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Document ID (ISN)44618
CIS number 85-1731
ISBN(s) 0-85295-183-3
Year 1985
Convention or series no. EFCE Publications Series 45
Author(s)
European Federation of Chemical Engineering
Title Risk analysis in the process industries: report of the International Study Group on Risk Analysis
Bibliographic information Institution of Chemical Engineers, George E. Davis Building, 165-171 Railway Terrace, Rugby CV21 3HQ, United Kingdom, 1985. 92p. Illus. Bibl.
Abstract This report covers various aspects of risk analysis connected with process engineering: definitions; hazard identification procedures; consequence analysis (including effect models for discharge, evaporation, dispersion, heat radiation, unconfined vapour cloud explosions); quantification of event probabilities and of risk; applications of risk analysis; failure logic analysis techniques.
Descriptors (primary) chemical industry; process engineering; hazard evaluation; safety analysis; chemical processes
Descriptors (secondary) probability analysis; United Kingdom; report; evaporation; safety by design; waste disposal; hazard identification; infrared radiation; physical processes
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Subject(s) Chemicals, plastics and rubber
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Risk evaluation
Chemical industry