Safety assessment for chemical processes [[electronic resource] /] / Jörg Steinbach

• Record Nr.: UNISA996197603703316
• Autore: Steinbach Jörg
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Weinheim ; ; New York, : Wiley-VCH, c1999
• ISBN: 1-281-76381-0; 9786611763817; 3-527-61176-2; 3-527-61175-4
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (321 p.)
• Disciplina: 660.0684; 660.2804
• Soggetti: Chemical plants - Safety measures; Chemical engineering - Safety measures; Hazardous substances - Safety measures
• 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 (p. [295]-299) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Safety Assessment for Chemical Processes; Contents; 1 Basic Terminology in Loss Prevention; 1.1 General Safety Terms; 1.1.1 Hazard Potential and Expectable Damage; 1.1.2 Risk; 1.2 Basic Terminology for Plant/Process Operation; 2 Procedure for Process Safety Investigations; 2.1 Scope of Investigation in its Dependence on the Process Development Stage; 2.2 Definition of Significant Plant or Process Modifications; 2.3 Types of investigations Corresponding to the Life Cycle Progress; 3 Test Methods For The Thermal Stability Assessment Of Substances And Mixtures; 3.1 Theoretical Considerations For Laboratory Processes3.2 Screening -Methods For kg-Scale Processes; 3.2.1 Difference Thermal Analysis (DTA) and Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC); 3.2.2 The Carius Tube Test; 3.2.3 The Miniautoclave Test; 3.2.4 Open Cup Measuring Techniques; 3.3 Further Basic Assessment Test Methods For kg-Scale Processes; 3.3.1 The Burning Test For Solids; 3.3.2 Test On The Ignitability Of Solids; 3.3.3 Flash-point of Liquids; 3.3.4 Ignition Temperature of Liquids; 3.4 Partial Testing for Explosion Risk; 3.5 ; Deflagration Testing; 3.6 Assignment of Testing Methods to Process Unit Operations for the kg-Scale3.7 References to Other Problems and Test Methods; 4 Methods for the Investigation and Assessment of Chemical Reactions; 4.1 Reaction Engineering Fundamentals; 4.1.1 Stoichiometry and Extent of Reaction; 4.1.2 Reaction Rate; 4.1.3 Ideal Reactor Models; 4.1.4 Introduction of Characteristic Numbers; 4.1.5 Mass Balances of the Ideal Reactors; 4.1.6 Sample Solutions for Isothermal Operating Conditions; 4.1.7 The General Heat Balance of Cooled Ideal Reactors; 4.2 The Heat Explosion Theory; 4.3 Investigation And Assessment Of Normal Operating Conditions4.3.1 The Safety Technical Assessment Of Normal Operating Conditions; 4.3.1.1 Safe Normal Operation Of The Cooled CSTR; 4.3.1.2 Safe Normal Operation of the Cooled PFTR; 4.3.1.3 Safe Normal Operation of Cooled Batch Reactors; 4.3.1.4 Safe Normal Operation of the Cooled Semibatch Reactor; 4.3.2 Special Problems In The Assessment Of Normal Operating Conditions; 4.3.2.1 Safe Normal Operation of Reactions Under Reflux; 4.3.2.2 Safe Normal Operation of Polymerization Reactions; 4.3.3 Investigation Methods for the Characterization of Normal Operating Conditions4.3.3.1 Fundamentals of Thermokinetics; 4.3.3.2 Reaction Calorimetry; 4.3.3.3 Thermokinetic Evaluation of Reaction Calorimetric Measurements; 4.4 investigation And Assessment Of Upset Operating Conditions; 4.4.1 The Safety Technical Assessment Of The Process Design For Upset Operating Conditions; 4.4.1.1 Assessment Of The CSTR Under Upset Operating Conditions; 4.4.1.2 The Assessment Of The SBR Under Upset Operating Conditions; 4.4.1.3 The Assessment Of The BR Under Upset Operating Conditions; 4.4.2 Methods For The Investigation Of Upset Operating Conditions
• Sommario/riassunto: In spite of the good safety records of chemical plants many people regard chemical production as dangerous because of a few major accidents that have occurred.A knowledge of at least the fundamentals of chemical safety technology is indispensable for chemists and engineers working in chemical industry. The increasingly stringent legal and administrative requirements can only be answered by more highly qualified employees.This book combines the author's experience of 15 years of research in the field of chemical safety and 10 years in the chemical industry. It provides newcomers

Quantum ising phases and transitions in transverse ising models / / Bikas K. Chakrabarti, Amit Dutta, Parongama Sen

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910130582003321
• Autore: Chakrabarti B. K (Bikas K.), <1952->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Springer, 1996
• ISBN: 3-642-33039-8
• Edizione: [2nd ed. 2013.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (XI, 403 p. 117 illus.)
• Collana: Lecture notes in physics. New series m, Monographs ; ; m41
• Altri autori (Persone): DuttaAmit <1968->; SenP <1963-> (Parongama)
• Disciplina: 530.474
• Soggetti: Ising model; Phase transformations (Statistical physics)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Transverse Ising Chain (Pure System) -- Transverse Ising System in Higher Dimensions (Pure Systems) -- ANNNI Model in Transverse Field -- Dilute and Random Transverse Ising Systems -- Transverse Ising Spin Glass and Random Field Systems -- Dynamics of Quantum Ising Systems -- Quantum Annealing -- Applications -- Related Models -- Brief Summary and Outlook -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Quantum phase transitions, driven by quantum fluctuations, exhibit intriguing features offering the possibility of potentially new applications, e.g. in quantum information sciences. Major advances have been made in both theoretical and experimental investigations of the nature and behavior of quantum phases and transitions in cooperatively interacting many-body quantum systems. For modeling purposes, most of the current innovative and successful research in this field has been obtained by either directly or indirectly using the insights provided by quantum (or transverse field) Ising models because of the separability of the cooperative interaction from the tunable transverse field or tunneling term in the relevant Hamiltonian. Also, a number of condensed matter systems can be modeled accurately in this approach, hence granting the possibility to compare advanced models with actual experimental results. This work introduces these quantum Ising models and analyses them both theoretically and numerically in great detail. With its tutorial approach ; the book addresses above all young researchers who wish to enter the field and are in search of a suitable and self-contained text, yet it will also serve as a valuable reference work for all active researchers in this area.