Techniques for assessing industrial hazards: a manual
This manual provides guidelines for the identification of the potential hazards of new or existing plants or processes in the chemical and energy industries, and for the assessment of the consequences of the release of toxic, flammable, or explosive materials to the atmosphere. It presents a structured, simplified approach for identifying the most-serious potential hazards and for calculating their effect distances or damage ranges. It is the intention that by presenting a simplified approach, the manual should be amenable to use by engineers and scientists with little or no experience of hazard analysis. Further analysis with a view to mitigation of the hazards identified may be appropriate in many cases; at this stage, it may be necessary to seek the advice of a specialist. The basic procedure in a hazard analysis is: identify potential failures, calculate release quantities for each failure, and calculate the impact of each release on people and property. For large plants this can become highly complex, and therefore a simplified method is presented, in which the analysis has been divided into 14 steps. A spreadsheet technique was devised to permit the analyses to be carried out on a programmable calculator or personal computer. After the introductory material, the manual outlines the 14 steps that make up the hazard analysis.
- Research Organization:
- International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Washington, DC (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6862374
- Report Number(s):
- PB-88-231220/XAB; WORLD-BANK-TP-55
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Library of Congress catalog card no. 86-11135; Microfiche copies only. Paper copy available from World Bank, 1818 H St. NW., Washington, DC. 20433
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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