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Informationen zum Autor C.M. VAN ' T LAND runs the consulting company Van 't Land Processing. He worked at Akzo Nobel Chemicals from 1968?2000 as a process engineer, and later, process development manager and project leader. He is the author of Drying in the Process Industry and Industrial Crystallization of Melts. Klappentext EXPERT INSIGHT AND GUIDANCE ON INTEGRATING SAFETY INTO DESIGN TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE RISKS TO PEOPLE, SYSTEMS, PROPERTY, AND COMMUNITIES Safe design refers to the integration of hazard identification and risk assessment methods early in the design process so as to eliminate or minimize the risks of catastrophic failure throughout the life of a system, process, product, or service. This book provides engineers, designers, scientists and governmental officials with the knowledge and tools needed to seamlessly incorporate safety into the design of civil, industrial, and agricultural installations, as well as transportation systems, so as to minimize the risk of accidents and injuries. The methodology described in Safety in Design originates from the continuous safeguarding techniques first developed in the chemical industry and can successfully be applied to a range of industrial and civil settings. While the author focuses mainly on the aspects of safe design, he also addresses procedures which have a proven track record of preventing and alleviating the impacts of accidents with existing designs. He shares lessons learned from his nearly half-century of experience in the field and provides accounts of mishaps which could have been prevented, or significantly mitigated, based on data collected from approximately seventy incidents that have occurred in various countries. Describes the application of safe design in an array of fields, including the chemical industry, transportation, farming, the building trade, and leisure Reviews the history of intrinsic process safeguarding, which was first used in the chemical industry to minimize the risk of human error or instrumentation failure Describes dozens of preventable incidents to illustrate the critical role safe design can play Provides expert guidance and valuable tools for seamlessly weaving safety into every phase of the design process Recommends safe nuclear reactors Safety in Design is an indispensable working resource for chemical, civil, mechanical, risk, and safety engineers, as well as professional R&D scientists, and process safety professionals. It is also a useful reference for insurers who deal with catastrophic loss potentials, and for government personnel who regulate or monitor industrial plants and procedures, traffic systems, and more. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 Intrinsic Continuous Process Safeguarding 1 1.3 The Flixborough Accident in the United Kingdom in 1974 2 1.4 The Seveso Emission in Italy in 1976 3 1.5 The Bhopal Emission in India in 1984 5 1.6 Concluding Remarks 5 2 Procedural, Active, and Passive Safety 7 2.1 Introduction 7 2.2 Definitions 8 2.3 Four Failures of Emergency Power Units 8 2.3.1 Introduction 8 2.3.2 Twenteborg Hospital at Almelo in The Netherlands in 2002 8 2.3.3 Westfries Gasthuis (Hospital) at Hoorn in The Netherlands in 2003 9 2.3.4 ZGT Hengelo Hospital at Hengelo (O) in The Netherlands in 2011 9 2.3.5 Chemical Plant 10 2.3.6 Additional Remarks 10 2.4 The Failure of the Blowout Preventer (BOP) at the Gulf Oil Explosion in 2010 10 2.5 The Safeguarding of Formula One Races 13 2.6 Dust Explosion Relief Venting 14 3 Safety Improvements over the Years 17 3.1 Introduction 17 3.2 Transport 17 3.2.1 Road Transport in The Netherlands 17 3.2.2 Unidirectional Road T...
