Loss Prevention and Safety Promotion in the Process Industries: Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium, Antwerp, Belgium, 6-9 June 1995 - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0444821368 ISBN 13: 9780444821362

Publisher: Elsevier Science Ltd, 1995

Synopsis

The present proceedings reflect, in many ways, both the status of and increased research in loss prevention. Consequently, loss prevention is becoming more science-based and professional. The scientific results are also being systematically integrated in industrial practice, both with respect to the technical aspects (e.g. design) and management. Regulation, together with the responsible care approach now followed by industry, provide additional stimuli for the further development of loss prevention. The many developments, however, make it more difficult to stay abreast of progress in the whole field. These proceedings will be of use in this respect to both researchers and practitioners in industry.

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TEES Research Professor, Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, Texas A&M University, Texas, USA., Emeritus Professor, Chemical Risk Management of the Delft University of Technology, and associated member of the Dutch Council for Life Environment and Infrastructure in the Netherlands.

Professor Pasman graduated in Chemical Technology at Delft University of Technology in 1961, and finished a Doctor’s thesis in 1964 while working for Shell. He joined the Dutch Organisation for Applied Research, TNO, in 1965, initiating and performing research in reactive materials, gas, dust and energetic material explosions, investigation of industrial accidents and risk analysis, while also managing organizational units.

He has been a member of the Working Party on Loss Prevention and Safety Promotion in the Process Industries since 1972, and chairman from 1986-2004. In this latter capacity he was instrumental in founding the European Process Safety Centre in 1992. He has also been chairman of the International Group on Unstable Substances (IGUS) for 10 years, of the European Study Group on Risk Analysis (1980-1985), and of a NATO Group on Explosives (1982-1992). At the Delft University of Technology he led a multinational project on gas explosion fundamentals at elevated pressures and temperatures (2003-2008). In 2007 he co-organized a NATO advanced research workshop on Resilience of Cities to Terrorists and other Threats. From 2004-2012 he was a Member of the Dutch national Advisory Council on Hazardous Substances.

Edition details

• Publisher: Elsevier Science Ltd
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0444821368
• ISBN 13: 9780444821362
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1500
• Editor: Mewis J.J., Etc., Pasman H.J., De Rademaeker E.E.