Dennis P. Nolan “Handbook of Fire & Explosion Protection Engineering Principles
for Oil, Gas, Chemical, & Related Facilities"
Noyes Publications | 1996-09-01 | ISBN:0815513941 | PDF | 291 pages | 16 Mb
The security and economic stability of many nations and multinational oil companies are highly
dependent on the safe and uninterrupted operation of their oil, gas and chemical facilities. One of
the most critical impacts that can occur to these operations are fire and explosions from
accidental or political incidents
This publication is intended as a general engineering handbook and reference guideline for those
personnel involved with fire and explosion protection aspects of these critical hydrocarbon
facilities. Several other reference books are available that provide portions of the necessary
information required to evaluate hazards, provide fire protection measures, or determine
insurance needs. However, most are not fully complete in mentioning all technical subjects and
some have become somewhat technically outdated. They usually tend to be a collection of
technical papers or else provide a broad coverage of subjects without much practical applications
or details. The main objective of this handbook is provide some background understanding of fire
and explosion problems at oil and gas facilities and a general source of reference material for
engineers, designers and others facing fire protection issues, that can be practically applied. It
should also serve as a reminder for the identification of unexpected hazards at a facility.
Explosion and fire protection engineering, principles for the hydrocarbon industries are still
being researched, evolved and expanded, as is the case with most engineering disciplines. This
and handbook does not profess to contain all the solutions to fire protection problems associated
with hydrocarbon facilities. It does, however, try to shed some insight into the current practices
and trends being applied in the petroleum industry today.
This book is generally written from the point of reference of the United States but does attempt
to reference other international codes, standards and practices where they have been referenced
or heavily used by the international oil industry. It does use SI units as the normal units of
measure, to as these are typically used in the international oil industry.
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