Explosions in the process industries injure or kill hundreds, if not thousands, of workers every year. They occurin process plants, refineries, platforms and pipelines all over the world. Millions of dollars are spent repairingdamages, replacing equipment and rebuilding facilities in the wake of this destruction. This book exploresdifferent types of explosions that can occur in a facility and the necessary steps to guard against them. A clearset of preventative measures, rules and standards combine to make this book a convenient guide to real-worldapplications. Additional theoretical issues in the use of probabilistic equations and scenarios make this bookan absolute necessity for process industry safety.