Risk Analysis and Reduction in the Chemical Process Industry
Chapman and Hall (Verlag)
978-0-7514-0374-9 (ISBN)
Under these programmes existing and new processes are rigorously examined to determine the possible causes and consequences of failure, and the results used to improve the process to make failure less likely. Any process audit, aimed at improving safety or lessening the environmental impact, cannot be carried out using intuition or experience alone, so the discipline of risk analysis has grown as a collection of tools and methods which can be utilized to give a quantitative assessment of the risks involved in operating any given process. In this new book the authors present risk analysis and reduction in a clear and unified way, emphasizing the various different methods which can be used together in a global approach to risk analysis in the chemical process industries.
Originally conceived as a text book for graduate level courses in chemical engineering, the clear presentation and thorough coverage will ensure that anyone involved in risk assessment, environmental impact assessment or safety planning will find this book an invaluable source of reference.
1 Introduction and general concepts.- 2 Hazard identification techniques.- 3 Consequence analysis: fires and explosions.- 4 Consequence analysis: release of hazardous substances.- 5 Vulnerability of persons and installations.- 6 Quantitative risk assessment.- 7 Risk reduction in the design of chemical plants.- 8 Risk reduction in operation and maintenance.- 9 Emergency planning.- 10 Legislation, standards and design codes.- Appendix: Some cases of industrial accidents.- A1 Explosions caused by runaway reactions: the accident in the Union Carbide facilities at Seadrift, Texas, 1991.- A1.1 Installation characteristics.- A1.2 Chronology.- A1.3 Causes of the accident.- A1.4 Design and safety considerations.- A1.5 Conclusions.- A.2 Accidents originating with operations of loading and unloading of containers: the accident in the EMPAK facilities, Deer Park, Texas, 1988.- A2.1 Installation characteristics.- A2.2 Chronology.- A2.3 Causes of the accident.- A2.4 Safety considerations and conclusions.- A3 Destruction of process and storage containers by vacuum: various cases.- A3.1 Case 1.- A3.2 Case 2.- A3.3 Case 3.- A4 Unconfined vapour cloud explosions. The case of the Nypro plant at Flixborough (United Kingdom).- A4.1 Installation characteristics.- A4.2 Chronology of the accident.- A4.3 Analysis of the causes of the accident.- A5 Toxic emissions caused by runaway reactions: the accidents of Seveso (Italy) and Bhopal (India).- A5.1 The dioxin emission at Seveso (1976).- A5.2 The escape of methyl isocyanate (MIC) at Bhopal (1984).- A6 References.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.11.1997 |
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Übersetzer | J. Hutchinson |
Zusatzinfo | XII, 370 p. |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Genetik / Molekularbiologie |
Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie ► Technische Chemie | |
Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-7514-0374-1 / 0751403741 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-7514-0374-9 / 9780751403749 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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