Hazards and Safety in Process Industries: Case Studies
暫譯: 過程工業中的危害與安全：案例研究

在流程工業中，安全是確保防範危害的首要必要條件。本書的目的是闡明一些特定工業流程的危害及其預防措施。書中首先概述了當前的工業事故、危害類型和安全規定，包含十九章，每一章都由一個獨特的案例研究組成，涵蓋基本原因、結果與討論，以及克服此類情況所需採取的保護措施。所涵蓋的主題包括己內酰胺儲罐事故、由靜電引起的火災爆炸事故，以及流程安全中的人因風險與管理等。本書針對化學工程、安全管理、風險評估、化學過程安全的研究人員、專業人士及研究生：

- 提供對流程工業設置中危害和安全問題的工業案例研究的全面覆蓋。
- 包含對新技術和現有技術及方法的定量討論。
- 探索高質量的描述性和量化數據，以便更好地可視化每一章。
- 詳細描述各種工業事故、相關後果及可用的安全/預防措施。
- 討論世界級工業在其生產廠中採取的預防措施。

Dr. Mihir Kumar Purkait is a Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Head Centre for the Environment at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG). Prior to joining as faculty in IITG (2004), he has received his PhD and M. Tech in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (IITKGP) after completing his B. Tech and B. Sc (Hons) in Chemistry from University of Calcutta. He has received several awards like; Dr. A.V. Rama Rao Foundation's Best PhD Thesis and Research Award in Chemical Engineering from IIChE (2007), BOYSCAST Fellow award (2009-10) from the DST, Young Engineers Award in the field of Chemical Engineering from the Institute of Engineers (India, 2009), Young Scientist Medal award from the Indian National Science Academy (INSA, 2009). Prof. Purkait is a Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) UK, and Fellow of Institute of Engineers (FIE) India. He is the director of 2 incubated company (viz. RD Grow Green India Pvt. Ltd. and Vixudha Bio Products Ltd.). He is also technical advisor of Gammon India Ltd and Indian Oil Corporation, Bethkuchi for their treatment plant.

His current research activities are focused in four distinct areas viz. i) advanced separation technologies, ii) waste to energy, iii) smart materials for various applications and iv) process intensification. In each of the area, his goal is to synthesis stimuli responsive materials and to develop a more fundamental understanding of the factors governing the performance of the chemical and biochemical processes. He has more than 20 years of experience in academics and research and published more than 200 papers in different reputed journals. He has 8 patents and completed 24 sponsored and consultancy projects from various funding agencies. Prof. Purkait has guided 18 PhD students. He has authored 6 books in CRC press, Academic press and Springer.

Dr. Piyal Mondal received his B Tech in Chemical Engineering from NIT Durgapur. He pursued M-Tech and PhD from IIT Guwahati in Chemical Engineering. His research work is dedicated to preparation of zero-valent nanomaterial through green synthesis methodology, as well metal-metal nano-composite material. Research work focuses on the hazardous analysis of the synthesized materials towards treatment of drinking water. Moreover his studies also include polymeric membrane preparation for wastewater treatment, protein separation, value added product separation from biogenic source etc. Fabricating prototype for analysing specific contaminant through photo-luminescent activity is also a part of his study. He has authored 3 book, 2 by Elsevier (AP, ISBN: 9780128139615, 9780128188019), one by CRC Press (Taylor & Francis, ISBN: 9781138393417) published 8 and already submitted 7 papers in international journals. He has received several awards in his field in international and national conferences. His contribution is essential in every steps starting from formulation of proposal to final submission of book.

Dr. Murchana Changmai, Research Associate at Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited R&D Centre is an active researcher. Currently she works in the field of kinetic modeling for catalyst deactivation, oxidative and extractive desulfurization studies. She completed her PhD (2019) and Masters (2014) from Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati where she extensively worked in the field of water treatment utilizing various methods such as membrane separation, electrocoagulation and adsorption. She also has experience in the fabrication of inorganic membranes and adsorbents (nanoparticles, organic adsorbents and composite adsorbents). She has also done internships at Gifu University, Japan and SeoulTech, South Korea during her tenure as a PhD scholar. Dr. Changmai has published 10 papers, 2 book chapters and filed 1 patent as of now. Being in the petroleum industry, she is aware of the basic SOPs followed for any experiment and MSDS, HAZOP necessities for the incident free work environment and the safety of all its researchers.

Dr. Vikranth Volli is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Safety, Health and Environment, at National Yunlin University of Science and Technology (YunTech), Douliou, Taiwan. Before joining YunTech, he has received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati and M.Tech from National Institute of Technology, Rourkela after completing his B.Tech in Chemical Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, India. His research work is dedicated to studies relating the thermal behavior, oxidative stability, and hazard analysis of ionic liquids, agricultural residues, ester based lube, and commercial oils. He has also studied the synthesis of catalysts and value-added products from industrial wastes (fly ash and red mud) and their application in biodiesel production. He has published numerous research papers in international journals of repute.

Dr. Shu was a Distinguished Chair Professor and Academic Vice President of National Yunlin University of Science and Technology in Taiwan. He was the first Taiwanese professor to receive the North American Thermal Analysis Society (NATAS) Fellow Award (2011) for his technical service and professional contributions as a recognition of this important contribution. Furthermore, he was the first Taiwanese professor to be elected as an American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Fellow in 2016 for technical service and professional contributions, followed by the NATAS Mettler Toledo Award, which is the highest honor in Thermal Analysis internationally for the year 2017. He was the 4th ethnic Chinese recipient in 50 years. In 2018, he obtained the two Fellows from the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) and The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET. Dr. Shu also served as an editorial board member for various reputed science journals, such as PSP (Process Safety Progress, SCI), JSR (Journal of Safety Research, SSCI) and JLPPI (Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, SCI). His service and stellar performance towards the sustainable development in process industries brought in many accolades and awards, such as the Outstanding Research Award in 2007, 2010, 2017, and the Outstanding Academic-Industrial Collaboration Award in 2014; winning both the awards is unique in the history of YunTech as a top 1% performer among 360 faculty members since its establishment. From 2011, he is among the first five Distinguished Professors of YunTech and in 2016 was promoted as Distinguished Chair Professor. With 248 SCI publications in 18 years, he has spear-headed numerous disaster management programs and monitored crisis management events through chemical engineering across the Asian continent.

Dr. Mihir Kumar Purkait 是印度科技大學古瓦哈提分校 (IITG) 化學工程系的教授及環境中心主任。在2004年加入IITG擔任教職之前，他在印度科技大學卡拉格普爾分校 (IITKGP) 獲得化學工程的博士學位和碩士學位，並在加爾各答大學完成化學的學士學位和榮譽學士學位。他曾獲得多項獎項，包括：2007年印度化學工程師協會 (IIChE) 的最佳博士論文及研究獎、2009-10年來自科技部 (DST) 的BOYSCAST獎、2009年印度工程師協會的化學工程青年工程師獎，以及2009年印度國家科學院 (INSA) 的青年科學家獎。Purkait教授是英國皇家化學學會 (FRSC) 和印度工程師協會 (FIE) 的院士。他是兩家孵化公司的董事（即RD Grow Green India Pvt. Ltd. 和 Vixudha Bio Products Ltd.）。他同時也是Gammon India Ltd. 和印度石油公司Bethkuchi的技術顧問，負責其處理廠的相關事務。

他目前的研究活動集中在四個不同的領域：i) 先進分離技術，ii) 廢物轉能源，iii) 用於各種應用的智能材料，以及 iv) 流程強化。在每個領域中，他的目標是合成刺激響應材料，並深入了解影響化學和生化過程性能的因素。他在學術和研究方面擁有超過20年的經驗，並在不同的知名期刊上發表了超過200篇論文。他擁有8項專利，並完成了來自各種資助機構的24個贊助和顧問項目。Purkait教授指導了18名博士生，並在CRC Press、Academic Press和Springer出版了6本書籍。

Dr. Piyal Mondal 獲得了NIT Durgapur的化學工程學士學位。他在IIT古瓦哈提攻讀碩士和博士學位，專注於通過綠色合成方法製備零價納米材料以及金屬-金屬納米複合材料。其研究工作專注於合成材料對飲用水處理的危害分析。此外，他的研究還包括廢水處理的聚合物膜製備、蛋白質分離、從生物源分離增值產品等。製作原型以分析特定污染物的光致發光活性也是他研究的一部分。他已出版3本書，其中2本由Elsevier出版（AP, ISBN: 9780128139615, 9780128188019），1本由CRC Press出版（Taylor & Francis, ISBN: 9781138393417），並已在國際期刊上提交了8篇論文，另外7篇已提交。他在國際和國內會議中獲得了多項獎項。他的貢獻對於從提案的制定到書籍的最終提交的每一步都是至關重要的。

Dr. Murchana Changmai 是印度石油公司 (Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited) 研發中心的研究助理，活躍於研究領域。目前，她的工作集中在催化劑失活的動力學建模、氧化和萃取脫硫研究。她於2019年獲得博士學位，2014年獲得碩士學位，均來自印度科技大學古瓦哈提分校，並在水處理領域進行了廣泛的研究，利用各種方法如膜分離、電凝聚和吸附。她還擁有製作無機膜和吸附劑（納米顆粒、有機吸附劑和複合吸附劑）的經驗。在攻讀博士學位期間，她還在日本岐阜大學和南韓首爾科技大學進行了實習。至今，Changmai博士已發表10篇論文、2章書籍並申請了1項專利。作為石油行業的一員，她了解任何實驗所遵循的基本標準作業程序 (SOP) 以及事故無虞的工作環境和所有研究人員安全所需的材料安全數據表 (MSDS) 和危險性分析 (HAZOP)。

Dr. Vikranth Volli 是國立雲林科技大學 (YunTech) 安全、健康與環境系的助理教授。在加入雲科大之前，他在印度科技大學古瓦哈提分校獲得化學工程博士學位，並在印度羅爾基拉國立技術學院獲得碩士學位，之前在印度海得拉巴的賈瓦哈拉爾尼赫魯科技大學完成化學工程學士學位。他的研究工作專注於離子液體、農業廢料、酯基潤滑油和商業油品的熱行為、氧化穩定性和危害分析。他還研究了從工業廢物（飛灰和紅泥）合成催化劑和增值產品及其在生物柴油生產中的應用。他在國際知名期刊上發表了大量研究論文。

Dr. Shu 曾是國立雲林科技大學的傑出講座教授及學術副校長。他是第一位獲得北美熱分析學會 (NATAS) 院士獎 (2011) 的台灣教授，以表彰其在技術服務和專業貢獻方面的重要貢獻。此外，他是第一位於2016年當選美國化學工程師學會 (AIChE) 院士的台灣教授，隨後又獲得NATAS Mettler Toledo獎，該獎項是國際熱分析領域的最高榮譽，2017年頒發。他是50年來第4位獲此獎的華裔。2018年，他獲得了來自皇家化學學會 (RSC) 和工程技術學會 (IET) 的兩項院士稱號。Dr. Shu 也曾擔任多本知名科學期刊的編輯委員會成員，如PSP (Process Safety Progress, SCI)、JSR (Journal of Safety Research, SSCI) 和JLPPI (Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, SCI)。他在流程工業可持續發展方面的服務和卓越表現贏得了多項榮譽和獎項，包括2007年、2010年、2017年的傑出研究獎，以及2014年的傑出學術-產業合作獎；這兩項獎項在雲科大歷史上是獨一無二的，因為他在360名教職員中名列前1%。自2011年以來，他是雲科大的前五位傑出教授之一，並於2016年晉升為傑出講座教授。在18年內發表了248篇SCI論文，他在亞洲大陸推動了多項災害管理計劃，並通過化學工程監控危機管理事件。