Health, Safety, and Accident Management in the Chemical Process Industries. (2001)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ann Marie Flynn, Louis Theodore.
• Authors: Flynn, Ann Marie; Theodore, Louis
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface; Contents; Part I: Introduction; 1: Past History; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.2 EARLY ACCIDENTS; The Great Chicago Fire; South Fork Dam -- Johnstown, Pennsylvania; Oppau, Germany; East Ohio Gas Company -- Cleveland, Ohio; Texas City, Texas; 1.3 RECENT MAJOR ACCIDENTS; Flixborough, England; Seveso, Italy; Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania; Chernobyl, Russia; Bhopal, India; Ashland Oil, Pennsylvania; Guatemala; Trans World Airlines -- Long Island, New York; Y2K Computer Bug; 1.4 OTHER ACCIDENTS; Iraq; Boston; Cnracas; Glasgolv; Vail Montgomery County, PennsylvilniaWillow Island; Mount St. Helens; Hilton Head; Brazil; 1.5 ADVANCES IN SAFETY FEATURES; 1.6 ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES; 1.7 SUMMARY; PROBLEMS; REFERENCES; 2: Legislation; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 EARLY LEGISLATION; 2.3 AIR POLLUTION LEGISLATION; 2.4 WATER POLLUTION LEGISLATION; 2.5 HAZARDOUS AND TOXIC WASTE LEGISLATION; RCRA; CERCLA; 2.6 SUPERFUND AMENDMENTS AND REAUTHORIZATION ACTOF 1986 (SARA); 2.7 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION (OSHA); 2.8 USEPA'S RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM; 2.9 REGULATORY PROBLEM AREAS AND POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS 2.10 THE POLLUTION PREVENTION ACT OF 19902.11 ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES; 2.12 SUMMARY; PROBLEMS; REFERENCES; 3: Emergency Planning and Response; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 THE NEED FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANNING; 3.3 THE PLANNING COMMITTEE; 3.4 HAZARDS SURVEY; 3.5 PLAN FOR EMERGENCIES; 3.6 TRAINING OF PERSONNEL; 3.7 NOTIFICATION OF PUBLIC AND REGULATORY OFFICIALS; 3.8 PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; General Questions; Emergency Planning and Response; Emergency Organization; Emergency Actions; Alarm; Communications; Evacuation; Accounting for Personnel; First Aid; Transportation; Security; Fire Fighting Outside AgenciesTraining; 3.9 OTHER STATE REGULATORY INITIATIVES; New Jersey Toxic Catastrophe Prevention Act (TCPA); 3.10 ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES; Air Division; Water Division; Solid W, lste Division; 3.11 SUMMARY; Emergency Planning and Response; PROBLEMS; REFERENCES; Part II: Process and Plant Accidents; 4: Process Fundamentals; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 UNITS AND DIMENSIONS; Conversion of Units; Significant Figures and Scientific Notation; Process Fundamentals; 4.3 PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; Temperature; Pressure; Moles and Molecular Weights; Density; pH; Viscosity; Heat Capacity; Thermal Conductivity DiffusivityVapor Pressure; Boiling Point; Freezing Point; 4.4 CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; Flash Point; Autoignition Temperature (AIT); Heat (Enthalpy) of Reaction; Gross Heating Value; Net Renting Vnlue; Theoreticnl Adhlbntic Flame Temperature (TAFT); 4.5 CONSERVATION LAWS; Conservation of Mass; Conservation of Energy; Conservation of Momentum; 4.6 ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES; Thermochemistry; Chemicnl Renction Equilibrium; Chemical Kinetics; Ideal Gas Law; Partial Pressure; Phase Equilib.·ium; The Reynolds Number; 4.7 ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES; 4.8 SUMMARY; PROBLEMS; REFERENCES; 5: Process Equipment
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2001
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 660/.2804; Chemical engineering; Chemistry, Technical; Emergency management; Chemical engineering; Chemistry, Technical; Emergency management; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482271096; 1482271095
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.