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Guidelines for evaluating process plant buildings for external explosions, fires, and toxic releases Publication: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2012 . xxvi, 204 p. : , Rev. ed. of: Guidelines for evaluating process plant buildings for external explosions and fires. c1996. | Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction 1 1.1 Objective 4 1.2 Building Siting Evaluation Process 5 1.3 Selection of Approach 6 1.4 Background 6 1.5 Phillips, Pasadena, Texas USA: Propylene HDPE Unit VCE ad BLEVEs 10 1.6 Evolution of Design and Siting Practices for Buildings in Process Plants 18 1.7 Organization of the Book 20 2. Management Overview 21 2.1 Process Overview 21 2.2 Management Responsibilities under API RP-752 and API RP-753 27 3. Determining the Scope of the Building Siting Evaluation 31 3.1 Introduction 31 3.2 Buildings Considered 31 3.3 Scenario Selection 36 4. Building Siting Evaluation Criteria 45 4.1 Introduction 45 4.2 Occupant Vulnerability 46 4.3 Criteria for Existing Buildings Exposed to Explosion Hazards 48 4.4 Criteria for Fires 58 4.5 Criteria for Toxic Exposures 62 4.6 Criteria for Building Upgrades and New Buildings 64 4.7 Risk Criteria 65 5. Explosion Hazards 71 5.1 Introduction 71 5.2 Select Explosion Approach 72 5.3 Modeling and Quantifying and Explosion Hazards 74 5.4 Building Response to Explosion Hazards 78 5.5 Occupant VULNERABILITY to Explosion Hazards 90 5.6 Actions Required at the Completion of the Evaluation 90 6. Fire Hazards Assessment 93 6.1 Introduction 93 6.2 Determining if a Fire Hazard Exists 97 6.3 Spacing Table Approach 97 6.4 Performing a Consequence-Based or Risk-Based building siting evaluation for Fire 99 6.5 Occupant Response to Fire Hazards 105 6.6 Defining the Fire Protection Concept 106 7. Toxic Hazards Assessment 109 7.1 Introduction 109 7.2 Determining if a Toxic Hazard Exists 109 7.3 Building siting evaluation for toxics 111 7.4 Defining the Toxic Protection Concept 120 7.5 Evacuation vs. Sheltering-In-Place 120 8. Frequency and Probability Assessment 125 8.1 Introduction 125 8.2 Developing a Scenario List 127 8.3 Calculation of Frequency of Initiating Event or accident 129 8.4 Probability and Frequency of Final Outcomes 144 8.5 Unit-Based Outcome Frequencies 149 9. Risk Assessment 151 9.1 Introduction 151 9.2 Risk Measure Types 154 9.3 Calculating Risk 158 9.4 Interpretation and Use of Risk Measures 169 10. Mitigation Plans and Ongoing Risk Management 171 10.1 Development of Mitigation Plans 171 10.2 Building Modifications 177 11. Managing the Building Siting Process 185 11.1 Management of Change 185 11.2 Documentation Requirements 187 11.3 Documentation of Mitigation Systems Criteria and Performance 188 11.4 Maintaining Documentation "EverGreen" 189. Date: 2012 Availability: No items available:

	1.	No cover image available The effects on the atmosphere of a major nuclear exchange Publication: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1985 . ix, 193 p. : Date: 1985 Availability: No items available: Add to cart (remove)
	2.	Dust explosion and fire prevention handbook : a guide to good industry practices / by Cheremisinoff, Nicholas P., Publication: . 1 online resource (393 pages) : Availability: No items available: Add to cart (remove)
	3.	No cover image available Guidelines for evaluating process plant buildings for external explosions, fires, and toxic releases Publication: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2012 . xxvi, 204 p. : , Rev. ed. of: Guidelines for evaluating process plant buildings for external explosions and fires. c1996. \| Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction 1 1.1 Objective 4 1.2 Building Siting Evaluation Process 5 1.3 Selection of Approach 6 1.4 Background 6 1.5 Phillips, Pasadena, Texas USA: Propylene HDPE Unit VCE ad BLEVEs 10 1.6 Evolution of Design and Siting Practices for Buildings in Process Plants 18 1.7 Organization of the Book 20 2. Management Overview 21 2.1 Process Overview 21 2.2 Management Responsibilities under API RP-752 and API RP-753 27 3. Determining the Scope of the Building Siting Evaluation 31 3.1 Introduction 31 3.2 Buildings Considered 31 3.3 Scenario Selection 36 4. Building Siting Evaluation Criteria 45 4.1 Introduction 45 4.2 Occupant Vulnerability 46 4.3 Criteria for Existing Buildings Exposed to Explosion Hazards 48 4.4 Criteria for Fires 58 4.5 Criteria for Toxic Exposures 62 4.6 Criteria for Building Upgrades and New Buildings 64 4.7 Risk Criteria 65 5. Explosion Hazards 71 5.1 Introduction 71 5.2 Select Explosion Approach 72 5.3 Modeling and Quantifying and Explosion Hazards 74 5.4 Building Response to Explosion Hazards 78 5.5 Occupant VULNERABILITY to Explosion Hazards 90 5.6 Actions Required at the Completion of the Evaluation 90 6. Fire Hazards Assessment 93 6.1 Introduction 93 6.2 Determining if a Fire Hazard Exists 97 6.3 Spacing Table Approach 97 6.4 Performing a Consequence-Based or Risk-Based building siting evaluation for Fire 99 6.5 Occupant Response to Fire Hazards 105 6.6 Defining the Fire Protection Concept 106 7. Toxic Hazards Assessment 109 7.1 Introduction 109 7.2 Determining if a Toxic Hazard Exists 109 7.3 Building siting evaluation for toxics 111 7.4 Defining the Toxic Protection Concept 120 7.5 Evacuation vs. Sheltering-In-Place 120 8. Frequency and Probability Assessment 125 8.1 Introduction 125 8.2 Developing a Scenario List 127 8.3 Calculation of Frequency of Initiating Event or accident 129 8.4 Probability and Frequency of Final Outcomes 144 8.5 Unit-Based Outcome Frequencies 149 9. Risk Assessment 151 9.1 Introduction 151 9.2 Risk Measure Types 154 9.3 Calculating Risk 158 9.4 Interpretation and Use of Risk Measures 169 10. Mitigation Plans and Ongoing Risk Management 171 10.1 Development of Mitigation Plans 171 10.2 Building Modifications 177 11. Managing the Building Siting Process 185 11.1 Management of Change 185 11.2 Documentation Requirements 187 11.3 Documentation of Mitigation Systems Criteria and Performance 188 11.4 Maintaining Documentation "EverGreen" 189. Date: 2012 Availability: No items available: Add to cart (remove)
	4.	No cover image available Project Plowshare the peaceful use of nuclear explosives in Cold War America / by Kaufman, Scott, Publication: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013 . xiv, 295 p. Date: 2013 Availability: No items available: Add to cart (remove)
	5.	Monongah : the tragic story of the 1907 monongah mine diaster the worst industrial accident in U.S. history / by McAteer, J. Davitt, Publication: . 1 online resource (372 pages) : Availability: No items available: Add to cart (remove)
	6.	No cover image available Seismic signals from mining operations and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty comments on a draft report by a Department of Energy working group / Publication: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1998 . xii, 56 p. : Date: 1998 Availability: No items available: Add to cart (remove)
	7.	No cover image available Seismological research requirements for a comprehensive test-ban monitoring system Publication: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1995 . x, 80 p. : Date: 1995 Availability: No items available: Add to cart (remove)
	8.	No cover image available Guidelines for evaluating process plant buildings for external explosions, fires, and toxic releases Publication: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2012 . xxvi, 204 p. : , Rev. ed. of: Guidelines for evaluating process plant buildings for external explosions and fires. c1996. \| Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction 1 1.1 Objective 4 1.2 Building Siting Evaluation Process 5 1.3 Selection of Approach 6 1.4 Background 6 1.5 Phillips, Pasadena, Texas USA: Propylene HDPE Unit VCE ad BLEVEs 10 1.6 Evolution of Design and Siting Practices for Buildings in Process Plants 18 1.7 Organization of the Book 20 2. Management Overview 21 2.1 Process Overview 21 2.2 Management Responsibilities under API RP-752 and API RP-753 27 3. Determining the Scope of the Building Siting Evaluation 31 3.1 Introduction 31 3.2 Buildings Considered 31 3.3 Scenario Selection 36 4. Building Siting Evaluation Criteria 45 4.1 Introduction 45 4.2 Occupant Vulnerability 46 4.3 Criteria for Existing Buildings Exposed to Explosion Hazards 48 4.4 Criteria for Fires 58 4.5 Criteria for Toxic Exposures 62 4.6 Criteria for Building Upgrades and New Buildings 64 4.7 Risk Criteria 65 5. Explosion Hazards 71 5.1 Introduction 71 5.2 Select Explosion Approach 72 5.3 Modeling and Quantifying and Explosion Hazards 74 5.4 Building Response to Explosion Hazards 78 5.5 Occupant VULNERABILITY to Explosion Hazards 90 5.6 Actions Required at the Completion of the Evaluation 90 6. Fire Hazards Assessment 93 6.1 Introduction 93 6.2 Determining if a Fire Hazard Exists 97 6.3 Spacing Table Approach 97 6.4 Performing a Consequence-Based or Risk-Based building siting evaluation for Fire 99 6.5 Occupant Response to Fire Hazards 105 6.6 Defining the Fire Protection Concept 106 7. Toxic Hazards Assessment 109 7.1 Introduction 109 7.2 Determining if a Toxic Hazard Exists 109 7.3 Building siting evaluation for toxics 111 7.4 Defining the Toxic Protection Concept 120 7.5 Evacuation vs. Sheltering-In-Place 120 8. Frequency and Probability Assessment 125 8.1 Introduction 125 8.2 Developing a Scenario List 127 8.3 Calculation of Frequency of Initiating Event or accident 129 8.4 Probability and Frequency of Final Outcomes 144 8.5 Unit-Based Outcome Frequencies 149 9. Risk Assessment 151 9.1 Introduction 151 9.2 Risk Measure Types 154 9.3 Calculating Risk 158 9.4 Interpretation and Use of Risk Measures 169 10. Mitigation Plans and Ongoing Risk Management 171 10.1 Development of Mitigation Plans 171 10.2 Building Modifications 177 11. Managing the Building Siting Process 185 11.1 Management of Change 185 11.2 Documentation Requirements 187 11.3 Documentation of Mitigation Systems Criteria and Performance 188 11.4 Maintaining Documentation "EverGreen" 189. Date: 2012 Availability: No items available: Add to cart (remove)
	9.	No cover image available The Halifax explosion and the Royal Canadian Navy inquiry and intrigue / by Armstrong, John Griffith, Publication: Vancouver : UBC Press, 2002 . viii, 248 p. : Date: 2002 Availability: No items available: Add to cart (remove)
	10.	No cover image available Project Plowshare the peaceful use of nuclear explosives in Cold War America / by Kaufman, Scott, Publication: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013 . xiv, 295 p. Date: 2013 Availability: No items available: Add to cart (remove)
	11.	Monongah : the tragic story of the 1907 monongah mine diaster the worst industrial accident in U.S. history / by McAteer, J. Davitt, Publication: . 1 online resource (372 pages) : Availability: No items available: Add to cart (remove)
	12.	No cover image available My boys and girls are in there the 1937 New London school explosion / by Rozelle, Ron, Publication: College Station, Tex. : Texas A&M University Press, 2012 . xiv, 168 p. : Date: 2012 Availability: No items available: Add to cart (remove)
	13.	No cover image available Atomic testing in Mississippi Project Dribble and the quest for nuclear weapons treaty verification in the Cold War era / by Burke, David Allen, Publication: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2012 . ix, 194 p. : Date: 2012 Availability: No items available: Add to cart (remove)
	14.	No cover image available Gresford the anatomy of a disaster / by Williamson, Stanley. Publication: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 1999 . 243 p. : Date: 1999 Availability: No items available: Add to cart (remove)
	15.	No cover image available Dynamics of heterogeneous combustion and reacting systems Publication: Washington, D.C. : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc., 1993 . 430 p. : , "Technical papers from the thirteenth International Colloquium on Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems, Nagoya, Japan, July 1991, and subsequently revised for this volume." Date: 1993 Availability: No items available: Add to cart (remove)
	16.	No cover image available Dynamic aspects of detonations Publication: Washington, D.C. : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1993 . 471 p. : , "Technical papers from the thirteenth International Colloquium on Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems, Nagoya, Japan, July 1991, and subsequently revised for this volume." Date: 1993 Availability: No items available: Add to cart (remove)
	17.	No cover image available Dynamics of detonations and explosions detonations / Publication: Washington, D.C. : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1991 . xxii, 383 p. : , "Technical papers presented from the Twelfth International Colloquium on Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems, Ann Arbor, Michigan, July 1989, and subsequently revised for this volume." Date: 1991 Availability: No items available: Add to cart (remove)
	18.	No cover image available Shock waves, explosions, and detonations Publication: New York, N.Y. : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc., 1983 . xxiv, 505 p. : , "Technical papers selected from the eighth International Colloquium on Gasdynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems, Minsk, USSR, August 1981, and subsequently revised for this volume." \| Companion vol. to the colloquium's Flames, lasers, and reactive systems. Date: 1983 Availability: No items available: Add to cart (remove)
	19.	No cover image available Dynamics of detonations and explosions explosion phenomena / Publication: Washington, D.C. : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1991 . xx, 408 p. : , "Technical papers presented from the Twelfth International Colloquium on Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems, Ann Arbor, Michigan, July 1989, and subsequently revised for this volume." Date: 1991 Availability: No items available: Add to cart (remove)
	20.	No cover image available Flames, lasers, and reactive systems Publication: New York, N.Y. : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc., 1983 . xxiv, 436 p. : , Companion vol. to the colloquium's Shock waves, explosions, and detonations. \| "Technical papers selected from the eighth International Colloquium on Gasdynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems, Minsk, USSR, August 1981, and subsequently revised for this volume." Date: 1983 Availability: No items available: Add to cart (remove)

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