This book is the proceedings of the Third International Symposium held in November, 2005. The theme of the symposium was "Managing Chemical Reactivity with Confidence". The editors believe that this information from this book will prove useful to those who design or review emergency relief systems for both reactive and non-reactive scenarios.

Organized by the Design Institute for Emergency Relief Systems (DIERS) Users Group

This book is the proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium held in 1998. The DIERS Users Group organized the Second International Symposium on Runaway Reactions, Pressure Relief Design, and Effluent Handling to provide a summary of the research and technologies that are applicable to the control of runaway reaction hazards and the design of pressure relief and effluent handling systems. Proceedings from that conference are now available in this hardcover book, which address several aspects of chemical reactivity, pressure relief design, and effluent handling, including experimental techniques and analytical / simplified tools for thermal hazards assessment, and emergency relief system design.Organized by the Design Institute for Emergency Relief Systems (DIERS)Users Group

Storing, handling, processing, and transporting of reactive chemicals pose special challenges to the chemical process industries, since under the wrong conditions, they can initiate "runaway" reactions that can have devastating results. If engineers can effectively estimate the potential reactivity hazards of a process before a process is designed, they can build the necessary safety factors into the unit or plant. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Runaway Reactions and Pressure Relief Design adds to DIERS' already rich data on this topic with 28 papers offering practical expertise on evaluating reactivity hazards and using this data for scale-up and design of emergency relief systems. The book is organized into five critical areas:

* Simplified Vent Sizing Methods Incorporating Two-Phase Flow,
* The Omega Method for Discharge Rate Evaluation,
* Navigating the Two-Phase Maze,
* Emergency Relief System Design for Fire Exposure with Consideration of Multiphase Flow and Selection and Design of Systems to Handle the Effluent from Emergency Relief Systems.