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Loss prevention in the process industries : hazard identification, assessment and control / Frank P. Lees.

By: Lees, Frank P.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann, 1996Edition: 2nd ed.Description: various pagings, [34] p : ill(some col.), maps ; 25 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0750615478.Subject(s): Petroleum chemicals industry -- Great Britain -- Safety measuresDDC classification: 660.2804
Contents:
Vol. 1: Introduction -- Hazard, accident and loss -- Legislation and law -- Major hazard control -- Economics and insurance -- Management and management systems -- Reliability engineering -- Hazard Identification -- Hazard Assessment -- Plant siting and layout -- Process design -- Pressure system design -- Control system design -- Human factors and human error -- Emission and dispersion.
Vol. 2: Fire -- Explosion -- Toxic release -- Plant commissioning and inspection -- Plant operation -- Plant maintenance and modification -- Storage -- Transport -- Emergency planning -- Personal safety -- Accident research -- Information feedback -- Safety systems -- Computer aids -- Artificial intelligence and expert systems.
Vol. 3: Appendixes.
Holdings
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Over the last three decades the process industries have grown very rapidly, with corresponding increases in the quantities of hazardous materials in process, storage or transport. Plants are becoming larger and are often situated in or close to densely populated areas. Increased hazard of loss of life or property is continually highlighted with incidents such as Flixborough, Bhopal, Chernobyl and Piper Alpha. Increasing attention must therefore be paid to the control of these hazards, and in particular the need to develop a comprehensive approach to the avoidance of human and economic loss; this is loss prevention. Frank Lees has completely rewritten this classic reference work on loss prevention, bringing every aspect up to date. New chapters are included on computers, artificial intelligence and expert systems, and new appendices feature recent disasters such as Bhopal and Piper Alpha. The many thousands of references have been updated along with standards and codes of practice. Written in a clear and concise style, 'Loss Prevention in the Process Industries' covers traditional areas of personal safety as well as the more technological aspects and thus provides balanced and in-depth coverage of the whole field of safety and loss prevention.

Previous ed.: 1980.

Bibliography: p. 1-502.(v.3). - Includes indexes.

Vol. 1: Introduction -- Hazard, accident and loss -- Legislation and law -- Major hazard control -- Economics and insurance -- Management and management systems -- Reliability engineering -- Hazard Identification -- Hazard Assessment -- Plant siting and layout -- Process design -- Pressure system design -- Control system design -- Human factors and human error -- Emission and dispersion.

Vol. 2: Fire -- Explosion -- Toxic release -- Plant commissioning and inspection -- Plant operation -- Plant maintenance and modification -- Storage -- Transport -- Emergency planning -- Personal safety -- Accident research -- Information feedback -- Safety systems -- Computer aids -- Artificial intelligence and expert systems.

Vol. 3: Appendixes.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Introduction
  • Hazard accident and loss
  • Legislation and law
  • Major hazard control
  • Economics and insurance
  • Management systems
  • Reliability engineering
  • Hazard identification and safety audit
  • Hazard assessment
  • Plant siting and layout
  • Process design
  • Pressure system design
  • Control system design
  • Human factors in process control
  • Emission and dispersion
  • Fire
  • Explosion
  • Toxic release
  • Plant commissioning and inspection
  • Plant operation
  • Plant maintenance and modification
  • Storage
  • Transport
  • Emergency planning
  • Personal safety
  • Accident research
  • Information feedback
  • Safety systems
  • Computer aids
  • Artificial intelligence and expert systems
  • APPENDICES - Case histories
  • Flixborough
  • Seveso
  • Mexico City
  • Bhopal
  • Pasadena
  • Canvey Reports
  • Rijnmond Report;Laboratories
  • Pilot plants
  • Pollution
  • Noise
  • Safety factors for simple relief systems
  • Failure and event data
  • Earthquakes
  • San Carlos de la Rapita
  • ACDS Transport Hazards Report
  • Offshore
  • Piper Alpha
  • Nuclear energy
  • Three Mile Island
  • Chernobyl
  • Rasmussen Report
  • ACMH Licence Model Conditions
  • HSE Guidelines on Developments Near Major Hazards
  • Public enquiries
  • Standards and Codes
  • Institutional publications
  • Information sources
  • Units and unit conversions

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