Handbook of Fire and Explosion Protection Engineering Principles: For Oil, Gas, Chemical and Related Facilities - Couverture souple

Nolan, Dennis P.

 
9780323165662: Handbook of Fire and Explosion Protection Engineering Principles: For Oil, Gas, Chemical and Related Facilities

Synopsis

The security and economic stability of many nations and multinational oil and chemical companies is highly dependent on the safe and uninterrupted operation of their oil, gas and chemical facilities. Fire and explosion incidents are among the most critical impacts than can occur to these operations. This book provides a reference guide for professionals involved with fire and explosion prevention and protection aspects of these critical facilities. The main objectives of this handbook are to provide a practical understanding of fire and explosion problems at oil, gas and chemical facilities and to act as a general reference for engineers, designers and others facing fire protection issues. This book focuses on terminology that is applied and used in the fire protection profession. Therefore, NFPA standards and interpretations are utilized as the primary guidelines for the definitions and explanations.

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