
Process Safety Calculations
- 3rd Edition - August 1, 2026
- Latest edition
- Author: Renato Benintendi
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 4 5 5 5 4 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 4 5 5 5 5 - 1
Process Safety Calculations, third edition is an essential resource for students, researchers, and practitioners in the field of process safety engineering. This fully updated,… Read more
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Process Safety Calculations, third edition is an essential resource for students, researchers, and practitioners in the field of process safety engineering. This fully updated, revised and expanded new edition introduces a dedicated section on offshore installations, addressing the unique challenges and considerations specific to platform-based facilities. With a focus on practical applications, the book maintains its successful approach of solving real-world examples through detailed calculations, ensuring that complex concepts are accessible and applicable. The book is structured into four comprehensive parts: Fundamentals, covering the chemistry, thermodynamics, and fluid dynamics of process safety; Consequence Assessment, which includes source and dispersion models, as well as fire and explosion analysis; Quantitative Risk Assessment, detailing methodologies such as Layer of Protection Analysis and integrity management; and finally, a new section on Process Safety of Offshore Installations, which explores risk assessments related to risers, vessel collisions, and dropped objects. Each chapter is designed to provide clear explanations and step-by-step calculations, making it a practical guide for understanding and applying process safety principles.
• Fully revised, updated and expanded new edition including newly developing areas of process safety relevant to offshore installations
• Explores a comprehensive range of topics in process safety
• Provides real-world case studies that illustrate practical applications of process safety concepts
• Includes detailed calculations and methodologies
• Discusses the latest advancements and best practices in process safety
• Evaluates various risk assessment tools and techniques
• Explores a comprehensive range of topics in process safety
• Provides real-world case studies that illustrate practical applications of process safety concepts
• Includes detailed calculations and methodologies
• Discusses the latest advancements and best practices in process safety
• Evaluates various risk assessment tools and techniques
Process safety engineers, Process engineers, Chemical Engineers, Environmental engineers, Industrial engineers, Governmental agency (OSHA, HSE, CSB, etc.) employees in oil and gas industry, chemical and petrochemical industry, engineering companies, chemical engineering faculties
PART 1: Fundamentals
1: Chemistry of Process Safety
2: Thermodynamics and Thermochemistry of Process Safety
3: Reaction Engineering of Process Safety
4: Fluid Dynamics of Process Safety
5: Loads and Stress Analysis of Process Safety
6: Statistics and Reliability of Process Safety
PART 2: Consequence Assessment
7: Source Models
8: Dispersion Models
9: Fire
10: Explosions
11: Dust Explosions
PART 3: Quantitative Risk Assessment
12: Quantitative Risk Assessment
13: Structural Dynamics of Buildings Subject to Blast Loads
14: Layer of Protection Analysis
15: Explosion Protection of Vessels and Enclosures
16: Mitigation of Toxic Risk
17: Integrity Management of Equipment Subject to Fires
PART 4: Process Safety of Offshore Installations
18: Risk Assessment of Risers
19: Vessel Collision Risk Assessment
20: Dropped Objects Risk Assessment
21: QRA Aspects of Offshore Platforms
1: Chemistry of Process Safety
2: Thermodynamics and Thermochemistry of Process Safety
3: Reaction Engineering of Process Safety
4: Fluid Dynamics of Process Safety
5: Loads and Stress Analysis of Process Safety
6: Statistics and Reliability of Process Safety
PART 2: Consequence Assessment
7: Source Models
8: Dispersion Models
9: Fire
10: Explosions
11: Dust Explosions
PART 3: Quantitative Risk Assessment
12: Quantitative Risk Assessment
13: Structural Dynamics of Buildings Subject to Blast Loads
14: Layer of Protection Analysis
15: Explosion Protection of Vessels and Enclosures
16: Mitigation of Toxic Risk
17: Integrity Management of Equipment Subject to Fires
PART 4: Process Safety of Offshore Installations
18: Risk Assessment of Risers
19: Vessel Collision Risk Assessment
20: Dropped Objects Risk Assessment
21: QRA Aspects of Offshore Platforms
- Edition: 3
- Latest edition
- Published: August 1, 2026
- Language: English
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Renato Benintendi
Renato Benintendi Msc CEng FIChemE is Senior Researcher at Chemical Physical Department ULB University, Brussels and Process Safety and Loss Prevention Principal Consultant at Wood (Formerly Foster Wheeler), Reading Office. He authored more than 40 publications on international journals, is tutoring and mentoring dissertations in several universities in the UK, France, and Italy. He has 35 years’ experience in process engineering, process safety engineering, environmental engineering, asset integrity management, is lecturing and delivering conference papers in USA, Asia, Europe, and is the author of research programs in process safety and environmental engineering. His specialties encompass process safety, safety modelling, HSE international regulation expertise, environmental engineering, process engineering, and unit operation engineering.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Researcher, Chemical Physical Department ULB University, Brussels; Process Safety and Loss Prevention Principal Consultant,Wood (Formerly Foster Wheeler), Reading Office