Hazardous area classification in petroleum and chemical plants : a guide to mitigating risk

"This book discusses fire hazards, occupancy hazards, extinguishing methods, and hazard identification and classification of materials. It provides simple, readily recognizable and easily understood markings for materials which will give at a glance, a general idea of the inherent hazards of an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Bahadori, Alireza (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, [2013]
Subjects
Chemical processes > Safety measures.
Chemical plants > Management.
Petroleum refineries > Safety measures.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781482206463
1482206463
9781523108046
1523108045
9781482206456
1482206455
Physical Description1 online resource (xxix, 534 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Classification of fires and fire hazard properties
  • 2. Hazardous area classification
  • 3. Layout and spacing
  • 4. Fire alarm systems and automatic detectors
  • 5. Firefighting sprinkler systems
  • 6. Carbon dioxide gas fire extinguishing systems
  • 7. Dry chemical fire extinguishing systems
  • 8. Foam generating and proportioning systems
  • 9. Fire-fighting and fire protection facilities.

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