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456 Subject Index
overall process reliability and availability instrument failures 286,
simplification, (see 17 310
overall simplification) work process 314, 418, 420 mean time between
14, 143, 176 bench marking 423 failures 2, 224
single train/component front end loading 423 mechanical 30
185 value improvement methodology 236
piping 144, 207 practices (VIPs) 424 modeling 37, 44, 232
process integration 129 analytical 233
process intensification 13, r probabilistic 235
143, 167 RAM (reliability, availability, RAM 220, 246
building more compact maintainability) 31, 34, reliability engineering 31,
168 220, 246 219
centrifugal field 174 Ranking order of units 189, root cause analysis 2
increase heat and mass 444 single (reliable) (robust)
transfer 170 adsorption 189, 203 components 8, 14, 30,
reaction (reactor) 93 distillation 189, 198 42, 43
separation 107 extraction 189, 204 theory 222
Process synthesis 13, 67, 69, fluid transport 190, 207 (un)availability 226
72, 442 heat exchange 190, 206 validation 239
constraints 75 instruments 190, 210 Robustness 31
chemical reactivity 76 piping 190, 207
environmental 77 reactors 189, 190 s
fouling, corrosion, utility general rules 191, 198 Safety 11
constraints 78 Reaction (reactor) 70, 72, 73, inherently safer design 5,
physical and chemical 91, 92 7, 11, 58, 72, 91, 310
properties 75 adiabatic 180 integrity level 292
safety 75 combination of functions layers of protection 309
controllability 70, 72, 74 13, 98, 143 process risk management
flowsheet optimization 70, reaction and reaction strategies 310
72, 74 148 safety instrument system
hierarchical structure 70, reactive absorption 151 292
72 reactive adsorption 150 Self optimizing control 330,
idea generation 70, 72 reactive distillation 148 334, 337, 360
integration (see also process reactive extraction 150 Separation 70, 72, 74, 100,
integration) 70, 72, 74, reactive extrusion 149 113
114 reactive integrated heat coupled 158, 180
methodology 90 exchange 150 general structure 106
onion model 13, 46, 67 large scale 96 input and output streams
reaction, reactor 70, 72, 73, ranking order 190, 196 100
91, 92, 93 reactor model development, selection 101
separation 70, 72, 74, 100, and validation 390, 392 sequencing 105
113 simplification 93 simplification 107
selection 101 Reliability 2, 3, 14, 219, 416, Single component 187
sequencing 105 444 Single train 96, 185
site integration 70, 72, 74 applications 239, 241 Site (complex) integration 70,
common cause failure 72, 74, 137, 139
q 278 Site (complex) optimization
Quality process plant 16, 411, continuous improvement 5, 15, 257
417, 447 315, 411 Site vulnerability 251, 274
capacity 16 cycle 221 Storage capacity optimization
design 16, 411 data 228 265
operation optimization 17 distribution 228 Supply chain 9, 54, 272
quality of operation 17 failure rates 225, 280