| Description |
1 online resource (563 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Glossary -- Acknowledgments -- Online Materials Accompanying this Book -- Preface -- 1 Introduction and Regulatory Overview -- 1.1 Purpose of this Book -- 1.2 Target Audience -- 1.3 Process Safety -- What Is It? -- 1.4 Process Safety, Occupational Safety, and Environmental Impact -- 1.5 History of Process Safety -- 1.6 Basic Process Safety Definitions -- 1.7 Organization of the Book -- 1.8 Use of this Book in University Courses -- 1.9 Exercises -- 1.10 References |
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2 Risk Based Process Safety -- 2.1 Learning Objectives -- 2.2 Incident: BP Refinery Explosion, Texas City, Texas, 2005 -- 2.3 Risk Based Process Safety -- 2.4 Pillar: Commit to Process Safety -- 2.5 Pillar: Understand Hazards and Risk -- 2.6 Pillar: Manage Risk -- 2.7 Pillar: Learn from Experience -- 2.8 What a New Engineer Might Do -- 2.9 Summary -- 2.10 Exercises -- 2.11 References -- 3 Process Safety Regulations, Codes, and Standards -- 3.1 Learning Objectives -- 3.2 Incident: Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway Derailment and Fire, Quebec, Canada, 2013 -- 3.3 Regulations, Codes and Standards |
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3.4 What a New Engineer Might Do -- 3.5 Tools -- 3.6 Summary -- 3.7 Other Incidents -- 3.8 Exercises -- 3.9 References -- 4 Fire and Explosion Hazards -- 4.1 Learning Objectives -- 4.2 Incident: Imperial Sugar Dust Explosion, Port Wentworth, Georgia, 2008 -- 4.3 Introduction to Fires -- 4.4 Types of Fires -- 4.5 Types of Explosions -- 4.4 Fire and Explosion Prevention -- 4.7 What a New Engineer Might Do -- 4.8 Tools -- 4.9 Summary -- 4.10 Other Incidents -- 4.11 Exercises -- 4.12 References -- 5 Reactive Chemical Hazards -- 5.1 Learning Objectives |
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5.2 Incident: T-2 Laboratories Reactive Chemicals Explosion, Jacksonville, Florida, 2007 -- 5.3 Introduction to Chemical Reactivity -- 5.4 Reactive Chemicals Testing -- 5.5 Reactive Chemicals Hazard Screening and Evaluation -- 5.6 Reactive Chemical Incident Prevention and Mitigation -- 5.7 What a New Engineer Might Do -- 5.8 Tools -- 5.9 Summary -- 5.10 Other incidents -- 5.11 Exercises -- 5.12 References -- 6 Toxic Hazards -- 6.1 Learning Objectives -- 6.2 Incident: Methyl Isocyanate Release Bhopal, India, 1984 -- 6.3 Toxins and Pathways -- 6.4 Exposure and concentration limits |
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6.5 Toxic Incident Prevention and Mitigation -- 6.6 What a New Engineer Might Do -- 6.7 Tools -- 6.8 Summary -- 6.9 Other Incidents -- 6.10 Exercises -- 6.11 References -- 7 Chemical Hazards Data Sources -- 7.1 Learning Objectives -- 7.2 Incident: Concept Sciences Explosion, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1999 -- 7.3 Chemical Hazards Data -- 7.4 What a New Engineer Might Do -- 7.5 Tools -- 7.6 Summary -- 7.7 Exercises -- 7.8 References -- 8 Other Hazards -- 8.1 Learning Objectives -- 8.2 Incident: Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Release, Japan, 2011 |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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8.3 Types of Hazards (Beyond Chemical Hazards) |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781119830993 |
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1119830990 |
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