This second edition of a well established and highly regarded texthas been comprehensively refined and updated, based on theauthor s experience and feedback from using the originaledition during the years since its first publication in the early1990 s.
The book is split into three parts:
- Part 1 introduces the physical concepts of the subject anddescribes various methods for transient control andsuppression.
- Part 2 is for the more experienced user and describes how toapproach the task of assessing to what extent systems might be atrisk. It uses eight representative systems and goes on to describea range of accidents and incidents arising from unexpectedcauses.
- Part 3 provides a database to use in the assessment of pipesystems and the design of protective strategies