Guidelines for fire protection in chemical, petrochemical, and hydrocarbon processing facilities [[electronic resource]]

• Pubblicazione: New York, NY, : Center for Chemical Process Safety of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, c2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (482 p.)
• Disciplina: 660.2804; 660/.2804
• Soggetto topico: Chemical plants - Fires and fire prevention; Chemicals - Fires and fire prevention
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Guidelines for Fire Protection in Chemical, Petrochemical, and Hydrocarbon Processing Facilities; CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; 1 Introduction; 1.1. Scope; 1.2. Who Will Benefit from This Guideline?; 1.2.1. What Is Fire Protection?; 1.2.2. Examples; 1.3. Relation to Other CCPS Guidelines and Resources; 2 Management Overview; 2.1. Management Commitment; 2.2. Integration with Other Management Systems; 2.3. Balancing Protection; 2.4. Cost-Benefit; 3 Fire Protection Strategy; 3.1. Key Factors in a Fire Protection Strategy; 3.1.1. Acceptable Loss; 3.1.2. Cost of Fires ; 3.1.3. Insurance Coverage3.1.4. Installed Systems versus Emergency Response; 3.1.5. Prescriptive versus Performance-Based Design; 3.2. Developing a Fire Protection Strategy; 3.3. Integration with Other Management Systems; 3.4. Integration with the Lifecycle of a Facility; 3.4.1. Design; 3.4.2. Construction and Commissioning; 3.4.3. Operations; 3.4.4. Decommissioning; 4 Overview of Fire Prevention Elements; 4.1. Audit Program; 4.1.1. The Audit Process; 4.1.2. Qualifications and Staffing; 4.1.3. Frequency of Audits; 4.1.4. Application to Fire Protection; 4.2. Layout and Spacing ; 4.3. Control of Ignition Sources4.3.1. Electrical Area Classification; 4.3.2. Personal Ignition Sources; 4.3.3. Hot Work; 4.3.4. Static Electricity; 4.4. Employee Training; 4.5. Housekeeping; 4.5.1. Housekeeping Program; 4.5.2. Process Area Housekeeping; 4.5.3. Dust Control; 4.5.4. Inappropriate Storage and Handling; 4.5.5. Housekeeping and Equipment; 4.5.6. Cleaning Materials; 4.6. Incident Investigation; 4.6.1. Incident Investigation Process; 4.6.2. Application to Fire Prevention; 4.7. Inherently Safer Design; 4.8. Plant Maintenance; 4.8.1. Poor Maintenance ; 4.8.2. Good Maintenance Program Elements4.9. Management of Change; 4.9.1. Personnel Changes; 4.9.2. Process Changes; 4.9.3. Maintenance Turnarounds; 4.10. Material Hazards; 4.10.1. Materials Hazard Evaluation Program; 4.10.2. Material Safety Data Sheets; 4.11. Alarm and Surveillance; 4.11.1. Security; 5 Fire Hazard Analysis; 5.1. Hazardous Chemicals and Processes; 5.2. Recognize What You Want to Understand; 5.3. Identification of Inventories; 5.4. Define Fire Scenarios; 5.5. Calculate Potential Fire Hazard; 5.5.1. Ignition and Combustion; 5.5.2. Heat Transfer ; 5.5.3. Fire Growth and Heat Release5.5.4. Solid Materials; 5.5.5. Enclosure Effects; 5.6. Flash Fires; 5.7. Fireballs; 5.8. Liquid or Pool Fires; 5.8.1. Uelease Rate; 5.8.2. Pool Size; 5.8.3. Flame Height; 5.8.4. Duration of Burning Pools; 5.8.5. Heat Transfer; 5.8.6. Convective Heat Transfer above the Plume; 5.9. Gas and Jet Fires; 5.9.1. Estimating Discharge Rates; 5.9.2. Jet Flame Size; 5.9.3. Heat Transfer; 5.9.4. Radiative Exposure; 5.10. Solid Fires; 5.11. Fire Impact to Personnel, Structures, and Equipment; 5.11.1. Impact to Personnel; 5.11.2. Impact to Structures ; 5.11.3. Thermal and Nonthermal Impact on Electrical and Electronic Equipment
• Sommario/riassunto: While there are many resources available on fire protection and prevention in chemical petrochemical and petroleum plants-this is the first book that pulls them all together in one comprehensive resource. This book provides the tools to develop, implement, and integrate a fire protection program into a company or facility's Risk Management System. This definitive volume is a must-read for loss prevention managers, site managers, project managers, engineers and EHS professionals. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
• Titolo autorizzato: Guidelines for fire protection in chemical, petrochemical, and hydrocarbon processing facilities
• ISBN: 1-282-77417-4; 9786612774171; 0-470-92504-3; 1-59124-664-4; 0-470-92503-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910143237903321
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