A methodology for managing explosion risks in refineries and petrochemical plants

2004 AIChE Spring Meeting, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Chamberlain, G A ^a  

^a SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

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