chemical Engineers, Liverpool, UK, April 12-14, 2011, pp. 99-103.
Osorio, C., E. Petersen and M.S. Mannan, “Analysis of CF3Br Inhibition Mechanism on Methane Premixed Combustion,” Proceedings of HAZARDS XXII, Institution of Chemical Engineers, Liverpool, UK, April 12-14, 2011, pp. 139-144.
Wang, Q. and M.S. Mannan, “Stretch in Technology and Keeping the Focus on Process Safety for Exploration and Production in the 21st Century,” Proceedings of the 13th Annual Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center Symposium – Beyond Regulatory Compliance: Making Safety Second Nature, College Station, Texas, October 26-28, 2010, pp. 717-722.
Mannan, M.S., “Adapting Downstream Guidelines and Methodologies to Upstream Facilities,” Invited Keynote Speech, 2010 Siemens Users Forum, October 14, 2010, Houston, Texas
Mannan, M.S., “Globalization and its Challenges in Industrial Process Safety,” Invited Keynote Speech, The 3rd World Conference on Safety of Oil and Gas Industry, WCOGI 2010, September 27-28, 2010, Beijing, China.
Mannan, M.S., “How Can Academia and the Safety Industry Support Each Other,” American Society of Safety Engineers Annual Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, June 13-16, 2010.
Mannan, M.S., K.P. Prem and Dedy Ng, “Challenges and Needs for Process Safety in the New Millenium,” Proceedings of 13th International Symposium on Loss Prevention and Safety Promotion in the Process Industries, Brugge, Belgium, June 6-9, 2010, pp. 5-13.
Mannan, M.S., “Lessons Learned from Past Incidents Shed Light on Present Day Needs and Challenges in Process Safety,” Distinguished Lecture Series, Texas A&M University at Qatar, Doha, Qatar, January 26, 2010.
Markowski, A.S., and M.S. Mannan, “Fuzzy Logic for Piping Risk Assessment (pfLOPA),” Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, vol. 22, no. 6, November 2009, pp. 921-927.
Markowski, A.S., M.S. Mannan, and A. Bigoszewska, “Fuzzy Logic for Process Safety Analysis,” Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, vol. 22, no. 6, November 2009, pp. 695-702.
Mannan, M.S., “A Technical Analysis of the Buncefield Explosion and Fire,” Proceedings of HAZARDS XXI, Institution of Chemical Engineers, Manchester, UK, November 9-12, 2009, pp. 662-673.
Yang, X., L. Dinh, D. Castellanos, C. Osorio, D. Ng and M.S. Mannan, “Common Lessons Learned From an Analysis of Multiple Case Histories,” Proceedings of HAZARDS XXI, Institution of Chemical Engineers, Manchester, UK, November 9-12, 2009, pp. 43-50.
Waldram, S.P. and M.S. Mannan, “Teaching Process Safety: A Stand-Alone Course or a Continuous Integrating Thread Throughout a Chemical Engineering Degree,” Proceedings of the 12th Annual Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center Symposium – Beyond Regulatory Compliance: Making Safety Second Nature, College Station, Texas, October 27-28, 2009, pp. 448-455.
Díaz-Ovalle, C.O., R. Vázquez-Román, and M.S. Mannan, “Determinación de los Factores del Peor Escenario en la Emisión de Gases Tóxicos,” Información Tecnológica, vol. 20, no. 1, 2009, pp. 3-10.
Markowski, A., and M.S. Mannan, “Fuzzy Risk Matrix,” Journal of Hazardous Materials, vol. 159, no. 1, November 2008, pp. 152-157.
Mannan, M.S., D. Narayanan, and Y. Guo, “What Do We Want to Sustain and How Do We Decide?” Proceedings of Hazards XX, Institution of Chemical Engineers, Manchester, United Kingdom, April 14-17, 2008, pp. 154-169.
Narayanan, D., Y. Zhang, and M.S. Mannan, “Engineering for Sustainable Development (ESD) in Bio-Diesel Production,” Transactions of the Institute of Chemical Engineers, Part B, Process Safety and Environmental Protection, vol. 85, no. B5, September 2007, pp. 349-359.
Markowski, A.S., and M.S. Mannan, “Development of the Incident Scenario for LOPA,” Proceedings of the 5th European Meeting on Chemistry and Environment, Vienna, Austria, May 3-5, 2006, pp. 1038-1046.
Olive, C., T.M. O’Connor, and M.S. Mannan, “Relationship of Safety Culture and Process Safety,” Journal of Hazardous Materials, vol. 130, no. 1-2, March 2006, pp. 133-140.
Mannan, M.S., H.H. West, K. Krishna, A.A. Aldeeb, N. Keren, S.R. Saraf, Y.-S. Liu, and M. Gentile, “The Legacy of Bhopal: The Impact Over the Last 20 Years and Future Direction,” Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, vol. 18, no. 4-6, July-November 2005, pp. 218-224.
Mannan, M.S., “The Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center-the first ten years,” Hydrocarbon Processing, vol. 85, no. 3, March 2005, pp. 65-71.
Mannan, M.S., H.H. West, K. Krishna, A.A. Aldeeb, N. Keren, S.R. Saraf, and M. Gentile, “The Legacy of Bhopal: The Impact Over the Last 20 Years and Future Direction,” Proceedings of International Conference on Bhopal Gas Tragedy and its Effects on Process Safety, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, December 1-3, 2004.
Mannan, M.S., H.H. West, N. Keren, and T.M. O’Connor, “Process Safety Issues for Small Businesses,” Proceedings of Hazards XVIII, Institution of Chemical Engineers, Manchester, United Kingdom, November 22-25, 2004.
Mannan, M.S., “Metody doswiadczalne I obliczeniowe w badaniach bezpieczenstwa procesowego,” Proceedings of the 3rd Polish Technical Conference, Kazimierz, Poland, June 7-8, 2004, pp. 31-38.
Rogers, W.J., Y-.S. Liu, and M.S. Mannan, “Experimental and Computational Methods for Process Safety Research,” Proceedings of the 3rd NRIFD Symposium, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan, March 10-12, 2004.
Fang, J.S., D.M. Ford, and M.S. Mannan, “Making the Business Case for Process Safety Using Value-at-Risk Concepts,” Proceedings of the 6th Annual Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center Symposium – Beyond Regulatory Compliance: Making Safety Second Nature, College Station, Texas, October 28-29, 2003, pp. 78-100.
Roberts, M.A., W.J. Rogers, M.S. Mannan, and S.W. Ostrowski, “Prevention and Suppression of Metal Packing Fires,” Proceedings of the 37th Annual Loss Prevention Symposium, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 30-April 3, 2003.
Mannan, M.S., “Goal Setting: A Systematic Approach to Chemical Safety Improvements,” Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Loss Prevention and Safety Promotion in the Process Industries, Stockholm, Sweden, June 19-21, 2001, pp. 117-139.
Frenkel, M., G.A. Iglesias-Silva, M.S. Mannan and K.R. Hall, “Fitting Vapor Pressure – Temperature Data: Simplicity and Unintended Consequences,” J. Fluid Phase Equilibria, vol. 183-184, 2001, pp. 217-228.
Mannan, M.S. and D.A. Kilpatrick, “The Pros and Cons of Shelter-In-Place,” Process Safety Progress, vol. 19, no. 4, December 2000, pp. 210-218.
Mannan, M.S., A. Akgerman, R.G. Anthony, R. Darby, P.T. Eubank, and K.R. Hall, “New Challenges in Chemical Engineering: Integrating Process Safety into Chemical Engineering Education and Research,” Chemical Engineering Education, vol. 33, no. 3, Summer 1999, pp. 198-209.
Iglesias-Silva, G.A., M.S. Mannan, F.Y. Shaikh, and K.R. Hall, “Excess Virial Coefficients with Application in Data Analysis,” Journal of Fluid Phase Equilibria, vol. 161, 1999, pp. 33-43.