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UNINA9910876769703321 |
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Autore |
Atherton John |
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Incidents that define process safety / / John Atherton, Frederic Gil |
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Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-77422-0 |
9786612774225 |
0-470-92517-5 |
0-470-92516-7 |
1-60119-610-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (350 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Chemical plants - Accidents - United States |
Chemical industry - United States - Safety measures |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"Center for Chemical Process Safety." |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Incidents that Define Process Safety; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. BLIND OPERATIONS; Major Airplane Crash at Tenerife Airport, Pan Am 1736/KLM 4805, March 27, 1977; MD 83/Shorts 330 Crash at Paris Charles de Gaulle, France, May 25,2000; Three Mile Island Nuclear Reactor Core Meltdown, Pennyslvania, March 28, 1979; 3. DESIGN; Methy lsocyante Release, Bhopal, India, Dec. 3, 1984; NASA Challenger Disaster, Florida, USA, January 28, 1986; K-Boats - British Steam Powered Submarines in the First World War; Loss of Boeing 747-1 31 TWA Flight 800, July 17, 1996 |
Hindenburg Disaster, Lakehurst, NJ, USA, May 6, 19374. EXTERNAL CAUSES; Mexico City - Pemex LPG Terminal, November 19, 1984; Earthquake at Tupras Refinery, Izmit, Turkey, August 17, 1999; 5. INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE; Fire and Explosion at Whiddy Island, Bantry Bay, Ireland, January 8,1979; Sinking of the ""Erika"", December 12, 1999; Flight TS 236 Loss of Fuel Over the Altlantic, August 24, 2001; Fire on Board HMS Glagow, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK, September 23, 1976; HF Release at Marathon Oil Refinery, Texas City, USA, October 30, 1987 |
Oil Refinery Explosion and Fire at Texaco Milford Haven, July 24, |
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1994FCCU Explosion at Total La Mede, France, November 9, 1992; 6. KNOWLEDGE AND TRAINING; BLEVE at Elf Refinery, Feyzin, January 4, 1966; Ammonium Nitrate - Dangerous Fertiliser; Massive Dust Explosion at Courrieres Mine, France, March 10, 1906; 7. LACK OF HAZID (HAZard IDentification); Sinking of the Titanic, North Atlantic, April 15, 1912; Sinking of the Petrobras P-36 Semi-Submersible Production Vessel, Roncador Field, Brazil, May 15, 2001; Esso Longford Gas Plant Explosion, Australia, September 25, 1998 |
Explosion at BP Grangemouth Hydrocracker, March 22, 1987Reactive Chemicals; 8. MANAGEMENT OF CHANGE; Chernobyl, USSR - How a Safety Enhancement Experiment Turned into a World Scale Disaster, April 26, 1986; Dutch State Mines Nypro Plant, Flixborough, UK, June 1, 1974; 9. NOT LEARNING FROM NEAR MISSES; The Loss of the Space Shuttle ""Columbia,"" Over Texas, USA, February 1,2003; The Capsize of the Herald of Free Enterprise, Zebrugge, Belgium, March 6, 1987; Air France Concorde Crash, Paris, France, July 25, 2000; 10. OPERATING PRACTICES |
The British R101 Airship Disaster, France, October 5, 1930Hydrocracker Effluent Pipe Rupture, Tosco, Avon Refinery, California, USA, January 21, 1997; BP Texas City lsomerisation Unit Explosion, Texas, USA, March 23, 2005; 11. PERMIT TO WORK SYSTEMS; Motiva Enterprises LLC, Delware, USA, July 17, 2001; Phillips Pasadena, Texas, October 23, 1989; Piper Alpha Platform, UK, North Sea, July 6, 1988; Shell Port Edouard Herriot Depot, Lyon, France, June 2, 1987; BP Grangemouth Flare Line Fire, Scotland, UK, March 13 1987; 12. EMERGENCY RESPONSE |
ICMESA Seveso Italy Toxic Cloud Release, July 10, 1976 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Incidents That Define Process Safety describes approximately fifty incidents that have had a significant impact on the chemical and refining industries' approaches to modern process safety. Events are described in detail so readers get a fundamental understanding of the root causes, the consequences, the lessons learned, and actions that can prevent a recurrence. There are exhaustive investigative reports about these events, allowing you to apply the resulting safety principles to their current operations. |
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