Plant Design and Operations

Table of contents

1. Cover image
2. Title page
3. Copyright
4. Chapter 1. Operations
   1. Introduction
   2. Professional Advice
   3. Regulations, Standards, and Guidance
   4. Units of Measurement
   5. Risk Reduction
   6. Flammable and Combustible Materials
   7. Area Classification
   8. Housekeeping
   9. Nonprocess Operations
   10. Simultaneous Operations
   11. Examples
5. Chapter 2. Maintenance and inspection
   1. Introduction
   2. Types of maintenance
   3. Maintenance task organization
   4. Pressure tests
   5. Online cleaning and repair
   6. Inspection
6. Chapter 3. Energy control procedures
   1. Introduction
   2. Regulations and standards
   3. Removal of the hazard
   4. Equipment and piping
   5. Minimizing contact with air
   6. Positive isolation
   7. Lockout/tagout
   8. Electrical Isolation
   9. Administrative Controls
   10. Work permits
   11. Confined-space entry
   12. Tie-Ins
   13. Hot Tapping
   14. Plugged lines
7. Chapter 4. Occupational safety
   1. Introduction
   2. Measuring Performance
   3. Safety manual
   4. Behavior-based safety
   5. Lone Worker Policy
   6. Incident Reporting
   7. Portable Gas Detectors
   8. Machinery safety
   9. Fall protection
   10. Dropped Objects
   11. Compressed Gas Cylinders
   12. Overhead power lines
   13. Cranes and rigging
8. Chapter 5. Chemicals
   1. Introduction
   2. Fluid Categories
   3. Material safety data sheets
   4. Global harmonization system
   5. The safety diamond
   6. Exposure limits
   7. Benzene
   8. Hydrogen fluoride
   9. Sulfur dioxide
   10. Hydrogen sulfide
   11. Chlorine
   12. Carbon Monoxide
   13. Carbon Dioxide
   14. Nitrogen
   15. Lead
9. Chapter 6. Personal protective equipment
   1. Introduction
   2. Employer Responsibility
   3. Regulations and Standards
   4. Clothing
   5. Respiratory protection
   6. Head Protection
   7. Hand protection
   8. Foot Protection
   9. Eye protection
10. Chapter 7. Health and industrial hygiene
    1. Introduction
    2. Employee access to records
    3. Asbestos
    4. Noise
    5. Naturally occurring radioactive material
    6. Lifting
    7. Heat stress
    8. Cold stress
    9. Radiant Heat
    10. Food and galley hygiene
    11. Alcohol and drug policy
11. Chapter 8. Human factors and ergonomics
    1. Introduction
    2. Process Safety Management
    3. Human Error
    4. Ergonomics
    5. Human Factors on Projects
    6. Control Rooms
    7. Valve Criticality Analysis
    8. Signs
    9. Labeling
    10. Color Coding
12. Chapter 9. Firefighting
    1. Introduction
    2. Regulations and Standards
    3. Principles of Firefighting
    4. Firewater
    5. Portable Fire Extinguishers
    6. Training
13. Chapter 10. Safety in design
    1. Introduction
    2. Units of Measurement
    3. Fire Protection
    4. Stairways, Ramps, and Platforms
    5. Fixed Ladders
    6. Emergency Showers and Eyewashes
14. Chapter 11. Siting and layout
    1. Introduction
    2. Regulations and Standards
    3. Siting
    4. Layout
    5. Spacing
    6. Blocks and Roads
    7. Equipment
    8. Piping and Valves
    9. Utilities
    10. Buildings
    11. Loading and Unloading
    12. Emergency Equipment
    13. Fire and Gas Detection
    14. Manual Alarm Call Points
    15. Offshore Facilities
15. Chapter 12. Equipment
    1. Introduction
    2. Pressure Vessels
    3. Storage Tanks
    4. Pumps
    5. Compressors
    6. Heat Exchangers
    7. Fired Heaters
    8. Boilers
    9. Internal Combustion Engines
    10. Electrical equipment
16. Chapter 13. Piping and valves
    1. Introduction
    2. Piping
    3. Blinds
    4. Valves
    5. Pressure relief devices
    6. Flame arrestors
    7. Flares
17. Chapter 14. Safety instrumentation
    1. Introduction
    2. Alarms
    3. Safety instrumented systems
    4. HIPPS
18. Chapter 15. Transportation
    1. Introduction
    2. Regulations and Standards
    3. Road Vehicles
    4. Loading/Unloading
    5. Marine Transport
    6. Helicopters
19. Chapter 16. Security
    1. Introduction
    2. Regulations and Standards
    3. Types of Attack
    4. Security Vulnerability Analyses
    5. Managing Security
    6. Response to a Threatening Call
20. Chapter 17. Common hazards
    1. Introduction
    2. Process Hazards
    3. Hazards of Utilities
    4. Hazards of Water
    5. Hazards of Steam
    6. Hazards of Ice
    7. Hazards of Compressed Gas
    8. Hazards of Air
    9. Hazards of External Events
    10. Hazards of Equipment and Instruments
    11. Hazards of Piping, Valves, and Hoses
21. References
22. Index