| ETS/Theodore
Tutorials
Health, Safety, and Accident
Prevention: Industrial Applications
A Self-Instructional Problem Workbook
Louis Theodore, Joseph Reynolds
and Kevin Morris
Manhattan College, Riverdale NY
Published by ETS Professional Training
Institute
© 1996 Louis Theodore. 314 pages. ISBN 1-882767-18-7.
Table of Contents
Basic Operations
Conversion of Units · Weight Fraction, Mole Fraction, and Average
Molecular Weight · Pressure
Terms · Ideal Gas Law · Discharge Velocity · Reynolds
Number · Stoichiometry · Required Heat
Rate · Gross Heating Value · Henry's Law · Chemical
Reaction Equilibrium · Chemical Kinetics · Molecular Diffusion
· Decision Trees · Flow Diagram
Problems
Introduction Problems
Accidents at Home ·
History of Accidents · Community Emergency Planning · Shipping
Yard
Hazards · Hazard and Health Risk Assessment
Toxicology Problems
Definitions · Toxicology Factors · Exposure Guidelines
· Threshold Limit Values · IDLH and Lethal Level for a Gas
· Dose-Response · Chemical Exposure in a Laboratory ·
Vapor Cloud Emission · Qualitative Health Risk Assessment ·
FAR Concept
Plant and Related Hazards
Flammability Limits and Ignition Delay Time · Fluid Flow Ventilation
· Safety Equipment · Rupture Disks and Relief Valves ·
Explosion and Fire Hazards · Noise Control · Mass Transfer
· Thermodynamics · Hazard Operability Study
Dispersion Problems
Emission Rates (Empirical) · Emission Rates (Semi-Theoretical)
· Water Systems · Atmospheric Plume Rise · Atmospheric
Dispersion Coefficients · Pasquill-Gifford Model · Line Sources
· Area Sources · Instantaneous "Puff" Model ·
Instantaneous "Puff" Sources
Probability and Statistics
Principles · Problems · Conditional Probability ·
Bayes' Theorem · Probability Distribution
Function · Series and Parallel Systems · Binomial Distribution
· Weibull Distribution · Normal Distribution · Monte
Carlo Simulation · Event Tree Analysis · Fault Tree Analysis
Design-Oriented Application Problems
Quantitative Risk Assessment for a Chemical Facility · Cost
Effectiveness Analysis for an Accidental Toxic Chemical Release ·
Lifetime Individual Risk Assessment/Characterization · Greenhouse
Effect · Accidental/Emergency Discharge into a Lake/Reservoir
Solutions
Solutions to Introduction Problems
Solutions to Toxicology Problems
Solutions to Plant and Related Hazards Problems
Solutions to Dispersion Problems
Solutions to Probability and Statistics Principles Problems
Solutions to Design-Oriented Application Problems
Appendices
Error Function (Probability Integral) Table
Dispersion Coefficients
Standard Normal Cumulative Probability Table
SI Units
Index
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