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Advances in Fire and Process Safety : Select Proceedings of HSFEA 2016

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The discovery of fire enabled mankind to conquer other life forms and subsequently dominate the planet. As mankind learned various benefits of fire, it also learned that, if not controlled, a fire can destroy its initiator. This realization made humankind strive to find ways and means to control fire.rnBut it was easier wished than done and the struggle to master fire is still on. Despite a better understanding of fire and technological advancements toward taming it, mankind hasn’t been able to achieve total control over fire. Be it forest fires or accidental fires at chemical process industries, fires still leave even the most technologically sophisticated nations helpless in dealing with it.rnSimilar helplessness is experienced when accidents in chemical process indus- tries continue to occur despite the deeper knowledge of and technological advancements in this field. While some accidents cause temporary harm, like the gas leak from a container depot in New Delhi on May 7, 2017, which resulted in the hospitalization of more than 450 residents including school children, the effect of other accidents can linger for generations and poison several square miles, as happened due to the Bhopal gas tragedy in 1984. The oil spill that followed the accident at British oil rig in Gulf of Mexico resulted in a huge environmental loss estimated at USD 20 billion. Thus, there is a lot more that needs to be understood about fires and process accidents in order to gain total mastery over them.rnThe key objective of this publication is to update the reader with the latest developments in the field of fire and process safety and inform on related oppor- tunities and challenges. This volume presents select papers that were presented at the international conference on advances in the field of health, safety, fire, envi- ronment, allied sciences and engineering (HSFEA 2016), held during Novemberrn18–19, 2016, at the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun. The conference was attended by leading academicians, technocrats, captains of industry, policy makers, budding scholars, and graduate students. The contribution from the authors covers topics ranging from technology that assists in ensuring a safe working environment free from process hazards that could translatern rnvi Prefacernrninto accidents causing loss of life and/or damage to property and the environment. Topics on methods that can be used for hazard identification and risk analysis are also included. Additionally, the importance of ensuring safety and healthy work environment, free from fire and process hazards, is stressed upon.rnrnDehradun, India N. A. Siddiqui Dehradun, India S. M. Tauseef Pondicherry, India S. A. Abbasi Worcester, USA Ali S. Rangwalarn

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Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental E

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