Safety in Design

Safety in Design

by C.M. van 't Land
Released October 2018
Publisher(s): Wiley
ISBN: 9781118745557

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Book description

Expert insight and guidance on integrating safety into design to significantly reduce risks to people, systems, property, and communities

Safe design refers to the integration of hazard identification and risk assessment methods early in the design process so as to eliminate or minimize the risks of catastrophic failure throughout the life of a system, process, product, or service. This book provides engineers, designers, scientists and governmental officials with the knowledge and tools needed to seamlessly incorporate safety into the design of civil, industrial, and agricultural installations, as well as transportation systems, so as to minimize the risk of accidents and injuries.

The methodology described in Safety in Design originates from the continuous safeguarding techniques first developed in the chemical industry and can successfully be applied to a range of industrial and civil settings. While the author focuses mainly on the aspects of safe design, he also addresses procedures which have a proven track record of preventing and alleviating the impacts of accidents with existing designs. He shares lessons learned from his nearly half-century of experience in the field and provides accounts of mishaps which could have been prevented, or significantly mitigated, based on data collected from approximately seventy incidents that have occurred in various countries.

•    Describes the application of safe design in an array of fields, including the chemical industry, transportation, farming, the building trade, and leisure

•    Reviews the history of intrinsic process safeguarding, which was first used in the chemical industry to minimize the risk of human error or instrumentation failure

•    Describes dozens of preventable incidents to illustrate the critical role safe design can play

•    Provides expert guidance and valuable tools for seamlessly weaving safety into every phase of the design process

Safety in Design is an indispensable working resource for chemical, civil, mechanical, risk, and safety engineers, as well as professional R&D scientists, and process safety professionals. It is also a useful reference for insurers who deal with catastrophic loss potentials, and for government personnel who regulate or monitor industrial plants and procedures, traffic systems, and more. 

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Preface
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Chapter 1: Introduction
    1. 1.1 Introduction
    2. 1.2 Intrinsic Continuous Process Safeguarding
    3. 1.3 The Flixborough Accident in the United Kingdom in 1974
    4. 1.4 The Seveso Emission in Italy in 1976
    5. 1.5 The Bhopal Emission in India in 1984
    6. 1.6 Concluding Remarks
    7. References
  5. Chapter 2: Procedural, Active, and Passive Safety
    1. 2.1 Introduction
    2. 2.2 Definitions
    3. 2.3 Four Failures of Emergency Power Units
    4. 2.4 The Failure of the Blowout Preventer ( BOP ) at the Gulf Oil Explosion in 2010
    5. 2.5 The Safeguarding of Formula One Races
    6. 2.6 Dust Explosion Relief Venting
    7. References
  6. Chapter 3: Safety Improvements over the Years
    1. 3.1 Introduction
    2. 3.2 Transport
    3. 3.3 Industry
    4. 3.4 Society
    5. References
  7. Chapter 4: Safety Aspects Need Attention
    1. 4.1 Introduction
    2. 4.2 Transport
    3. 4.3 Society
    4. References
  8. Chapter 5: Make Accidents and Incidents Virtually Impossible
    1. 5.1 Introduction
    2. 5.2 Transport
    3. 5.3 Society
    4. References
  9. Chapter 6: Design with Ample Margins
    1. 6.1 Introduction
    2. 6.2 Transport
    3. 6.3 Society
    4. References
  10. Chapter 7: The Risks of Enclosed Spaces
    1. 7.1 Introduction
    2. 7.2 Transport
    3. 7.3 Industry
    4. 7.4 Society
    5. References
  11. Chapter 8: Examples from the Chemical Industry
    1. 8.1 Introduction
    2. 8.2 Runaway Reaction at T2 Laboratories at Jacksonville, Florida in the United States in 2007
    3. 8.3 Reactions with Epoxides
    4. 8.4 Explosions at Shell Moerdijk at Moerdijk in The Netherlands in 2014
    5. 8.5 DSM Melamine Plant Explosion at Geleen in The Netherlands in 2003
    6. 8.6 Dryer Explosion in a Dow Plant at King's Lynn, Norfolk in the United Kingdom in 1976
    7. References
  12. Chapter 9: Gas Explosions
    1. 9.1 Introduction
    2. 9.2 Flashing Inflammable Liquids
    3. 9.3 Mexico City in 1984
    4. 9.4 Nijmegen in The Netherlands in 1978
    5. 9.5 Los Alfaques in Spain in 1978
    6. 9.6 Viareggio in Italy in 2009
    7. 9.7 A Narrow Escape at Tilburg in The Netherlands in 2015
    8. 9.8 Diemen in The Netherlands in 2014
    9. References
  13. Chapter 10: Nuclear Power Stations
    1. 10.1 Introduction
    2. 10.2 Pressurized Water Reactors (PWRs) and Boiling Water Reactors (BWRs)
    3. 10.3 Three Mile Island (TMI)
    4. 10.4 Fukushima Unit 1
    5. 10.5 High‐temperature Gas‐cooled Reactors (HTGRs)
    6. 10.6 Comparison Between Light Water Reactors (LWRs, i.e. PWRs and BWRs) and HTGRs
    7. References
  14. Index
  15. End User License Agreement

Product information

  • Title: Safety in Design
  • Author(s): C.M. van 't Land
  • Release date: October 2018
  • Publisher(s): Wiley
  • ISBN: 9781118745557