Incidents that define process safety [[electronic resource] /] / John Atherton, Frederic Gil

• Autore: Atherton John
• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (350 p.)
• Disciplina: 660.2804; 660/.2804
• Soggetto topico: Chemical plants - Accidents - United States; Chemical industry - United States - Safety measures
• Altri autori: GilFrederic
• Note generali: "Center for Chemical Process Safety."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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, 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Incidents that define process safety
• ISBN: 1-282-77422-0; 9786612774225; 0-470-92517-5; 0-470-92516-7; 1-60119-610-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910830013203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II