Hazardous Area Classification in Petroleum and Chemical Plants: A Guide to Mitigating Risk

This book discusses fire hazards, occupancy hazards, extinguishing methods, hazard identification, and classification of materials. It provides suggestions for simple, readily recognizable and easily understood markings for materials which will give at a glance a general idea of the inherent hazards of any material and the order of severity of these hazards as they relate to fire prevention, exposure, and control. Its objectives are to provide an appropriate alerting signal and on-the-spot information to safeguard the lives of the public and emergency personnel.

Author: Alireza Bahadori
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 03/30/2017
Pages: 564
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.72lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.15d
ISBN: 9781138074644

About the Author

Alireza Bahadori, PhD, is a research staff member in the School of Environment, Science & Engineering, at Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW, Australia. He received his PhD from Curtin University, Western Australia. Dr. Bahadori is the recipient of the Australian government's Endeavour International Postgraduate Research Award as part of his research in oil and gas area. He also received a top-up award from state government of Western Australia through Western Australia Energy Research Alliance (WA: ERA) in 2009. Dr. Bahadori serves as a member of the editorial board for a number of journals, and he is the author of over 200 articles and six books.