Safety and Loss Prevention

Hazards 11

16-18 April 1991

(Published as IChemE Symposium series no. 124) 

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1. An evaluation of chemically related disasters using the Bradford disaster scale

A. Z. Keller and H. C. Wilson

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2. Lithuanian ammonia accident, March 20th 1989

B. O. Andersson

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3. Explosions in offshore modules

B. H. Hjertager

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4. The assessment of major hazards: the lethal effects of a condensed phase explosion in a built-up area

R. M. J. Withers and F. P. Lees

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5. Scaled experiments to study vapour cloud explosions

D. M. Johnson, P. Sutton and M. J. Wickens

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6. Prediction of aerosol formation from the release of pressurized, superheated liquids to the atmosphere

D. W. Johnson and R. Diener

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7. Electrostatic hazards in the use of flexible intermediate bulk containers

V. Ebadat and P. Cartwright

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8. Glandless pumps and valves - a technical update

T. Newby and D. Forth

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9. Containment of explosive blast in a spherical vessel with nozzles

L. Lazari, S. J. Burley and S. T. S. Al-Hassani

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10. Immediate and underlying causes of vessel failures: implications for including management and organisational factors in quantified risk assessment

N. W. Hurst

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11. Research into the structural integrity of LNG tanks

D. Neville and G. C. White

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12. Classification of energetic industrial chemicals for transport

T. A. Roberts and M. Royle

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13. A comparison of the explosion hazards associated with the transport of explosives and industrial chemicals with explosive properties

R. Merrifield and T. A. Roberts

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14. Inherently safer plants - recent progress

T. A. Kletz

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15. A chemical approach to inherent safety

R. L. Rogers and S. Hallam

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16. The safe design of chemical plants with no need for pressure relief systems

A. J. Wilday

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17. Some considerations on the damage criteria and safety distances for industrial explosions

W. P. M. Mercx, J. Weerheijm and Th. L. A. Verhagen

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18. Use of acoustic emission in inspection investigations within ICI

S. Hewerdine

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19. Computers in chemical plant - a need for safety awareness

P. G. Jones

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20. The application of Total Quality Management to hazard studies and their recording

R. D. Turney

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21. Hazcheck and the development of major incidents

G. L. Wells, C. Phang and A. B. Reeves

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22. A feasibility study into the use of expert systems for explosion relief vent design

R. C. Santon, A. Postill, T. T. Furman, S. Vadera, W. Byers-Brown and K. N. Palmer

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23. The selection of trip system configuration

A. G. Rushton

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24. Risk assessment and control in biotechnology

A. N. Cottam

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25. Measuring and monitoring containment in bioprocess equipment

G. Leaver

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26. Process validation and safety in biotechnology

R. H. Cumming and D. Brown

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27. Regulatory oversight of the use of genetically modified organisms

A. J. Taylor

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28. An overview of the Shell fluoroaromatics plant explosion

D. G. Mooney

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29. Vapor cloud explosion blast modelling - Experimental investigation of the key parameters and blast modelling

A. C. van den Berg, C. J. M. van Wingerden and H. G. The

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30. Discussion

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