Dow's Fire & Explosion Index Hazard Classification Guide, Seventh Edition

Copyright © 1994 American Institute of Chemical Engineers

Dow's Fire & Explosion Index Hazard Classification Guide, Seventh Edition

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Published Online: 4 OCT 2010 07:39AM EST

Print ISBN: 9780816906239

Online ISBN: 9780470938195

DOI: 10.1002/9780470938195

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This popular safety best-seller is designed to help the user quantify the expected damage of potential fire and explosion incidents in realistic terms, identify the equipment likely to contribute to the creation or escalation of an incident, and communicate the fire and explosion risk potential to management. Based on Dow's Fire and Explosion Risk Analysis Program, the index provides a step-by-step, objective evaluation of the actual fire and explosion, as well as reactivity potential of process equipment and its contents.

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–v)

    2. Introduction: The Fire and Explosion Index System (page 2)

    3. Procedure for Risk Analysis Calculations (pages 3–7)

    4. Selection of Pertinent Process Units (pages 8–9)

    5. Determination of Material Factor (pages 10–14)

    6. Process Unit Hazards Factors (page 15)

    7. General Process Hazards (pages 16–19)

    8. Special Process Hazards (pages 20–36)

    9. Determination of Process Unit Hazards Factor (page 37)

    10. Determination of Fire and Explosion Index (page 38)

    11. Loss Control Credit Factors (pages 39–46)

    12. Process Unit Risk Analysis Summary (pages 47–56)

    13. Discussion of MPPD, BI and Plant Layout (page 57)

    14. Manufacturing Unit Risk Analysis Summary (page 58)

    15. Risk Analysis Package (page 59)

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      Appendix A: Material Factors and Properties (pages 60–71)

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      Appendix B: Special Material Factor Considerations for Mixtures (pages 72–73)

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      Appendix C: Basic Preventive and Protective Features (page 74)

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      Appendix D: Loss Prevention Checklist (pages 75–80)

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      Appendix E: Equations for Damage Factor Data (pages 81–82)

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      Appendix F: Acronyms and Abbreviations (page 83)

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