Evaluation of the effects and consequences of major accidents in industrial plants

The book analyzes the different major accidents which can occur in process plants and during the transportation of hazardous materials. The main features of fires, explosions and toxic releases are discussed, and a set of mathematical models allowing the prediction of their effects and consequences...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Casal, Joaquim
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam ; London : Elsevier, ©2008.
SeriesIndustrial safety series ; v. 8.
Subjects
Industrial accidents.
Industrial accidents > Mathematical models.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780444530813
9780080554617
Physical Description1 online zdroj (xiv, 363 pages) : illustrations.

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Table of Contents:
  • Preface v
  • 1. Introduction 1
  • 2. Source term 19
  • 3. Fire accidents 61
  • 4. Vapour cloud explosions 119
  • 5. BLEVEs and vessel explosions 147
  • 6. Atmospheric dispersion of toxic or flammable
  • clouds 195
  • 7. Vulnerability 249
  • 8. Quantitative risk analysis 291
  • Nomenclature 329
  • References 331
  • Annex 1 Constants in the Antoine equation 333
  • Annex 2 Flammability levels, flash temperature and heat of combustion (higher value) for different substances 335
  • Annex 3 Acute Exposure Guideline Levels (AEGLs) 337
  • Annex 4 Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health concentrations (IDLH) 345
  • Annex 5 Determining the damage to humans from explosions using characteristic curves 347
  • Index 353.

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