Hazardous Area Classification in Petroleum and Chemical Plants: A Guide to Mitigating Risk

ISBN-13: 9781138074644 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 564 str.

Alireza Bahadori

Opis

This book discusses fire hazards, occupancy hazards, extinguishing methods, hazard identification, and classification of materials. It provides suggestions for simple, readily recognizable and easily understood markings for materials which will give at a glance a general idea of the inherent hazards of any material and the order of severity of these hazards as they relate to fire prevention, exposure, and control. Its objectives are to provide an appropriate alerting signal and on-the-spot information to safeguard the lives of the public and emergency personnel.

Recenzje

"…identifying the risks and hazards of process engineering processes appears to be very essential to guarantee the safety of a new plant design and/or process. Also, it is a strong belief that safety issue is the first step in engineering and science workplaces. The materials put in the book present the safety guides and proper reactions against industrial hazards over the urgent and non-urgent conditions through clear, possible and safe ways."
––Sohrab Zendehboudi Affiliation: Chemical Engineering Department, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Spis treści

Classification of Fires and Fire Hazard Properties. Hazardous Area Classification. Layout and Spacing. Fire Alarm Systems and Automatic Detectors. Firefighting Sprinkler Systems. Carbon Dioxide Gas Fire Extinguishing Systems. Dry Chemical Fire Extinguishing Systems. Foam Generating and Proportioning Systems. Fire-Fighting and Fire Protection Facilities.

O autorze

Alireza Bahadori, PhD, is a research staff member in the School of Environment, Science & Engineering, at Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW, Australia. He received his PhD from Curtin University, Western Australia. Dr. Bahadori is the recipient of the Australian government’s Endeavour International Postgraduate Research Award as part of his research in oil and gas area. He also received a top-up award from state government of Western Australia through Western Australia Energy Research Alliance (WA:ERA) in 2009. Dr. Bahadori serves as a member of the editorial board for a number of journals, and he is the author of over 200 articles and six books.