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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459273003321

Autore

Kletz Trevor A.

Titolo

Process plants : a handbook for inherently safer design

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton : , : Taylor & Francis, , 2010

ISBN

0-429-09242-3

1-62870-486-1

1-4398-0456-7

Edizione

[2nd ed. /]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (386 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AmyottePaul

Disciplina

660/.2804

Soggetti

Chemical plants - Safety measures

Chemical plants - Design and construction

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front cover; Contents; Preface to theFirst Edition; Preface to theSecond Edition; Authors; Chapter 1. Introduction: What Are Inherently Safer and User-Friendly Plants?; Chapter 2. Inherently Safer Design: The Concept and Its Scope and Benefits; Chapter 3. Intensification; Chapter 4. Substitution; Chapter 5. Attenuation; Chapter 6. Limitation of Effects; Chapter 7. Simplification; Chapter 8. Simplification: Specifications and Flexibility; Chapter 9. Other Ways of Making Plants Friendlier; Chapter 10. The Road to Friendlier Plants

Chapter 11. Inherently Safer Design and Process-Safety ManagementChapter 12. Friendlier Plants and the Nuclear Industry; Chapter 13. The Role of Inherently Safer Design in Dust Explosion Prevention and Mitigation; Chapter 14. Inherent-Safety Case Studies; Chapter 15. Do We Go Too Far in Removing Risk?; Chapter 16. The History and Future of Inherently Safer and User-Friendly Design; Appendix: An Atlas of Safety Thinking; Index; Back cover

Sommario/riassunto

Covers the design of inherently safer and user-friendly plants. This book demonstrates how chemical plants can withstand human error and equipment failures without serious effects on safety, output, or efficiency. It features sections that address the hierarchy of controls and highlight human factors in determining risk.