AIChE's Center for Chemical Process Safety--Providing process safety technology for industry

From: Chemical Engineering Progress | Date: July 1, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

Editors' Note: The following is compiled from the recent Operations Report of AIChE's Center for Chemical Process Safety. For more information, or to receive a copy of the report, call 212/705-7319 or e-mail ccps@aiche.org.

Through its 13 years of serving the process industries, the Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) has focused on four key elements: Advancing state-of-the-art process safety technology and management practices;

Serving as a premier resource for information on process safety; Fostering process safety in chemical engineering and related science and engineering ...

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