Hazards XI : new directions in process safety : a three-day symposium / organised by the Institution of Chemical Engineers (North Western Branch) and held at UMIST, Manchester, 16-18 April 1991 ; organising committee, N. Gibson, chairman ... [et al.]..
By: Hazards (Symposium).
Contributor(s): Gibson, N. (Norbert) | Institution of Chemical Engineers (Great Britain). North Western Branch.
Material type: BookSeries: Symposium series (Institution of Chemical Engineers (Great Britain)): 124Publisher: Rugby, UK : New York : The Institution ; Hemisphere Pub. Corp, c1991Description: x, 440 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 0852952694; 1560322330 (Hemisphere).Subject(s): Chemical engineering -- Safety measures -- CongressesDDC classification: 660.2804Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 660.2804 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00021693 |
"EFCE event no. 446.".
"EFCE publication no. 91.".
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An evaluation of chemically related disasters using the Bradford Disaster Scale -- Lithuanian ammonia accident, March 20th 1989 -- An overview of the Shell fluroaromatics plant explosion -- Explosions in offshore modules -- The assessment of major hazards: The lethal effects of a condensed phase explosion in a build-up area -- Vapor cloud explosion blast modelling -- Scaled experiments to study vapour cloud explosions -- Prediction of aerosol formation from the release of pressurized, superheated liquids to the atmosphere -- Electrostatic hazards in the use of flexible intermediate bulk containers -- Glandless pumps and valves - a tecnical update -- Containment of explosive blast in a spherical vessel with nozzles -- Immediate and underlying causes of vessel failures: Implications for including management and organisational factors in quantified risk assessment -- Research into the structural integrity of LNG tanks -- Classification of energetic industrial chemicals for transport -- A comparison of the explosion hazards associated with the transport of explosives and industrial chemicals with explosive properties -- Inherently safer plants - recent progess -- A chemical approach to inherent safety -- The safe design of chemical plants with no need for pressure relief systems -- Some considerations on the damage criteria and safety distances for industrial explosions -- Use of acoustic emission in inspection investigations within ICI -- Computers in chemical plant - a need for safety awareness -- The application of Total Quality Management to hazard studies and their recording -- Hazcheck and the development of major incidents -- A feasibility study into the use of expert systems for explosion relief vent design -- The selection of trip system configuration -- Risk assessment and control in biotechnology -- Measuring and monitoring containment in bioprocess equipment -- Process validation and safety in biotechnology -- Regulatory oversight of the use of genetically modified organisms