||Prevention reference manual : control technologies. Volume 1, Prevention and protection technologies for controlling accidental releases of air toxics : project summary /
Davis, Daniel S. ;
DeWolf, G. B. ;
Quass, J. D.
||Radian Corp., Austin, TX.;Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC. Air and Energy Engineering Research Lab.
|| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Energy Engineering Research Laboratory,
||EPA/600/S 8-87/039 A; EPA 600/8-87-039a; DCN-87-203-023-62-20; EPA-68-02-3994
Chemical industry--United States--Safety measures. ;
Air--Pollution--United States. ;
Chemical industry--Safety measures.
Air pollution control ;
Chemical plants ;
Control equipment ;
Design criteria ;
Inorganic compounds ;
Organic compounds ;
||Region 3 Library/Philadelphia, PA
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||3 pages ; 28 cm
The volume discusses prevention and protection measures for controlling accidental releases of air toxics. The probability of accidental releases depends on the extent to which deviations (in magnitude and duration) in the process can be tolerated before a loss of chemical containment. Developing a satisfactory control system and equipment capable of withstanding deviations requires adherence to sound process and physical plant design principles and to appropriate procedures and management practices. A process can be controlled by manipulating flow, temperature, pressure, composition, and quantity. A control system can be improved by improving the quality, specifications, and maintenance of physical components, and by duplicating components where warranted. The probability of equipment failure (causing a release) can be reduced by considering various aspects of physical plant design. Finally, protection system technologies (e.g., flares, scrubbers, and enclosures) offer a last line of defense against accidental toxic chemical releases.
"Dec. 1987." "EPA/600/S 8-87/039 A." Microfiche.