2. Definition, objectives and fields of application
2.1 Definition and objectives
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Definition
Chemetics International Ltd, in its guide to the introduction of the HAZOP method
[10] HAZOP method: "...application of a formal and systematic critical review to the process and engineering intentions of a new or existing installation in order to assess the hazard potential associated with the misuse, or malfunction, of items of equipment and their effects on the installation as a whole...".
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Objectives
The original aim of the HAZOP method was to...
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The method was first published in 1974 by LAWLEY*, then successively described in three application guides, the first in 1976 by KNOWLTON* and SHIPLEY of ICI, the second in 1977 by the Chemical Industries Association (CIA)* and the third in 1981, again by KNOWLTON*, but on behalf of Chemetics International Ltd. These guides were followed twenty years later, in 2001, by the international standard IEC 61882 entitled: "Hazard...
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