2011 Spring Meeting & 7th Global Congress on Process Safety

Session: Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA) – Case Studies and Application Experience

Chair

John W. Champion, The Dow Chemical Company

Co-Chair

Douglas J. Ferguson, Primatech Inc

Presentations

01:30 PM

(18a) A Conceptual Approach to the Evaluation of Layers of Protection for Inherently Safer System Design
Jerry Chastain, Robert Kline

02:00 PM

(18b) High Demand, Low Demand, and Time at Risk (Important Considerations beyond Basic LOPA)
H. W. Thomas

02:30 PM

(18c) Incorporating and Quantifying Human Activities and Actions In Layer of Protection Analysis
Philip M. Myers

03:30 PM

(18d) The Interrelationship of Risk Criteria and Frequency Modifiers
Angela Summers

04:00 PM

(18e) How Layer of Protection Analysis In Europe Is Affected by the Guidance Drawn up After the Buncefield Accident
Richard Gowland

04:30 PM

(18f) Using LOPA for Sil Assignment: A Tale of Two Plants
Michael S. Schmidt, Dan Kilpatrick