Hazardous Area Classification in Petroleum and Chemical Plants

Hazardous Area Classification in Petroleum and Chemical Plants

by Alireza Bahadori
Released December 2013
Publisher(s): CRC Press
ISBN: 9781482206463

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Book description

Due to an increase in the wide-range of chemicals in petrochemical processing industries, as well as frequency of use, there has been a steady rise in flammability problems and other hazards. Hazardous Area Classification in Petroleum and Chemical Plants: A Guide to Mitigating Risk outlines the necessities of explosion protection in oil, gas and chemical industries, and discusses fire and occupancy hazards, extinguishing methods, hazard identification, and classification of materials. This book addresses these issues and concerns and presents a simple hazard identification system to help offset future problems.

It offers information on the hazards of various materials and their level of severity as it relates to fire prevention, exposure, and control. The system provides an alerting signal and on-the-spot information to help protect lives in an industrial plant or storage location during fire emergencies. Understanding the hazard helps to ensure that the process equipment is properly selected, installed, and operated to provide a safe operating system.

This text also includes a summary of the rules, methods, and requirements for fighting a fire, introduces various hazard identification systems.

• Includes a summary of the rules, methods, and requirements needed to extinguish a fire

• Introduces various hazard identification systems

• Includes concepts for layout and spacing of equipment in process plants

The book serves as resource for plant design engineers as well as plant protection and safety personnel in planning for effective firefighting operations.

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover (1/2)
  2. Front Cover (2/2)
  3. Contents (1/4)
  4. Contents (2/4)
  5. Contents (3/4)
  6. Contents (4/4)
  7. Preface
  8. Author
  9. Chapter 1: Classification of Fires and Fire Hazard Properties (1/12)
  10. Chapter 1: Classification of Fires and Fire Hazard Properties (2/12)
  11. Chapter 1: Classification of Fires and Fire Hazard Properties (3/12)
  12. Chapter 1: Classification of Fires and Fire Hazard Properties (4/12)
  13. Chapter 1: Classification of Fires and Fire Hazard Properties (5/12)
  14. Chapter 1: Classification of Fires and Fire Hazard Properties (6/12)
  15. Chapter 1: Classification of Fires and Fire Hazard Properties (7/12)
  16. Chapter 1: Classification of Fires and Fire Hazard Properties (8/12)
  17. Chapter 1: Classification of Fires and Fire Hazard Properties (9/12)
  18. Chapter 1: Classification of Fires and Fire Hazard Properties (10/12)
  19. Chapter 1: Classification of Fires and Fire Hazard Properties (11/12)
  20. Chapter 1: Classification of Fires and Fire Hazard Properties (12/12)
  21. Chapter 2: Hazardous Area Classification (1/21)
  22. Chapter 2: Hazardous Area Classification (2/21)
  23. Chapter 2: Hazardous Area Classification (3/21)
  24. Chapter 2: Hazardous Area Classification (4/21)
  25. Chapter 2: Hazardous Area Classification (5/21)
  26. Chapter 2: Hazardous Area Classification (6/21)
  27. Chapter 2: Hazardous Area Classification (7/21)
  28. Chapter 2: Hazardous Area Classification (8/21)
  29. Chapter 2: Hazardous Area Classification (9/21)
  30. Chapter 2: Hazardous Area Classification (10/21)
  31. Chapter 2: Hazardous Area Classification (11/21)
  32. Chapter 2: Hazardous Area Classification (12/21)
  33. Chapter 2: Hazardous Area Classification (13/21)
  34. Chapter 2: Hazardous Area Classification (14/21)
  35. Chapter 2: Hazardous Area Classification (15/21)
  36. Chapter 2: Hazardous Area Classification (16/21)
  37. Chapter 2: Hazardous Area Classification (17/21)
  38. Chapter 2: Hazardous Area Classification (18/21)
  39. Chapter 2: Hazardous Area Classification (19/21)
  40. Chapter 2: Hazardous Area Classification (20/21)
  41. Chapter 2: Hazardous Area Classification (21/21)
  42. Chapter 3: Layout and Spacing (1/12)
  43. Chapter 3: Layout and Spacing (2/12)
  44. Chapter 3: Layout and Spacing (3/12)
  45. Chapter 3: Layout and Spacing (4/12)
  46. Chapter 3: Layout and Spacing (5/12)
  47. Chapter 3: Layout and Spacing (6/12)
  48. Chapter 3: Layout and Spacing (7/12)
  49. Chapter 3: Layout and Spacing (8/12)
  50. Chapter 3: Layout and Spacing (9/12)
  51. Chapter 3: Layout and Spacing (10/12)
  52. Chapter 3: Layout and Spacing (11/12)
  53. Chapter 3: Layout and Spacing (12/12)
  54. Chapter 4: Fire Alarm Systems and Automatic Detectors (1/9)
  55. Chapter 4: Fire Alarm Systems and Automatic Detectors (2/9)
  56. Chapter 4: Fire Alarm Systems and Automatic Detectors (3/9)
  57. Chapter 4: Fire Alarm Systems and Automatic Detectors (4/9)
  58. Chapter 4: Fire Alarm Systems and Automatic Detectors (5/9)
  59. Chapter 4: Fire Alarm Systems and Automatic Detectors (6/9)
  60. Chapter 4: Fire Alarm Systems and Automatic Detectors (7/9)
  61. Chapter 4: Fire Alarm Systems and Automatic Detectors (8/9)
  62. Chapter 4: Fire Alarm Systems and Automatic Detectors (9/9)
  63. Chapter 5: Firefighting Sprinkler Systems (1/10)
  64. Chapter 5: Firefighting Sprinkler Systems (2/10)
  65. Chapter 5: Firefighting Sprinkler Systems (3/10)
  66. Chapter 5: Firefighting Sprinkler Systems (4/10)
  67. Chapter 5: Firefighting Sprinkler Systems (5/10)
  68. Chapter 5: Firefighting Sprinkler Systems (6/10)
  69. Chapter 5: Firefighting Sprinkler Systems (7/10)
  70. Chapter 5: Firefighting Sprinkler Systems (8/10)
  71. Chapter 5: Firefighting Sprinkler Systems (9/10)
  72. Chapter 5: Firefighting Sprinkler Systems (10/10)
  73. Chapter 6: Carbon Dioxide Gas Fire Extinguishing Systems (1/8)
  74. Chapter 6: Carbon Dioxide Gas Fire Extinguishing Systems (2/8)
  75. Chapter 6: Carbon Dioxide Gas Fire Extinguishing Systems (3/8)
  76. Chapter 6: Carbon Dioxide Gas Fire Extinguishing Systems (4/8)
  77. Chapter 6: Carbon Dioxide Gas Fire Extinguishing Systems (5/8)
  78. Chapter 6: Carbon Dioxide Gas Fire Extinguishing Systems (6/8)
  79. Chapter 6: Carbon Dioxide Gas Fire Extinguishing Systems (7/8)
  80. Chapter 6: Carbon Dioxide Gas Fire Extinguishing Systems (8/8)
  81. Chapter 7: Dry Chemical Fire Extinguishing Systems (1/5)
  82. Chapter 7: Dry Chemical Fire Extinguishing Systems (2/5)
  83. Chapter 7: Dry Chemical Fire Extinguishing Systems (3/5)
  84. Chapter 7: Dry Chemical Fire Extinguishing Systems (4/5)
  85. Chapter 7: Dry Chemical Fire Extinguishing Systems (5/5)
  86. Chapter 8: Foam Generating and Proportioning Systems (1/13)
  87. Chapter 8: Foam Generating and Proportioning Systems (2/13)
  88. Chapter 8: Foam Generating and Proportioning Systems (3/13)
  89. Chapter 8: Foam Generating and Proportioning Systems (4/13)
  90. Chapter 8: Foam Generating and Proportioning Systems (5/13)
  91. Chapter 8: Foam Generating and Proportioning Systems (6/13)
  92. Chapter 8: Foam Generating and Proportioning Systems (7/13)
  93. Chapter 8: Foam Generating and Proportioning Systems (8/13)
  94. Chapter 8: Foam Generating and Proportioning Systems (9/13)
  95. Chapter 8: Foam Generating and Proportioning Systems (10/13)
  96. Chapter 8: Foam Generating and Proportioning Systems (11/13)
  97. Chapter 8: Foam Generating and Proportioning Systems (12/13)
  98. Chapter 8: Foam Generating and Proportioning Systems (13/13)
  99. Chapter 9: Fire-Fighting and Fire Protection Facilities (1/8)
  100. Chapter 9: Fire-Fighting and Fire Protection Facilities (2/8)
  101. Chapter 9: Fire-Fighting and Fire Protection Facilities (3/8)
  102. Chapter 9: Fire-Fighting and Fire Protection Facilities (4/8)
  103. Chapter 9: Fire-Fighting and Fire Protection Facilities (5/8)
  104. Chapter 9: Fire-Fighting and Fire Protection Facilities (6/8)
  105. Chapter 9: Fire-Fighting and Fire Protection Facilities (7/8)
  106. Chapter 9: Fire-Fighting and Fire Protection Facilities (8/8)
  107. Glossary (1/5)
  108. Glossary (2/5)
  109. Glossary (3/5)
  110. Glossary (4/5)
  111. Glossary (5/5)
  112. Appendix A
  113. Appendix B: Inspection Schedules for Gas Atmospheres (1/2)
  114. Appendix B: Inspection Schedules for Gas Atmospheres (2/2)
  115. Appendix C: Inspection Schedules for Dust Atmospheres
  116. Back Cover

Product information

  • Title: Hazardous Area Classification in Petroleum and Chemical Plants
  • Author(s): Alireza Bahadori
  • Release date: December 2013
  • Publisher(s): CRC Press
  • ISBN: 9781482206463