Guidelines for Chemical Transportation Safety, Security, and Risk Management - Hardcover

CCPS (Center For Chemical Process Safety)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471782424 ISBN 13: 9780471782421

Publisher: Wiley-AIChE, 2008

Synopsis

This CCPS Guideline book outlines current transportation risk analysis software programs and demonstrates several available risk assessment programs for land transport by rail, truck, and pipeline for consequences that may affect the public or the environment.

• Provides introductory transport risk considerations for process engineers
• Gives guidance on route selection, equipment factors and materials
• Describes transportation security risk issues and industry practices to mitigate them
• Includes loading and unloading checklists for several transport modes
• Develops specific operating procedures and checklists to reduce human error
• Discusses considerations for transportation security, including threat and vulnerability assessments and potential countermeasures
• Summarizes key transportation security regulations, guidelines and industry initiatives.

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

About this title

About the Author

Since 1985, the Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) has been the world leader in developing and disseminating information on process safety management and technology. CCPS, an industry technology alliance of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), has published over 80 books in its process safety guidelines and process safety concepts series.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley-AIChE
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471782424
• ISBN 13: 9780471782421
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192