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Domino effects in the process industries : modeling, prevention and managing / edited by Genserik Reniers, Centre for Economics and Corporate Sustainability (CEDON), HUB, KULeuven, Brussels, Belgium, Valerio Cozzani, LISES, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Chimica, Ambientale e dei Materiali, Alma Mater Studiorum - Universita di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Reniers, Genserik, author.
- Series:
- Gale eBooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Manufacturing processes.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 372 pages) : illustrations (some color)
- Edition:
- 1st edition
- Place of Publication:
- Waltham, Mass. : Elsevier, 2013.
- Waltham, MA : Elsevier, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Domino Effects in the Process Industries discusses state-of-the-art theories, conceptual models, insights and practical issues surrounding large-scale knock-on accidents-so-called domino effects-in the chemical and process industries. The book treats such extremely low-frequency phenomena from a technological perspective, studying possible causes and introducing several approaches to assess and control the risks of these scenarios. The authors also examine these events from a managerial viewpoint, discussing single and multi-plant management insights and requirements to take pro-active
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Causes of domino effects
- pt. 2. Prevention of domino effects from a technological perspective
- pt. 3. Prevention of domino effects from a managerial perspective.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780444543240
- 0444543244
- OCLC:
- 853239783
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