Guidelines for Engineering Design for Process Safety [Hardcover]

This updated version of one of the most popular and widely used CCPS books provides plant design engineers, facility operators, and safety professionals with key information on selected topics of interest. The book focuses on process safety issues in the design of chemical, petrochemical, and hydrocarbon processing facilities. It discusses how to select designs that can prevent or mitigate the release of flammable or toxic materials, which could lead to a fire, explosion, or environmental damage.

Key areas to be enhanced in the new edition include inherently safer design, specifically concepts for design of inherently safer unit operations and Safety Instrumented Systems and Layer of Protection Analysis. This book also provides an extensive bibliography to related publications and topic-specific information, as well as key information on failure modes and potential design solutions.

Acronyms and Abbreviations xv

Glossary xxi

Acknowledgments xxxiii

Foreward xxxv

Preface xxxvii

1. Introduction 1

1.1 Engineering Design for Process Safety Through the Life Cycle of the Facility 2

1.2 Regulatory Review / Impact on Process Safety 5

1.3 Who Will Benefit From These Guidelines? 7

1.4 Organization of this Book 7

1.5 Other CCPS Resources 9

1.6 References 10

2. Foundational Concepts 13

2.1 Understanding the Hazard 14

2.2 Risk-Based Design 21

2.3 Intentional Unsteady State Condition Evaluation 27

2.4 Unintentional Unsteady State Issues 31

2.5 Non-Linearity of the Design Process 33

2.6 References 36

3. Basic Physical Properties / Thermal Stability Data 39