Evaluation of the Effects and Consequences of Major Accidents in Industrial Plants, Second Edition, covers the essential aspects of a diverse range of major accidents including fires, explosions and toxic clouds, and provides the key models necessary to calculate their effects and consequences with applications to real incidents. New topics in this up-to-date edition include dust explosions, evaluation of frequencies and probabilities, domino effect, transportation of hazardous materials, and analysis of significant accidents.The new edition of Evaluation of the Effects and Consequences of Major Accidents in Industrial Plants is a valuable resource to engineers from the chemical/petrochemical industry and those working with the transportation of hazardous materials (by road, rail, or pipelines), in addition to engineering companies and academics alike.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Elsevier
ISBN-10
0444638830
ISBN-13
9780444638830
eBay Product ID (ePID)
23038283793
Product Key Features
Author
Joaquim Casal
Publication Name
Evaluation of the Effects and Consequences of Major Accidents in Industrial Plants
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2017
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
570 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Width
7.5in
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
T55.25.C37 2018
Edition Number
2
Table of Content
1. Introduction 2. Source term 3. Fire accidents 4. Vapour cloud explosions 5. BLEVEs and vessel explosions 6. Dust explosions 7. Atmospheric dispersion of toxic or flammable clouds 8. Vulnerability 9. Determination of accident frequencies 10. Domino effect 11. Quantitative risk analysis 12. Transportation of hazardous materials
Copyright Date
2018
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Environmental / General, Industrial Health & Safety, Chemical & Biochemical