Authors
- Richard P. Molinelli
- Michael J. Reale
Publication date: 1992-03
Dewey code: 604.7
List Price: $99.95
Price: $149.00
Review Material Safety Data Sheets: The Writer's Desk Reference / Hill & Garnett Pub:
Edition: 3
Publication date: 2003-06
Dewey code: 604.7
List Price: $175.00
Price: $141.82
Review Dust Explosions in the Process Industries, Third Edition / Gulf Professional Publishing:Unfortunately, dust explosions are common and costly in a wide array of industries such as petrochemical, food, paper and pharmaceutical. It is imperative that practical and theoretical knowledge of the origin, development, prevention and mitigation of dust explosions is imparted to the responsible safety manager. The material in this book offers an up to date evaluation of prevalent activities, testing methods, design measures and safe operating techniques. Also provided is a detailed and comprehensive critique of all the significant phases relating to the hazard and control of a dust explosion. An invaluable reference work for industry, safety consultants and students. • A completely new chapter on design of electrical equipment to be used in areas containing combustible/explosible dust• A substantially extended and re-organized final review chapter, containing nearly 400 new literature references from the years 1997-2002• Extensive cross-referencing from the original chapters 1-7 to the corresponding sections of the expanded review chapter.
Publication date: 2003-03-03
Dewey code: 620.86
List Price: $209.95
Price: $143.96
Review Guidelines for Process Hazards Analysis (PHA, HAZOP), Hazards Identification, and Risk Analysis / CRC:This unique manual is a comprehensive, easy-to-read overview of hazards analysis as it applies to the process and allied industries. The book begins by building a background in the technical definition of risk, past industrial incidents and their impacts, ensuing legislation, and the language and terms of the risk field. It addresses the different types of structured analytical techniques for conducting Process Hazards Analyses (PHA), provides a "What If" checklist, and shows how to organize and set up PHA sessions. Other topics include layout and siting considerations, Failure Modes and Effect Analysis (FMEA), human factors, loss of containment, and PHA team leadership issues.
Authors
- Great Britain. Health and Safety Executive
Price: $142.81
Review Silica and Lead: Control of Exposure in the Pottery Industry / HSE Books:
Creator: Steve Taylor
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2008-03-03
Dewey code: 664.001579
List Price: $149.95
Price: $146.28
Review Advances in Food and Nutrition Research, Vol. 54 / Academic Press:Advances in Food and Nutrition Research recognizes the integral relationship between the food and nutritional sciences and brings together outstanding and comprehensive reviews that highlight this relationship. Contributions detail the scientific developments in the broad areas of food science and nutrition are intended to ensure that food scientists in academia and industry as well as professional nutritionists and dieticians are kept informed concerning emerging research and developments in these important disciplines. *Series established since 1948 *Advisory Board consists of 8 respected scientists *Unique series as it combines food science and nutrition research.
Publication date: 1995-06-29
Dewey code: 664.9497
List Price: $175.00
Price: $145.41
Review Evaluation of Seafood Freshness Quality (Food Science and Technology) / Wiley-Interscience:Determination and prediction of seafood quality is a hot topic because of the increase in international markets for fresh fish products and the growing aquaculture industry. More fish is being transported long distances than ever before, and means of evaluating freshness are required to help predict end-user quality. There is a need for a good statistical treatment and critique of sensory evaluation methods and their appropriate implementation. This book meets the need. Seafood Quality describes the latest practical methods of assessing, measuring, and predicting the quality of seafood. Written by an expert in the field, who has nearly twenty years of experience in evaluating the quality of seafood. This volume is ideal for researchers in government, academia, industry and workers in seafood processing plants.
Authors
- Tatyana A. Davletshina
- Nicholas P. Cheremisinoff
Dewey code: 660.2804
List Price: $185.00
Price: $181.00
Review Fire and Explosion Hazards Handbook of Industrial Chemicals / Noyes Publications:This handbook provides ready information on the fire and chemical reactivity of commonly used chemicals. Its purpose is to provide basic information important to the safe handling of chemicals and to help provide guidance in responding to a hazardous materials incident, in particular, incidents involving reactive chemicals and materials posing fire and explosion hazards. The volume has been written for chemical handling specialists, first responders to hazardous materials incidents, and firefighters. The basic definition used for a hazard materials incident is any situation that may potentially lead to catastrophic fire or explosion, and or human exposure to a toxic chemical. This situation may result from a spill of a hazardous material, a leak from a storage vessel or shipping container, or the mixing of incompatible chemicals whereby a chemical reaction could occur resulting in the release of energy and generation of toxic and perhaps flammable by-products. The volume provides chemical specific information, providing the reader with rigorous information on the chemical of interest. This book is a compendium of chemical specific fire and chemical reactivity data and information. More than 1000 chemicals have been researched and organized into a reference handbook for fire specialists, chemical handling specialists, and plant safety engineers. The specific information provided for chemicals includes the flammability characteristics, recommended fire extinguishing practices, fire extinguishing agents not to be used, behavior in fires, burning characteristics, chemical reactivity with regard to water and common materials, incompatible chemical mixtures, containment and neutralization methods for spills. This reference book has been designed as a data bank for the hazardous materials handling specialist and industrial safety managers dealing with large chemical inventories. [+]It is intended to be used by fire and loss prevention specialists and as a basis for developing procedures for safe storing and handling of chemicals. The authors have included an extensive physical properties section on chemicals, with information most pertinent to fire response situations.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2007-04-16
Dewey code: 660.2804
List Price: $179.95
Price: $143.96
Review Practical Guide To Industrial Safety: Methods For Process Safety Professionals / Taylor & Francis:A practical guide to industrial safety. It seeks to assist specialists in managing operations in industrial settings, including high-risk personal exposure such as inhalation hazards and direct chemical contact. It covers hazards in the chemical process industries, inhalation hazards in refineries, indoor air quality management, personal protective equipment, process safety emergency preparedness, safety in the laboratory, and more. There are Web site listings, NFPA hazard ratings, and other sources of information.
Creator: Steve Taylor
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2007-04-24
Dewey code: 664.001579
List Price: $149.95
Price: $145.09
Review Advances in Food and Nutrition Research, Volume 52 (Advances in Food and Nutrition Research) (Advances in Food and Nutrition Research) / Academic Press:Advances in Food and Nutrition Research recognizes the integral relationship between the food and nutritional sciences and brings together outstanding and comprehensive reviews that highlight this relationship. Contributions detail the scientific developments in the broad areas of food science and nutrition are intended to ensure that food scientists in academia and industry as well as professional nutritionists and dieticians are kept informed concerning emerging research and developments in these important disciplines. *Series established since 1948 *Advisory Board consists of 8 respected scientists *Unique series as it combines food science and nutrition research.
Creator: Steve Taylor
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2007-10-23
Dewey code: 664.001579
List Price: $149.95
Price: $145.95
Review Advances in Food and Nutrition Research, Volume 53 (Advances in Food and Nutrition Research) (Advances in Food and Nutrition Research) / Academic Press:Advances in Food and Nutrition Research recognizes the integral relationship between the food and nutritional sciences and brings together outstanding and comprehensive reviews that highlight this relationship. Contributions detail the scientific developments in the broad areas of food science and nutrition are intended to ensure that food scientists in academia and industry as well as professional nutritionists and dieticians are kept informed concerning emerging research and developments in these important disciplines. *Series established since 1948 *Advisory Board consists of 8 respected scientists *Unique series as it combines food science and nutrition research.
Edition: Lslf
Publication date: 1996-09-25
Dewey code: 577
List Price: $218.50
Price: $140.00
Review Material Environmental Data Sheets / Wiley:Material Environmental Data Sheets responds to the needs of small enterprises who may lack the sophisticated systems needed to interpret raw data on chemicals but must acknowledge consumer pressures and government regulations with respect to the very limited materials they employ. Karel Verschueren provides datasheets on 300 chemicals, including volatiles, in 3-ring binder format presenting some 800f those common in industrial use. Each year, sheets on 100 new chemicals will be available, as well as updates on the original chemical information.
Creator: Hendrik Schifferstein
Edition: 1st
Publication date: 2001-01-15
Dewey code: 394.109401
List Price: $219.00
Price: $144.00
Review Food, People & Society / Springer:A European perspective of consumers' food choices. Essential reading for those involved in product development, market research and consumer science in food and agro industries and academic research in European countries.
Creator: R. Verhe
Publication date: 2006-02-28
Dewey code: 550
List Price: $147.00
Price: $142.09
Review Safety In The Agri-Food Chain / Wageningen Pers:Increasing public demand for adequate and safe food supply has led to extensive development in the field of plant-animal production, food processing, quality and safety procedures, food analysis and control and regulations. However, safety of food can only be guaranteed by the integration of control systems in the complete food chain "from stable to table". This book covers the total agri-food chain. The first section includes a chapter giving a clear overview of the food production chain, followed by chapters about distinct safety risk factors (biological, chemical, physical and others) occurring in the agri-food chain. The third section deals with various systems to handle these risk factors. It includes a chapter on the various quality assurance systems, a detailed chapter on HACCP, as well as on risk management, modelling of safety, and tracking and tracing. The last section includes chapters on the different stakeholders (consumer, legislation, ethics) that are concerned with food safety. The book is aimed at supporting educational programmes on safety in agri-food chains in higher education and at the academic level. It can also be used as a handbook in food industry and agri-business.
Authors
- Mike Brocklebank; Martyn Ryder
Publication date: 1999-12-01
Dewey code: 620
List Price: $184.00
Price: $156.40
Review Containment Systems: A Design Guide - IChemE / Inst of Chemical Engineers UK:As the manufacture of new toxic pharmaceutical products grows, it is necessary to handle more compounds of increasing toxicity in the workplace. For this reason, and because the expectation of better employee protection and improved working procedures is growing, there is an increasing demand for better containment systems and a better understanding of those systems. The selection of a particular containment system for a specific containment operation can be a difficult decision, due to the extensive choice of technology available. Providing a structured approach to the selection process, this guide focuses on the needs of the process industries, and in particular the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector. It covers a wide range of containment equipment, suitable for materials of low to high toxicity, as well as different scales of operation and different transfer steps. This equipment varies from simple airflow control devices, to enclosures that restrict exposures to well below a microgram per cubic metre averaged over a working day.
Creator: Ricahrd L. Ziprin
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2004-03-26
Dewey code: 664
List Price: $199.99
Price: $151.94
Review Preharvest and Postharvest Food Safety: Contemporary Issues and Future Directions (Institute of Food Technologists Series) / Wiley-Blackwell:While presenting the latest scientific research on the major pathogens associated with meat, poultry, produce, and other foods, Pre-Harvest and Post-Harvest Food Safety: Contemporary Issues and Future Directions goes beyond other professional reference books by identifying the research needed to assure food safety in the future. The editors and authors not only review the current, cutting-edge literature in each of their areas, but provide insights and forward thinking into the development of new and innovative approaches and research strategies. Scientists and researchers from academia, government, and industry have collaborated to examine the high-priority food safety areas recognized by the federal government: pathogen/host interactions; ecology, distribution and spread of foodborne hazards; antibiotic resistance; verification tests; decontamination and prevention strategies; and risk analysis. A worthy new edition to the IFT Press series of food science and technology titles, Pre-Harvest and Post-Harvest Food Safety describes what we now know in food safety and provides a framework and focus for future research to improve diagnostic capabilities and intervention strategies for enteropathogens.
Authors
- IMechE (Institution of Mechanical Engineers)
Dewey code: 628.92
Price: $75.00
Review Management of Fire and Explosions - IMechE Conference (Imeche Event Publications) / Wiley:This text focuses on the key issues, the major requirements and recent developments in the field of management of fire and explosions. Technical and managerial aspects of these topics are also considered. In explaining the risks and costs of fire and explosions, the following general themes are covered; regulations and losses; safety and culture; analysis; hazards and their management.
Publication date: 1998-07-01
Dewey code: 500
Price: $185.00
Review Ammonia Plant Safety & Related Facilities / Amer Inst of Chemical Engineers:
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1992-08-28
Dewey code: 628.4
List Price: $199.00
Price: $146.78
Review Handbook of Industrial Waste Treatment / CRC:A handbook presenting state-of-the-art environmental management technologies used in various industries. It explores how unit operations and processes should be combined to give a technically and economically feasible system of pollution control for each particular industry.
Authors
- B. J. Tilley
- H. S. Forrest
- J. A. Noronha
- H. G. Fisher
- Stanley S. Grossel
- D. A. Shaw
- A. R. Muller
- J. E. Huff
Dewey code: 660.281
List Price: $206.95
Price: $159.88
Review Emergency Relief System Design Using DIERS Technology: The Design Institute for Emergency Relief Systems (DIERS) Project Manual (Diers Project Manual) / Wiley-AIChE:OSHA (29 CFR 1910. 119) has recognized AIChE/DIERS two-phase flow publications as examples of "good engineering practice" for process safety management of highly hazardous materials. The prediction of when two-phase flow venting will occur, and the applicability of various sizing methods for two-phase vapor-liquid flashing flow, is of particular interest when designing emergency relief systems to handle runaway reactions. This comprehensive sourcebook brings together a wealth of information on methods that can be used to safely size emergency relief systems for two-phase vapor-liquid flow for flashing or frozen, viscous or nonviscous fluids. Design methodologies are illustrated by selected sample problems. Written by industrial experts in the safety field, this book will be invaluable to those charged with operating, designing, or managing today's and tomorrow's chemical process industry facilities.
Authors
- Jozef Jarosinski
- Bernard Veyssiere
Publication date: 2009-01-16
Dewey code: 541.361
List Price: $149.95
Price: $139.92
Review Combustion Phenomena: Selected Mechanisms of Flame Formation, Propagation and Extinction / CRC:Extensively using experimental and numerical illustrations, Combustion Phenomena: Selected Mechanisms of Flame Formation, Propagation, and Extinction provides a comprehensive survey of the fundamental processes of flame formation, propagation, and extinction. Taking you through the stages of combustion, leading experts visually display, mathematically explain, and clearly theorize on important physical topics of combustion. After a historical introduction to the field, they discuss combustion chemistry, flammability limits, and spark ignition. They also study counterflow twin-flame configuration, flame in a vortex core, the propagation characteristics of edge flames, instabilities, and tulip flames. In addition, the book describes flame extinction in narrow channels, global quenching of premixed flames by turbulence, counterflow premixed flame extinction limits, the interaction of flames with fluids in rotating vessels, and turbulent flames. The final chapter explores diffusion flames as well as combustion in spark- and compression-ignition engines. It also examines the transition from deflagration to detonation, along with the detonation wave structure. With a CD-ROM of images that beautifully illustrate a range of combustion phenomena, this book facilitates a practical understanding of the processes occurring in the conception, spread, and extinguishment of a flame. It will help you on your way to finding solutions to real issues encountered in transportation, power generation, industrial processes, chemical engineering, and fire and explosion hazards.
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Material Safety Data Sheets: The Writer's Desk Reference, Dust Explosions in the Process Industries, Third Edition, Guidelines for Process Hazards Analysis (PHA, HAZOP), Hazards Identification, and Risk Analysis, Silica and Lead: Control of Exposure in the Pottery Industry, Advances in Food and Nutrition Research, Vol. 54, Evaluation of Seafood Freshness Quality (Food Science and Technology), Fire and Explosion Hazards Handbook of Industrial Chemicals, Practical Guide To Industrial Safety: Methods For Process Safety Professionals, Advances in Food and Nutrition Research, Volume 52 (Advances in Food and Nutrition Research) (Advances in Food and Nutrition Research), Advances in Food and Nutrition Research, Volume 53 (Advances in Food and Nutrition Research) (Advances in Food and Nutrition Research), Material Environmental Data Sheets, Food, People & Society, Safety In The Agri-Food Chain, Containment Systems: A Design Guide - IChemE, Preharvest and Postharvest Food Safety: Contemporary Issues and Future Directions (Institute of Food Technologists Series), Management of Fire and Explosions - IMechE Conference (Imeche Event Publications), Ammonia Plant Safety & Related Facilities, Handbook of Industrial Waste Treatment, Emergency Relief System Design Using DIERS Technology: The Design Institute for Emergency Relief Systems (DIERS) Project Manual (Diers Project Manual), Combustion Phenomena: Selected Mechanisms of Flame Formation, Propagation and ExtinctionTop headlines: 40,000 told to flee Wash. state floods: A major north-south interstate in Washington state was cut off and 40,000 people were urged to leave their homes as snowmelt and rain swelled rivers and caused mudslides and avalanches. ›16:40 Oprah adds Holocaust story disclaimer: Oprah has yet to comment on the debunked story of a Holocaust survivor who claimed to have met his future wife in a Nazi concentration camp. 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