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Using the CCPS guidelines for chemical transportation risk analysis
Author(s) -
Bendixen Lisa,
Freeman Raymond A.,
Hendershot Dennis
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
process safety progress
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.378
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1547-5913
pISSN - 1066-8527
DOI - 10.1002/prs.680160111
Subject(s) - hazardous waste , barge , engineering , risk analysis (engineering) , truck , process safety , transport engineering , pipeline (software) , process (computing) , chemical industry , chemical plant , forensic engineering , waste management , computer science , business , environmental engineering , marine engineering , mechanical engineering , operating system , aerospace engineering
Transportation of hazardous chemicals as raw materials or products from chemical process facilities presents special hazards. Recently, the Risk Assessment Subcommittee (RASC) of the AIChE Center for Chemical Process Safetly (CCPS) completed a three‐year project which has been published in a CCPS Guidelines Series entitled Guidelines for Chemical Transportation Risk Analysis. The major themes of the book are summarized in this paper and the methods and techniques used in evaluating the risk of movement of hazardous chemicals are described. Guidelines for Chemical Transportation Risk Analysis covers methods that can be used to evaluate the risk of movement of a hazardous chemical by rail, barge, truck, pipeline, and ocean‐going vessel. A simple example is presented using the methods discussed in the guidelines.