Recent developments in the assessment of thermal risks of chemical processes

In the past two decades, the assessment of thermal risks linked to the practice of chemical reactions on an industrial scale has made great progress, Nowadays chemists understand these risks and are able to assess them, Nevertheless, incidents still occur which indicate that some weaknesses still exist, especially in risk management systems, Recent developments aim at providing production staff with improved tools for the assessment of these risks and also for training purposes, Furthermore, for some special situations, more specific and more accurate experimental techniques and estimation methods are required, In the present paper, some recent developments realized in our safety research laboratories are reviewed.