Overpressure, Runaway Reactions and Explosions Volume Two: Engineering Safety - electronic book

• Practical guidance on preventing pressure upsets, runaway reactions, and explosions
• Process-hazards analysis recommendations
• Safe operation of pressure vessels, vacuum systems, and pneumatic transfer systems
• Flare optimization and compressed gas cylinder safety
• Tips on rupture disks, gaskets, and pressure relief systems

• Process and mechanical engineers
• Plant operators and safety managers
• Project engineers and project managers
• Instrumentation and control engineers
• Maintenance and reliability engineers in the CPI

Articles Include

• Control Valves: An Evolution In Design
• Advanced Control Methods for Combustion
• Engineering for Plant Safety
• Using Rupture Disks with Pressure Relief Valves
• Troubleshooting Field Failures of Rupture Disks
• Managing Pressure while Pigging an Oil Pipeline
• Evaluating and Reducing the Risks Of Pneumatic Pressure Testing
• Evaluate Heat-Exchanger Tube-Rupture Scenarios Using Dynamic Simulation
• Pressure Relief Requirement During External Pool-Fire Contingency
• Pressure-Vessel Quality Control Requirements
• Overpressure Protection: Consider Low Temperature Effects in Design
• Control Valve Selection: True Cost Savings Are Available
• Decoding Pressure Vessel Design
• Vapor Depressurization: Concept and Implementation
• Piping-System Leak Detection and Monitoring for the CPI
• Flare-Gas Recovery Methods for Olefin Plants
• Piping Design for Potentially Lethal Chemicals
• Safety in Sulfuric Acid Storage Tanks
• Compressed Gases: Managing Cylinders Safely
• Reduce Hazards in Process Vacuum Systems
• Forces Acting on a Gasket
• Optimizing Flare Operation Through Proper Design
• Process Hazards Analysis Methods
• Vacuum Systems: Recommendations For Safe Operation

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