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Synopsis
This book provides guidance on "what" can be done from a management systems perspective to identify hazards and manage risks of "loss of containment" events in chemical laboratories and pilot plants. It provides examples of "how to" implement such practices and descriptions of a range of typically encountered process safety hazards typical controls based on current best practices.
Synopsis
Effectively manage physical and chemical risks in your laboratory or pilot plant
In Handbook for Process Safety in Laboratories and Pilot Plants: A Risk-based Approach, the Center for Chemical Process Safety delivers a comprehensive and authoritative presentation of process safety procedures and methods for use in laboratories and pilot plants (LAPPs). Of the four broad hazard categories - chemical, physical, biological, and ionizing radiation - this book focuses on the two most common: chemical and physical hazards. It addresses the storage and handling of the hazardous materials associated with activities commonly performed in LAPPs and presents many of the physical and chemical analytical techniques used to verify and validate the efficacy of safety management systems.
You'll learn to effectively manage the risks of any laboratory or pilot plant using engineered and administrative controls, as well as RBPS Management Systems. You'll also find summaries of LAPP incidents used throughout the book to highlight the concepts discussed within.
Readers will also find:
- A thorough introduction to process safety
- Comprehensive explorations of understanding hazards and risks, as well as managing risk with engineered controls, administrative controls, and RBPS Management Systems
- Practical discussions of how to learn from the experiences of your own LAPP and others
- Fulsome case reports and examples, as well as practical tools, control banding strategies, and glass equipment design
Perfect for any LAPP staff member working with or managing hazardous materials, Handbook for Process Safety in Laboratories and Pilot Plants: A Risk-based Approach will also benefit LAPP engineering and scientific professionals, LAPP technical support staff, and LAPP managers.