Evaluating Process Safety in the Chemical Industry A User's Guide to Quantitative Risk Analysis |
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Author:
| Arendt, J. S. Lorenzo, D. K. |
Series title: | A CCPS Concept Book Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-470-93545-3 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2010 |
Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
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Imprint: | Wiley-AIChE |
Book Format: | Digital download |
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Book Description:
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Quantitative Risk Analysis is a powerful tool used to help manage risk and improve safety. When used appropriately, it provides a rational basis for evaluating process safety and comparing alternative safety improvements. This guide, an update of an earlier American Chemistry Council (ACC) publication utilizing the "hands-on" experience of CPI risk assessment practitioners and safety professionals involved with the CCPS and ACC, explains how managers and users can make better-informed...
More DescriptionQuantitative Risk Analysis is a powerful tool used to help manage risk and improve safety. When used appropriately, it provides a rational basis for evaluating process safety and comparing alternative safety improvements. This guide, an update of an earlier American Chemistry Council (ACC) publication utilizing the "hands-on" experience of CPI risk assessment practitioners and safety professionals involved with the CCPS and ACC, explains how managers and users can make better-informed decisions about QRA, and how plant engineers and process designers can better understand, interpret and use the results of a QRA in their plant.