Chemical Process Safety: Fundamentals with Applications, 5th edition

Published by Pearson (6 November 2026) © 2027

  • Daniel A. Crowl
  • Joseph F. Louvar
  • Hunter R Flodman
  • Tracy Carter
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The #1 Process Safety Textbook Worldwide for Teaching and Industrial Reference

Process safety continues to evolve to prevent industrial accidents. Chemical Process Safety, Fifth Edition, builds on its legacy as the definitive guide both for university instruction and an industrial/professional reference for all engineers.

This edition improves the organization, updates the content to current industrial practices and uses a 100 gal (378 L) multi-purpose pilot plant vessel throughout to bring the reader closer to industrial practices and applications.

Maintaining its hallmark balance of theory and application, this book integrates theory, calculations, case histories, examples, and homework problems closely coupled with supporting figures and tables to help readers understand concepts and apply them in practice.

  • Introductory chapter provides an overview of process safety
  • The history of process safety from medieval times to the present
  • Comprehensive chapter on the AIChE Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) 20 Elements of Risk-Based Process Safety (RBPS), with detailed accident case histories for each element
  • Close coupling of the content to CCPS references.
  • Detailed specifications for the 100 gal pilot plant vessel (PPV), including piping and instrument diagrams and specifications for the surrounding pilot plant development area (PPDA), as well as PPV example applications and homework problems
  • Updated 2-phase flow relief sizing method using the Omega Method

Table of contents

Preface
About the Authors
Nomenclature

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Process Safety Overview
Chapter 3: The 20 Elements of Risk Based Safety Process (RBPS)
Chapter 4: The Multi-Purpose Pilot Plant Vessel (PPV)
Chapter 5: Toxicology
Chapter 6: Industrial Hygiene
Chapter 7: Source Models
Chapter 8: Hazardous Material Dispersion
Chapter 9: Fires and Explosions
Chapter 10: Concepts to Prevent Fires and Explosions
Chapter 11: Chemical Reactivity
Chapter 12: Introduction to Reliefs
Chapter 13: Relief Sizing
Chapter 14: Hazards Identification and Evaluation
Chapter 15: Risk Analysis and Assessment

Appendix A: Unit Conversion Constants
Appendix B: Flammability Data for Selected Hydrocarbons
Appendix C: Saturation Vapor Pressure Data
Appendix D: Special Types of Reactive Chemicals
Appendix E: Hazardous Chemicals Data for a Variety of Chemical Substances
Appendix F: Process Diagrams
Appendix G: Process Development (PD) Area General Specifications
Appendix H: Specifications for the 100 Gallon (378.5 L) Multipurpose Vessel
Appendix I: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Usage Guidelines for the Process Development Area (PD)

Index

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