Addressing the Challenges in Chemical Process Safety
Working together with Faisal Khan, Professor and Canada Research Chair (Tier I) in Safety and Risk Engineering at Memorial University in Canada, Elsevier has developed a new book series Methods in Chemical Process Safety aimed at providing this trusted reference for those working within this field.
Currently industry practitioners receive information on new methods to improve safety from 2 sources – firstly from safety regulations and secondly from journals and books. Textbooks provide fundamentals, which though relevant, fail to provide information on latest advances or link fundamentals with these advances and their relevant application. Journals content on the other hand is up to date, but the highly technical language can be difficult for non-academics to easily understand and implement. Methods in Chemical Process Safety aims to fill this gap, updating industry practitioners quickly on the latest best practice whilst linking together fundamentals, the latest advances and application, whilst maintaining a highly practical approach.
Methods in Chemical Process Safety also aims to be a timesaver for academics – summarizing hundreds of research papers and giving a through overview of a specific topic in each volume. This is a booming area of research, so there is much information to keep up with. It is accessible for non-experts and interdisciplinary researchers who may be encountering an area for the first time or need a quick summary of the current findings. The publication also provides a bridge between academic and industry content allowing researchers from all backgrounds to share important information.
The chapters will provide context as well as answers and aim to be a one stop resource for anyone trying to get up to speed on a particular area of research within chemical process safety.
The editor of this new book series Faisal Khan sums up the importance of a publication of this type to the field. He explains that “Engineering systems are growing in complexity to meet the need of efficient operations, cost competitiveness and higher production. With increasing complexity, safety is becoming a growing challenge. There is no simple shortcut to address this challenge, but academic researchers and industry must work together to develop new knowledge. In my view this is similar to human health with scientists working together with concerned individuals and industry to develop new knowledge. Similarly, the safety community must work together with industry to address safety challenges as they evolve. Methods in Chemical Process Safety provides a resource to develop this knowledge and catalyze the development of new methods, tools and technology to address safety challenges. Ultimately using this series will help researchers and industry practitioners to reach their shared goal of ‘Inherently Safer Design and Safe Operation’.”
The first volume in the series discusses the fundamentals of process safety from a practical perspective to make the book applicable for practitioners working within the industry. We are developing more volumes which will publish at least once per year and will cover major topics within this field of research, in particular in hazard identification and detection, risk assessment and management, modelling, safety, inherently safer design and loss prevention.
Check out the 1st Volume on ScienceDirect
Available to purchase volume by volume on Elsevier.com or recommend to your librarian for institutional access on ScienceDirect.