Safety
Inherently Safer Design:
The Fundamentals
Dennis C, HENDERSHOT
Center FoR
CHEMICAL Process SAFETY
Build safety into your process by
substituting less-hazardous materials and chemistry,
minimizing inventories and equipment sizes,
moderating operating conditions,
and simplifying unnecessarily complex operations.
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Over the Ist 40 years, the philosophy of ISD has
continued to evolve. Recently, new editions of the primary
reference books on ISD have been published: Jnherently
Safer Chemical Processes: A Life Cycle Approach, by the
Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) (2); and Process
Plants: A Handbook for Inherently Safer Design, by Kletz
and Amyotte (3). These books incorporate the latest develop-
‘ments in ISD based on decades of industrial experience.
What is ISD?
A frequently cited dictionary definition of inherent is.
something that exists “as an essential constituent or char
acteristic.” Safty is built into the process or product, not
added on, Hazards are eliminated or significant reduced,
‘not controlled, and the way they are eliminated or reduced
isso fundamental tothe design tha it cannot be changed or