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Concern for the environment has become one of the big issues in
modern society, and one of the chief concerns is the environmental
impact of modern industrial production. A particularly sensitive
issue is the possibility of accidents in industries where there may
be severe consequences for people, property and the environment. At
one time the nuclear industry was seen as the most likely to be the
cause of significant environmental damage, but after the occurrence
of several major accidents such as Seveso, Flixborough and Bhopal,
that concern extends to much of the chemicals industry. Pressure
from society, reflected by strong legislation, coupled with a
greater understanding of the impact that chemical processing
operations can have, has led to the adoption of higher profile
safety and environmental management programs within the chemical
industry. Under these programmes existing and new processes are
rigorously examined to determine the possible causes and
consequences of failure, and the results used to improve the
process to make failure less likely. Any process audit, aimed at
improving safety or lessening the environmental impact, cannot be
carried out using intuition or experience alone, so the discipline
of risk analysis has grown as a collection of tools and methods
which can be utilized to give a quantitative assessment of the
risks involved in operating any given process. In this new book the
authors present risk analysis and reduction in a clear and unified
way, emphasizing the various different methods which can be used
together in a global approach to risk analysis in the chemical
process industries. Originally conceived as a text book for
graduate level courses in chemical engineering, the clear
presentation and thorough coverage will ensure that anyone involved
in risk assessment, environmental impact assessment or safety
planning will find this book an invaluable source of reference.
Concern for the environment has become one of the big issues in
modern society, and one of the chief concerns is the environmental
impact of modern industrial production. A particularly sensitive
issue is the possibility of accidents in industries where there may
be severe consequences for people, property and the environment. At
one time the nuclear industry was seen as the most likely to be the
cause of significant environmental damage, but after the occurrence
of several major accidents such as Seveso, Flixborough and Bhopal,
that concern extends to much of the chemicals industry. Pressure
from society, reflected by strong legislation, coupled with a
greater understanding of the impact that chemical processing
operations can have, has led to the adoption of higher profile
safety and environmental management programs within the chemical
industry. Under these programmes existing and new processes are
rigorously examined to determine the possible causes and
consequences of failure, and the results used to improve the
process to make failure less likely. Any process audit, aimed at
improving safety or lessening the environmental impact, cannot be
carried out using intuition or experience alone, so the discipline
of risk analysis has grown as a collection of tools and methods
which can be utilized to give a quantitative assessment of the
risks involved in operating any given process. In this new book the
authors present risk analysis and reduction in a clear and unified
way, emphasizing the various different methods which can be used
together in a global approach to risk analysis in the chemical
process industries. Originally conceived as a text book for
graduate level courses in chemical engineering, the clear
presentation and thorough coverage will ensure that anyone involved
in risk assessment, environmental impact assessment or safety
planning will find this book an invaluable source of reference.
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