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Chemical process safety : fundamentals with applications /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Crowl, Daniel A.
Other Authors: Louvar, Joseph F.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall PTR, [2002]
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:Prentice-Hall international series in the physical and chemical engineering sciences.
Subjects:
Chemical plants > Safety measures.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Nomenclature
  • Introduction
  • Toxicology
  • Industrial hygiene
  • Source models
  • Toxic release and dispersion models
  • Fires and explosions
  • Designs to prevent fires and explosions
  • Introduction to reliefs
  • Relief sizing
  • Hazards identification
  • Risk assessment
  • Accident investigations
  • Case histories
  • Appendix A : unit conversion constants
  • Appendix B : flammability data for selected hydrocarbons
  • Appendix C : detailed equations for flammability diagrams
  • Appendix D : formal safety reveiw report for example 10-4
  • Appendix E : saturation vapor pressure data.