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Section 26
Process Safety
Stanley M. Englund, M.S., Ch.E., Fellow American Institute of Chemical Engineers;
Process Consultant, The Dow Chemical Company (retired). (Section Editor, Section 26; Intro-
duction; Hazard Analysis; Storage and Handling of Hazardous Materials; Reactive Chemicals;
Combustion and Flammability Hazards; Hazards of Vacuum; Hazards of Inert Gases)
Frank T. Bodurtha, Sc.D., E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co., Inc., (retired); Consultant,
Frank T. Bodurtha, Inc. (Gas Explosions; Unconfined Vapor Cloud Explosions [UVCEs] and
Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosions [BLEVEs])
Laurence G. Britton, Ph.D., Research Scientist, Union Carbide Corporation. (Flame
Arresters)
Daniel A. Crowl, Ph.D., Professor of Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering
Department, Michigan Technological University; Member, American Institute of Chemical
Engineers, American Chemical Society. (Gas Dispersion)
Stanley Grossel, President, Process Safety & Design, Inc.; Fellow, American Institute of
Chemical Engineers; Member, American Chemical Society; Member, The Combustion Institute;
Member, Explosion Protection Systems Committee of NFPA. (Emergency Relief Device Effluent
Collection and Handling)
W. G. High, C.Eng., B.Sc., F.I.Mech.E., Burgoyne Consultants Ltd., W. Yorks, England.
(Guidelines for Estimating Damage)
Trevor A. Kletz, D.Sc., Senior Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Chemical Engi-
neering, Loughborough, University U.K.; Fellow, American Institute of Chemical Engineers,
Royal Academy of Engineers (U.K.), Institution of Chemical Engineers (U.K.), and Royal Soci-
ety of Chemistry (U.K.). (Inherently Safer Design)
Robert W. Ormsby, M.S., ChE., Manager of Safety, Chemicals Group, Air Products and
Chemicals, Inc.; Air Products Corp.; Fellow, American Institute of Chemical Engineers. (Risk
Analysis)
John E. Owens, B.E.E., Electrostatics Consultant, Condux, Inc.; Member, Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Electrostatics Society of America. (Static Electricity)
Carl A. Schiappa, B.S. Ch.E.,