Edited by
Sam Mannan, Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
Description
Over the last three decades the process industries have grown very rapidly, with corresponding increases in the quantities of hazardous
materials in process, storage or transport. Plants have become larger and are often situated in or close to densely populated areas.
Increased hazard of loss of life or property is continually highlighted with incidents such as Flixborough, Bhopal, Chernobyl, Three
Mile Island, the Phillips 66 incident, and Piper Alpha to name but a few.
The field of Loss Prevention is, and continues to, be of
supreme importance to countless companies, municipalities and governments around the world, because of the trend for processing plants
to become larger and often be situated in or close to densely populated areas, thus increasing the hazard of loss of life or property.
This book is a detailed guidebook to defending against these, and many other, hazards. It could without exaggeration be referred to as
the "bible" for the process industries. This is THE standard reference work for chemical and process engineering safety professionals.
For years, it has been the most complete collection of information on the theory, practice, design elements, equipment, regulations
and laws covering the field of process safety. An entire library of alternative books (and cross-referencing systems) would be needed
to replace or improve upon it, but everything of importance to safety professionals, engineers and managers can be found in this all-encompassing
reference instead.
Frank Lees' world renowned work has been fully revised and expanded by a team of leading chemical and process
engineers working under the guidance of one of the world’s chief experts in this field. Sam Mannan is professor of chemical engineering
at Texas A&M University, and heads the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center at Texas A&M. He received his MS and Ph.D. in chemical
engineering from the University of Oklahoma, and joined the chemical engineering department at Texas A&M University as a professor in
1997. He has over 20 years of experience as an engineer, working both in industry and academia
New detail is added to chapters on
fire safety, engineering, explosion hazards, analysis and suppression, and new appendices feature more recent disasters. The many thousands
of references have been updated along with standards and codes of practice issued by authorities in the US, UK/Europe and internationally.
In addition to all this, more regulatory relevance and case studies have been included in this edition. Written in a clear and concise
style, Loss Prevention in the Process Industries covers traditional areas of personal safety as well as the more technological aspects
and thus provides balanced and in-depth coverage of the whole field of safety and loss prevention.
Audience:
Safety Engineers, Chemical Engineers, Process Engineers, Safety Managers, Plant Engineers, Plant Managers.
