Management and Engineering of Fire Safety and Loss Prevention: Onshore and offshore

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 10
Session A: Risk Assessment......Page 12
Quantitative Risk Assessment: Likely Error Ranges and the Need for a Multi Disciplinary Approach......Page 13
Treatment of Escalation Mechanisms in the Quantitative Risk Assessment of Offshore Platforms......Page 23
Modelling the Behaviour of Hydro-Carbon Leaks in Enclosed Modules on Offshore Oil Platforms......Page 33
An Integrated Approach to Fault Tree Analysis for Safety and Availability Studies......Page 49
Incorporating Human Factors Into Formal Safety Assessment: The Offshore Safety Case......Page 61
Fire Risk Quantification Using A Discrete Scenario Model......Page 70
Session E: Operations and Operational Safety......Page 82
Contingency Planning Techniques to Reduce Response Time for Tackling Offshore Well Blowouts......Page 83
Upstream Safety Programme in Petronas......Page 95
The Marine Chemist Program: NFPA and Industry at Work to Promote Maritime Safety G.R.Colonna, National Fire Protection Association, USA......Page 111
A Review of the Safe Evacuation of Personnel from Offshore Installations by Totally Enclosed Motor Propelled Survival Craft (TEMPSC)......Page 119
Emergency Training Inside Industry......Page 128
The Application of Formal Safety Assessment to an Existing Offshore Installations......Page 136
Can BS 5750 Satisfy Safety Management Systems?......Page 147
Session B: Research, Risk Reduction and Design Safety......Page 155
Hyperbaric Ignition and Combustion Behaviour for Some Selected Diving Chamber Specific Materials......Page 156
Modelling of Missile Energy from Gas Explosions Offshore......Page 168
Large-Scale Natural Gas and LPG Jet Fires and Thermal Impact on Structures......Page 181
The Assessment of Safety Management Systems for Effective Loss Prevention......Page 189
Section C: Detection and Control......Page 197
The Selection and Placement of Flame Detectors for Maximum Availability of the Detection System......Page 198
Use of ESD valves in Fire Safety Engineering Based on Safety Assessments......Page 207
Modern Methods of Designing Fire and Gas Detection Systems......Page 216
Section D: Protective Systems......Page 230
An Overview of Draft IEC International Standard: "Functional Safety of Programmable Electronic Systems"......Page 231
Fire Dampers—Taking Stock......Page 249
The Approach to Transient Problems in Firewater Systems......Page 257
Halon Alternatives and Replacements......Page 280
The Evaluation and Testing of Firewater Deluge Systems......Page 290