Lees' Process Safety Essentials: Hazard Identification, Assessment and Control - Softcover

Mannan, Sam

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1856177769 ISBN 13: 9781856177764

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2013

Synopsis

Lees' Process Safety Essentials is a single-volume digest presenting the critical, practical content from Lees' Loss Prevention for day-to-day use and reference. It is portable, authoritative, affordable, and accessible ― ideal for those on the move, students, and individuals without access to the full three volumes of Lees'.

This book provides a convenient summary of the main content of Lees', primarily drawn from the hazard identification, assessment, and control content of volumes one and two. Users can access Essentials for day-to-day reference on topics including plant location and layout; human factors and human error; fire, explosion and toxic release; engineering for sustainable development; and much more. This handy volume is a valuable reference, both for students or early-career professionals who may not need the full scope of Lees', and for more experienced professionals needing quick, convenient access to information.

• Boils down the essence of Lees'―the process safety encyclopedia trusted worldwide for over 30 years
• Provides safety professionals with the core information they need to understand the most common safety and loss prevention challenges
• Covers the latest standards and presents information, including recent incidents such as Texas City and Buncefield

About this title

About the Author

M. Sam Mannan, PhD, PE, CSP, is a chemical engineering professor and director of the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center at Texas A&M University. He is an internationally recognized expert on process safety and risk assessment. His research interests include hazard assessment and risk analysis, flammable and toxic gas cloud dispersion modeling, inherently safer design, reactive chemicals and run¬away reactions, aerosols, and abnormal situation management.

Review

Praise for Lees' Loss Prevention "...this is still the most comprehensive treatise on process safety and loss prevention available... it should be in the process safety department library of any company involved with manufacturing handling, and processing hazardous chemicals. Also, process safety/loss prevention specialists and consultants will find it an invaluable source book on practically every subject in this field."--CCPS JOURNAL

Edition details

• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1856177769
• ISBN 13: 9781856177764
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 570