Process and Plant Safety

• Main Author: Hauptmanns, Ulrich (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer Vieweg, 2015.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Chemistry.; Quality control.; Reliability.; Industrial safety.; Pollution prevention.; Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk.; Safety in Chemistry, Dangerous Goods.; Industrial Pollution Prevention.

Accidents in technical installations are random events. Hence they cannot be totally avoided. Only the probability of their occurrence may be reduced and their consequences be mitigated. The book proceeds from hazards caused by materials and process conditions to indicating technical and organizatio...

Table of Contents:

• Hazardous materials and operating conditions
• Exothermic and pressure generating reactions-safe design and operation of plants.-Simulation of accidents.- Personal safety and personal protective equipment.- Protection of plants based on control.- Protection of equipment (end-of-the-pipe technology).- Plant systems analysis.-  Modelling of accident consequences, risk analysis and valuation
• Functional safety.- Determination of appropriate distances.