Completely revised and updated to reflect the current IUPAC standards, this second edition is enlarged by five new chapters dealing with the assessment of energy potential, physical unit operations, emergency pressure relief, the reliability of risk reducing measures, and process safety and process development. Clearly structured in four parts, the first provides a general introduction and presents the theoretical, methodological and experimental aspects of thermal risk assessment. Part II is devoted to desired reactions and techniques allowing reactions to be mastered on an industrial scale, while the third part deals with secondary reactions, their characterization, and techniques to avoid triggering them. Due to the inclusion of new content and restructuring measures, the technical aspects of risk reduction are highlighted in the new section that constitutes the final part. Each chapter begins with a case history illustrating the topic in question, presenting lessons learned from the incident. Numerous examples taken from industrial practice are analyzed, and each chapter concludes with a series of exercises or case studies, allowing readers to check their understanding of the subject matter. Finally, additional control questions have been added and solutions to the exercises and problems can now be found.

Vollständig überarbeitete,aktualisierte 2. Auflage mit fünf neuen Kapiteln und den aktuellen IUPAC-Normen. Beschäftigt sich mit thermischen Risiken in der chemischen Prozessindustrie. Jedes Kapitel beginnt mit einer Fallstudie und den aus Zwischenfällen gewonnen Erkenntnissen.

Part I General Aspects of Thermal Process Safety1. Introduction to Risk Analysis of Fine Chemical Processes2. Fundamentals of Thermal Process Safety3. Assessment of Thermal Risks4. Experimental Techniques5. Assessment of the Energy PotentialPart II Mastering Exothermal Reactions6. General Aspects of Reactor Safety7. Batch Reactors8. Semi-Batch Reactors9. Continuous ReactorsPart III Avoiding Secondary Reactions10. Thermal Stability11. Autocatalytic Reactions12. Heat Accumulation13. Physical Unit OperationsPart IV Technical Aspects of Risk Reduction14. Heating and Cooling Industrial Reactors15. Risk Reducing Measures16. Emergency Pressure Relief17. Reliability of Risk Reducing Measures18. Development of Safe Processes