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Safety in the process industries is critical for those who work with chemicals and hazardous substances or processes. The field of loss prevention is, and continues to be, of su… Read more
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Safety in the process industries is critical for those who work with chemicals and hazardous substances or processes. The field of loss prevention is, and continues to be, of supreme importance to countless companies, municipalities and governments around the world, and Lees’ Loss Prevention in the Process Industry is a detailed reference to defending against hazards. Recognized as the standard work for chemical and process engineering safety professionals, it provides the most complete collection of information on the theory, practice, design elements, equipment, regulations and laws covering the field of process safety. An entire library of alternative books (and cross-referencing systems) would be needed to replace or improve upon it, but everything of importance to safety professionals, engineers and managers can be found in this all-encompassing three volume reference instead.
The fully revised and updated volume 1 of Lees’ Loss Prevention in the Process Industry is intended for practicing engineers who are involved in managing engineering and operational risk in the process industries and who need to understand what should be done to assess, track, and make decisions regarding risks throughout a project’s life. The volume provides indispensable guidelines about comprehensive and robust management systems, proactive planning strategies throughout a project’s stages, and specific engineering knowledge about different disciplines used in the project’s design and operation. It helps technical safety engineers managing the technical risk in an engineering project that due to the interdisciplinary nature of how loss can occur in the process industries, requires them to have a broad understanding of technical issues.
Fully revised and updated volume 1 of Lees Loss Prevention in the Process Industries - the standard work on process safety, trusted worldwide for over 50 years
Significantly updated and expanded treatment of design concepts (inherent safety, green chemistry, sustainability and resilience), and human factors (coverage of the concepts of designing to accommodate human capabilities)
Describes at length the requirements of a comprehensive loss prevention/risk management system, including organizational requirements
Presents the stages of the engineering project and what tasks need to be completed at each stage in the engineering project lifecycle and how to complete them
Describes key engineering considerations and potential concerns related to loss prevention and process safety for a variety of engineering disciplines that must be managed in the project
Primary: Process engineers, process safety engineers, loss prevention engineers, project and plant engineers, project and plant engineering managers; Students and professors in engineering management and process safety
Secondary: Engineers involved in process safety, technical safety or loss prevention, including chemical, petroleum, nuclear, mechanical, electrical and industrial engineers, human factors engineering specialists, and fire protection engineers
A – Management of Loss Prevention
1. Introduction
2. Economics and Insurance
3. Management and Management Systems
4. Safety Culture
5. Metrics and Performance Measurement
6. Benchmarking in the Process Industries
B – Loss Prevention Engineering Lifecycle
7. Introduction to Loss Prevention in the Project Lifecycle
8. Design Process – Feasibility Assessment through Concept Selection
9. Preliminary Design – Planning Stage
10. Front End Engineering final details in planning to Final Investment Decision Stage
11. Detailed Engineering - Definition Stage – From Final Investment Decision to Design Freeze
12. Construction/Installation
13. Commissioning and Start-up
14. Operations and Maintenance
15. Emergency Management
16. Incident Investigation
17. Equipment Maintenance and Modification
18. Shutdown and Turn-around
19. Decommissioning and Demolition
C – Specialty Engineering Topics
20. Human Factors in Engineering Design
21. Pressure Systems Engineering
22. Fire Engineering
23. Explosion Engineering
24. Storage
25. Reactive Chemicals
26. Safety Instrumented Systems
27. Special Considerations of LNG Plants
28. Oil and Gas Exploration and Production
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Professor Pasman graduated in Chemical Technology at Delft University of Technology in 1961, and finished a Doctor’s thesis in 1964 while working for Shell. He joined the Dutch Organisation for Applied Research, TNO, in 1965, initiating and performing research in reactive materials, gas, dust and energetic material explosions, investigation of industrial accidents and risk analysis, while also managing organizational units.
He has been a member of the Working Party on Loss Prevention and Safety Promotion in the Process Industries since 1972, and chairman from 1986-2004. In this latter capacity he was instrumental in founding the European Process Safety Centre in 1992. He has also been chairman of the International Group on Unstable Substances (IGUS) for 10 years, of the European Study Group on Risk Analysis (1980-1985), and of a NATO Group on Explosives (1982-1992). At the Delft University of Technology he led a multinational project on gas explosion fundamentals at elevated pressures and temperatures (2003-2008). In 2007 he co-organized a NATO advanced research workshop on Resilience of Cities to Terrorists and other Threats. From 2004-2012 he was a Member of the Dutch national Advisory Council on Hazardous Substances.