HAZOP: Guide to Best Practice

3. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-0-323-39460-4
Verlag: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division

Buch, Englisch, 168 Seiten, Format (B × H): 151 mm x 226 mm, Gewicht: 266 g

HAZOP: Guide to Best Practice, 3rd Edition describes and illustrates the HAZOP study method, highlighting a variety of proven uses and approaches. This updated edition brings additional experience with which to assist the reader in delivering optimum safety and efficiency of performance of the HAZOP team. HAZOP is the most widely-used technique in the process industries for the identification of hazards and the planning of safety measures.

This book explains how to implement HAZOP techniques in new facilities and apply it to existing facilities. The content covers many of the possible applications of HAZOP and takes you through all the stages of a study. This simple, easily digestible book is a favorite in the chemical and process industries.

Zielgruppe

<p>Functional safety professionals; process engineers; chemical engineers; engineering managers; junior engineers; university students.</p>

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tyler, Brian

Crawley, Frank

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technische Zuverlässigkeit, Sicherheitstechnik
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Verfahrenstechnik, Chemieingenieurwesen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. Process hazard studies3. The HAZOP study method4. The detailed HAZOP study procedure5. Organizing a HAZOP study 6. Carrying out a study7. Recording 8. Training 9. Company procedures for HAZOP study 10. HAZOP study of computer-controlled processes11. Specific applications of HAZOP 12. Factors for a successful HAZOP study

Über Autor(innen)

Crawley, Frank
Frank Crawley is a seasoned Chemical Engineer with over 40 years of experience in the chemical and oil industries. He began his career in Olefine Plants and specialized in Nylon Intermediates following the Flixborough Explosion. Frank led the Loss Prevention group at a major oil company and has over a decade of consultancy in the offshore oil sector. He has published over 50 refereed technical papers and received the IChemE Franklin Medal for teaching safety. As a co-author of the "HAZOP Guide to Best Practice," Frank is recognized for his significant contributions to chemical engineering safety.

Tyler, Brian
Brian Tyler co-founded his consulting company with Bob Simmons in 1990 while also working at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST). With over 20 years of experience in organizing safety courses in the chemical industry, he focused on topics such as HAZOP, fire and explosion, and accident investigation. His course "HAZOP Study for Team Leaders and Team Members" continues to be offered by IChemE. Brian co-authored two IChemE monographs, "HAZOP: Guide to Best Practice" and "Hazard Identification Methods." In 2011, he became one of the first Associate Fellows of the Institution of Chemical Engineers.