High Integrity Systems and Safety Management in Hazardous Industries

Download or read book High Integrity Systems and Safety Management in Hazardous Industries written by J.R Thomson and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 2015-01-09 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the engineering management of hazardous industries, such as oil and gas production, hydrocarbon refining, nuclear power and the manufacture of chemicals and pharmaceuticals. Its scope includes an overview of design standards and processes for high integrity systems,safety management processes as applied to hazardous industries and details best practices in design, operations, maintenance and regulation. Selected case studies are used to show how the complex multidisciplinary enterprises to design and operate hazardous plant can sometimes fail. This includes the subtlety and fragility of the robust safety culture that is required. It is aimed at professional engineers who design, build and operate these hazardous plants. This book is also written for business schools and university engineering departments where engineering management is studied. - An overview of design standards and processes for high integrity systems - An overview of safety management processes as applied to hazardous industries - Best practices in design, operations, maintenance and regulation