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RiskEva Consulting draws on the experience and expertise of senior consultants, academicians, practicing engineers and managers with specific skills in the domain of process safety and risk management. Our faculties are selected from well-known institutions including the Indian Institutes of Technology and others. Industry practitioners are invited from diverse sectors such as manufacturing, process engineering and insurance
Our expertise and services are offered in the following
areas
HAZOP and Safety Assessment Studies
The Hazard and Operability Analysis (HAZOP) technique helps (i)
evaluate hazards in a process plant, and (ii) identify operability
problems which, although not unsafe, could impair the plant’s
efficiency. Based on detailed information on the design and
operation of a process, it is very effective for use with existing
operations. But today it is most often used to analyze processes
during or after the detailed design stage. HAZOP Analysis requires
an interdisciplinary team, which uses a creative, systematic
approach to identify hazard and operability problems resulting
from deviations from the design intent of the process, which
could result in undesirable consequences.
What we do: Provide necessary technical skills
and assistance to the execution of HAZOP for a wide variety
of processes: both
continuous and batch and seek suitable safety solutions.
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Process Hazard Evaluation
Process hazard evaluation, is one of the most important elements
of a process safety management program. Process Hazard Analysis
(PHA) is a structured effort to identify and analyze the significance
of potential hazards associated with the processing or handling
of highly hazardous chemicals. PHA can aid decision-making
for improving safety and reducing the consequences of unwanted
or
unintended releases of hazardous chemicals. A PHA is directed
toward analyzing potential causes and consequences of fires,
explosions, releases of toxic or flammable chemicals and major
spills of hazardous chemicals. A typical PHA can focus on almost
all aspects of a process plant: equipment, instrumentation,
utilities, human actions (routine and nonroutine), external
factors that
might impact the process, and so on. These considerations help
determine the hazards and potential failure points or failure
modes in a process.
What we do: The success of a PHA rests on
the selection of the right technique for the problem at hand
and its effective
application.
We provide assistance in both these domains to help organizations
extract the best benefits.
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Quantitative Process Risk Assessment
Risk has been defined as a measure of economic loss or human
injury (or fatality) in terms of both the incident likelihood
and the magnitude of the loss or injury. The evaluation
and minimization of risk to acceptable levels is now integral
to chemical process safety management. It is also required by government regulations.
Experience in the chemical industry worldwide over the
last two decades suggests that risk estimation coupled with
the right tools for decision making helps establish an effective
safety management system and also provide basis for investments
in risk reduction measures/controls: engineering or procedural.
It can lead to minimization of losses (due to human fatality and
/ or equipment failure). Such risk evaluation procedures can
be employed with varying degrees of rigour at various stages of the
life of a chemical process facility. What we do:
Undertake risk analysis of process plants to identify the
critical risk sources and strategies for their reduction
/ control.
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Incident Investigation
One of principal elements of chemical process safety management
is incident investigation. Contemporary experience in the chemical
industry worldwide suggests that incident (including near-miss
situations) investigation can help provide valuable information
towards minimization of future losses (due to human fatality
and/or equipment damage). In recent years several useful techniques
have been developed for improving the effectiveness of accident
analysis, such as: Layered Investigation, Management Oversight
and Risk Tree, Multiple-Cause, Systems-Oriented Incident Investigation,
etc. The study of case histories of past accidents in similar
facilities elsewhere is also important in the area of safety
as they provide considerable information to help avoid hazardous
situations and potentially life-threatening accidents. In accident
analysis the application of quantitative methods can provide
valuable insight to the causative factors.
What we do: Provide assistance
to incident investigations involves an analysis of a wide
variety of physical evidences and use of
quantitative techniques to help connect the cause to the
effect precisely.
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Loss Prediction and Prevention
Loss prevention for a process industry involves a multi-pronged
strategy which includes among others the following: Techniques
for prevention of accidents; Prerelease mitigation techniques;
Design approaches for safe operation, Detection of leaks
of hazardous substances; Post-release mitigation, Prediction
and reduction
of human errors, Safety audits, etc.
What we do: Help organizations
identify opportunities for loss prevention through the adoption
of a wide variety
of technologies.
Our focus is on arriving at optimal solutions for safety-related
investments through cost-benefit analysis.
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Process Safety Management
Process safety management (PSM) involves proactive identification,
evaluation and mitigation or prevention of chemical releases
that could occur as a result of failures in process, procedures
or equipment. It is a multi-pronged strategy that covers evaluation
of several aspect of a process plant: technology, design, operational
and maintenance activities and procedures, emergency plans
etc. Various lines of defense that have been incorporated into
the design and operation of the process to prevent or mitigate
the release of hazardous chemicals need to be evaluated and
strengthened to ensure their effectiveness at each level. This
necessarily involves critical decision-making on financial
investments necessary to improve process safety levels.
What we do:
These courses help introduce the relevant concepts and
formulations for industry personnel, especially those managing
process operations and safety. The approach adopted is a practice-oriented
with an emphasis on quantitative techniques, wherever necessary.
Each module is supplemented by detailed course material which features
case studies illustrating the basic concepts.
The duration of each course module ranges from 2 – 5
days depending on the scope and rigour desired by the organization. Customized courses
can also be made available as required.
Select training course modules for the process industry available
with us are:
1. Process hazard analysis
2. Applications of hazard and operability (HAZOP) methods
3. Quantitative process risk and loss assessment
4. Applications of quantitative process risk assessment
5. Decision making for process risk management
6. Loss prevention strategies for process industries
7. Learning from chemical process incident investigations
8. Designing for chemical process safety
9. Pipeline risk assessment
10. Safety management for offshore process facilities
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