Process Safety Calculations

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.

Review of the previous edition:
"I find this book offers an excellent mix of rigorous technical calculations to support risk quantification in a wide range of cases and practical knowledge which is what gives it a real value within the available literature. It would be excellent as a textbook for safety courses in chemical engineering programmes in higher education but it is equally an excellent reference for graduates starting their careers or practicing engineers."—The Chemical Engineer