High integrity systems and safety management in hazardous industries. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jim Thomson.
• Authors: Thomson, Jim
• Contents: Part 1: High integrity safety instrumented systems; 1. Introduction; 2. Design of high integrity instrumentation and control (I&C) systems; a. Design for high reliability; b. Common mode failure and I&C architecture; c. Selection of logic elements; d. Setting up a high integrity software project; 3. The second industrial revolution - the evolution of the computer; 4. Cyber security; 5. The human-machine interface; 6. Managing the safety of ageing I&C equipment; ; Part 2: Pressure vessels; 7. Learning from ignorance - a brief history of pressure vessel integrity and failures; ; Part 3: Safety management; 8. Introduction and safety culture; 9. Management systems failures; 10. The human factor; 11. Refineries; 12. Offshore oil production: Piper Alpha and the Cullen Report; 13. BP; 14. Chernobyl and Fukushima; 15. Safety management and safety justification in hazardous industries; Epilogue
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam : Butterworth-Heinemann
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 660.2804; Chemical plants -- Design and construction; Chemical plants -- Design and construction -- Case studies; Chemical plants -- Safety measures; Chemical plants -- Safety measures -- Case studies; Chemical plants -- Safety measures -- Standards; System safety
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780128020340
• Related ISBNs: 9780128019962
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