New Video: FCC Unit Explosion
New US CSB video summarizing the events that led to the FCC unit explosion. [...]
1947 Texas City industrial accident
Today, we remember the 1947 Texas City industrial accident. The picture in our office, [...]
Kenexis Presents SIS Safety Lifecycle Seminar in Beijing
Kenexis President and CEO, Ed Marszal, presented a training seminar in Beijing, China. The [...]
Design of SIS Bypasses
The mechanism for the bypass needs to meet the requirements of the IEC 61511 [...]
Security PHA Review (SPR) and Security Levels
After reading an ISA article related to the application of Security PHA Review (SPR) [...]
Achilles JQS Registered
Achilles JQS Registered Supplier Kenexis Consulting Corporation is pleased to announce that it is a [...]
BSides DC 2016 Cybersecurity ICS Work
Recently, Jim Gilsinn presented at BSides DC 2016 about cybersecurity work on Industrial Control Systems [...]
Determining Shutoff Valve Leak Tightness Requirements
A prior blog on the Kenexis web site related to the requirements for tight-shutoff [...]
Benefit of Plume Fire Modeling over Point Models/Ray Tracing
Most process plant engineering includes the development of 3D models that define the facility [...]
Meet NORSOK Fire Detection Mapping Requirements with Kenexis Effigy
Companies that are participating in oil and gas production on the Norwegian Continental Shelf [...]
Benefit of Scenario Coverage for Fire and Gas Mapping
More and more fire and gas professionals are asking about the benefit of using [...]
Kenexis Speaks at China Chemical Safety Association 5th Workshop on Risk Control
Kenexis has accepted an invitation to speak at the China Chemical Safety Association 5th [...]
New Model RFQ for Fire and Gas Mapping
Kenexis has just refreshed our Model RFQ document for fire and gas mapping. It [...]
Sizing Graded Areas for FGS Mapping
When performing fire and gas mapping utilizing geographic coverage techniques, one needs to define [...]
Fire Detector Viewing Distance Attenuation Factors
The performance of optical fire detectors is generally defined by the test results that [...]
Gas Detector Scenario Coverage Using Gaussian Dispersion Models
In the past few years, the use of quantitative risk analysis tools to determine [...]
Effigy® Can Perform FGS Mapping in 2D, But Why?
There have been times when customers have asked whether or not our Effigy® fire and [...]
Beware of USB Charging Stations
As a consultant, I travel on a regular basis. When I travel, I usually have [...]
Kenexis – Houston Training Center
We have been presenting and hosting classes in the Kenexis – Houston Training Center. [...]
Another Limitation to Extending Test Intervals
A customer noted that some operating companies limit the extension of their test intervals [...]
Low O2 / High Combustibles Heater Shutdown
I received this customer question that is common enough that I thought that I [...]
Unavailability Simplified Equation Derivation
The process of safety integrity level (SIL) verification requires calculation of probability of failure [...]
Shevat
Kenexis is pleased to announce our newest business partner, Shevat Engineering and [...]
China University of Petroleum Licenses Effigy and Vertigo
The China University of Petroleum and Kenexis has signed licensing agreements that will allow the [...]
Optimizing Gas Detector Placement
Where it Leaks, Accumulates, and Migrates The process industries are starting to adopt performance-based design [...]