Process plants : a handbook for inherently safer design

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Process plants : a handbook for inherently safer design

Trevor Kletz

Taylor & Francis, 1998

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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This easy-to-read source provides a wealth of stimulating information on the design of inherently safer and user-friendly plants. It demonstrates how plants can withstand human error and equipment failure without serious effects on safety, output, or efficiency. Examples of user-friendly design and increased coverage on design procedures are implemented.

Table of Contents

Preface Preface to the First Edition 1. Introduction-What are Inherently Safer and User-Friendly Plants? 2.Inherently Safer Design-The Concept and its Scope and Benefits 3.Intensification 4.Substitution 5.Attenuation 6.Limitation of Effects 7.Simplification 8.Simplification -Specifications and Flexibility 9.Other Ways of Making Plants Friendlier 10.The Road to Friendlier Plants 11.Friendlier Plants and teh Nuclear Industry 12.Do We Go Too Far in Removing Risk 13.The History-and Future- of Inherently Safer and Friendlier Design Appendix-An Atlas of Safety Thinking Index

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