Guide for making acute risk decisions / Center for Chemical Process Safety of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
| Other author | American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Center for Chemical Process Safety. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ; New York, NY : American Institute of Chemical Engineers, [2020] |
| Description | xxxiii, 221 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Abstract | "This book presents a guidance on a large range of decision aids for risk analysts and decision makers in industry so that vital decisions can be made in a more consistent, logical, and rigorous manner. It provides good industry practices on how risk decision making is conducted in the chemical industry from many risk information sources as well as all the elements that need to be addressed to ensure good decisions are being made. Topics include : identifying risk decisions, a risk decision strategy for process safety, case studies in risk decision making failures, guidance on selecting decision aids, templates for decision making in risk-based process safety, understanding process hazards & worst possible consequences, management of change as an exercise in risk identification, inherently safer design as an exercise in risk tradeoff analysis, using LOPA and risk matrices in risk decisions, using CPQRA and safety risk criteria in risk decisions, group decision making, avoiding decision traps, documentation of process safety risk decisions"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-217) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2019045160 |
| ISBN | 9781118930212 (cloth) |
| ISBN | (adobe pdf) |
| ISBN | (epub) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |