Improving Plant Safety- Volume 1: Equipment Design and Operation - electronic book

• Guidance for preventing pressure-relief and fire hazards
• Practical approaches to reducing dust and combustible powder risks
• Engineering recommendations for safe pump, valve, and rupture-disk operation
• Safe design and maintenance of chemical storage tanks
• Tips for monitoring flame hazards and improving process temperature measurements
• Recommendations for laboratory safety, including exhaust systems and safety checklists

• 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
• Laboratory managers handling hazardous chemicals

Articles Include

• Avoiding Pressure-Relief Problems
• Static Electricity Discharge and Fire Prevention
• Gas Detection
• Engineering for Plant Safety
• Advances in Process Temperature Measurement: Trends and Technologies
• Avoiding Static Sparks in Hazardous Atmospheres
• Monitoring Flame Hazards in Chemical Plants
• Fire-Water Pumps for CPI
• Valve-Selection Best Practices
• Proper Sizing and Installation for Steam System Safety Valves
• Key Considerations in Specifying Control Valves
• Getting the Most From Severe-Service Valves
• Technologies for Throttling Valve Control
• Pump Safety: Flirting with Disaster
• Considering Fugitive Emissions During the Conceptual Design Stage
• Eye on Flare Systems
• Dust Control in the Chemical Process Industries
• Dust Explosions: Prevention & Protection
• Prevent Combustible Dust Explosions with Nitrogen Inerting
• Dust Management in Bulk-Material-Handling Operations
• Prevent Explosions During Transfer of Powders into Flammable Solvents
• Storage Tanks: Heating and Cooling System Design (KTK)
• Safety in Sulfuric Acid Storage Tanks
• Things You Need to Know Before Using an Explosion-Protection Technique
• Preventing Tank Corrosion
• Rupture Disks: Effectively Minimize Leaks and Emissions
• A Safety Checklist for Laboratories
• Selecting Laboratory Exhaust Systems

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