Inherently safer chemical processes : a life cycle approach

• Corporate Author: American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Center for Chemical Process Safety
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Hoboken, N.J. : Center for Chemical Process Safety ; Wiley, ©2009.
• Edition: 2nd ed.
• Series: CCPS concept book.
• Subjects: Chemical engineering > Safety measures.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781601197238; 1601197233; 9780471778929; 0471778923; 9780470925195; 0470925191
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xx, 411 pages) : illustrations, digital, HTML and PDF files

Inherently Safer Chemical Processes presents a holistic approach to making the development, manufacture, and use of chemicals safer. It discusses strategies for substituting more benign chemicals at the development stage, minimizing risk in the transportation of chemicals, using safer processing met...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. The concept of inherent safety
• 3. The role of inherently safer concepts in process risk management
• 4. Inherently safer strategies
• 5. Life cycle stages
• 6. Human factors
• 7. Inherent safety and security
• 8. Implementing inherently safer design
• 9. Inherently safer design conflicts
• 10. Inherently safer design regulatory initiatives
• 11. Worked examples and case studies
• 12. Future initiatives
• App. A. Inherently safer technology checklist
• App. B. Inherent safety analysis approaches
• App. C. Applying inherent safety to risk based process safety.