American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Center for Chemical Process Safety
Published: 1998-06-15
Total Pages: 200
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For warehouse operators, designers, and others concerned with chemical warehousing, chemical engineers offers a performance-based approach to such hazards as health effects, environmental pollution, and fire and explosion; and present practical methods for minimizing the risk to employees, the surrounding population, the environment, property, and of course business operations. The basic precepts they convey can be used to evaluate the risks in initial or existing designs for warehousing facilities on a manufacturing site, for free-standing off- site buildings, and for strictly chemical or mixed-use storage. They discuss the properties of chemicals, hazard identification, administrative controls, communication and safety equipment, site considerations, design and construction issues, regulations, and other topics. Includes a glossary without pronunciation and topic-specific bibliographies. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR