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LEES’ LOSS PREVENTION IN THE PROCESS INDUSTRIES:
HAZARD IDENTIFICATION, ASSESSMENT AND CONTROL
Third Edition
by Sam Mannan, Editor
(Three-Volume Set with Slip Case)

- A must-have standard reference for chemical and process engineering
safety
professionals

- The most complete collection of information on the theory, practice,
design
elements,
equipment and laws that pertain to process safety

- Only single work to provide everything; principles, practice, codes,
standards,
data and
references needed by those practicing in the field

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REVIEWS OF PREVIOUS EDITION:

“Professor Lees has covered what seems to be virtually every aspect of process
engineering
and the
loss prevention aspects therein” - PROCESS ENGINEERING

“This is the most comprehensive safety guide seen by C&I, from a process
engineering
standpoint.”

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Over the last three decades the process industries have grown very rapidly, with
corresponding
increases in the quantities of hazardous materials in process, storage or transport.
Plants
have become
larger and are often situated in or close to densely populated areas. Increased
hazard of loss
of life or
property is continually highlighted with incidents such as Flixborough, Bhopal,
Chernobyl,
Three Mile
Island, the Phillips 66 incident, and Piper Alpha to name but a few.

The field of Loss Prevention is, and continues to, be of supreme importance to
countless
companies,
municipalities and governments around the world, because of the trend for
processing plants
to become
larger and often be situated in or close to densely populated areas, thus increasing
the
hazard of loss of
life or property. This book is a detailed guidebook to defending against these, and
many
other, hazards. It
could without exaggeration be referred to as the "bible" for the process industries.
This is
THE standard
reference work for chemical and process engineering safety professionals. For
years, it has
been 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
reference
instead.

Frank Lees' world renowned work has been fully revised and expanded by a team
of leading
chemical
and process engineers working under the guidance of one of the world’s chief
experts in this
field. Sam
Mannan is professor of chemical engineering at Texas A&M University, and heads
the Mary
Kay
O’Connor Process Safety Center at Texas A&M. He received his MS and Ph.D. in
chemical
engineering
from the University of Oklahoma, and joined the chemical engineering department
at Texas
A&M
University as a professor in 1997. He has over 20 years of experience as an
engineer,
working both in
industry and academia

New detail is added to chapters on fire safety, engineering, explosion hazards,
analysis and
suppression,
and new appendices feature more recent disasters. The many thousands of
references have
been
updated along with standards and codes of practice issued by authorities in the
US,
UK/Europe and
internationally. In addition to all this, more regulatory relevance and case studies
have been
included in
this edition. Written in a clear and concise style, Loss Prevention in the Process
Industries
covers
traditional areas of personal safety as well as the more technological aspects and
thus
provides
balanced and in-depth coverage of the whole field of safety and loss prevention.

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CONTENTS

Introduction
Hazard accident and loss
Legislation and law
Major hazard control
Economics and insurance
Management systems
Reliability engineering
Hazard identification and safety audit
Hazard assessment
Plant siting and layout
Process design
Pressure system design
Control system design
Human factors in process control
Emission and dispersion
Fire
Explosion
Toxic release
Plant commissioning and inspection
Plant operation
Plant maintenance and modification
Storage
Transport
Emergency planning
Personal safety
Accident research
Information feedback
Safety systems
Computer aids
Artificial intelligence and expert systems

APPENDICES
Case histories
Flixborough; Seveso
Mexico City
Bhopal
Pasadena
Canvey Reports
Rijnmond Report
Laboratories
Pilot plants
Pollution
Noise
Safety factors for simple relief systems
Failure and event data
Earthquakes
San Carlos de la Rapita
ACDS Transport Hazards Report
Offshore
Piper Alpha
Nuclear energy
Three Mile Island
Chernobyl
Rasmussen Report
ACMH Licence Model Conditions
HSE Guidelines on Developments Near Major Hazards
Public enquiries
Standards and Codes
Institutional publications
Information sources
Units and unit conversions

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ABOUT THE EDITOR

M. SAM MANNAN, Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center, Department of
Chemical
Engineering,
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA


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