Computer Control and Human Error in the Process Industries - Hardcover

Kletz, Trevor A.; Chung, Paul; Shen-Orr, Chaim

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0852953623 ISBN 13: 9780852953624

Publisher: The Institution of Chemical Engineers, 1995

Synopsis

Kletz and his fellow specialist authors examine some of the unforeseen incidents which have occurred in computer-controlled process plants, and suggest how such incidents can be made less likely in the future. The text includes how HAZOP studies can be used to detect hazards in computer-controlled systems.

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About this title

About the Author

Trevor Kletz, OBE, D.Sc., F.Eng. (1922-2013), was a process safety consultant, and published more than a hundred papers and nine books on loss prevention and process safety, including most recently Lessons From Disaster: How Organizations Have No Memory and Accidents Recur and Computer Control and Human Error. He worked thirty-eight years with Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd., where he served as a production manager and safety adviser in the petrochemical division, also holding membership in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Loughborough University, Leicestershire, England. He most recently served as senior visiting research fellow at Loughborough University, and adjunct professor at the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center, Texas A&M University.

Synopsis

Examines some of the unforseen incidents which have occured in computer-controlled process plants, and suggests how the risk of such incidents happening again can be minimized. The text describes how Hazop studies can be used to detect hazards in computer-controlled systems.

Edition details

• Publisher: The Institution of Chemical Engineers
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0852953623
• ISBN 13: 9780852953624
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 150