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Guidelines for vapor cloud explosion, pressure vessel burst, BLEVE, and flash fire hazards.

Contributor(s): American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Center for Chemical Process Safety.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: CCPS concept book: Publisher: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2010Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xxvii, 428 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780470251478 ; 0470251476 .Subject(s): Chemical plants -- Fires and fire prevention | Chemical plants -- Safety measures | Pressure vessels -- Safety measures | Chemicals -- Fires and fire prevention | Explosions -- PreventionDDC classification: 660.2804
Contents:
Introduction -- Management overview -- Case histories -- Basic concepts -- Flash fires -- Vapor cloud explosions -- Pressure vessel bursts -- Basic principles of BLEVEs.

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This guide provides an overview of methods for estimating the characteristics of vapor cloud explosions, flash fires, and boiling-liquid-expanding-vapor explosions (BLEVEs) for practicing engineers. It has been updated to include advanced modeling technology, especially with respect to vapor cloud modeling and the use of computational fluid dynamics. The text also reviews past experimental and theoretical research and methods to estimate consequences. Heavily illustrated with photos, charts, tables, and diagrams, this manual is an essential tool for safety, insurance, regulatory, and engineering students and professionals.

A joint publication of the Center for Chemical Process Safety of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and John Wiley & Sons, Inc.--T.p. verso.

1st ed. (1994) entitled: Guidelines for evaluating the characteristics of vapor cloud explosions, flash fires, and BLEVEs.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-395) and index.

Introduction -- Management overview -- Case histories -- Basic concepts -- Flash fires -- Vapor cloud explosions -- Pressure vessel bursts -- Basic principles of BLEVEs.

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Since 1985, the Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) has been the world leader in developing and disseminating information on process safety management and technology. CCPS, an industry technology alliance of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), has published over 80 books in its process safety guidelines and process safety concepts series, and over 100 training modules through its Safety in Chemical Engineering Education (SACHE) series.