To answer the question “what is HAZOP?” you first need to know that it is an abbreviation of HAZard and OPerability; a brainstorming study technique looking at how industrial process plant can go wrong. A HAZOP study is a team analysis exercise, often used in the design stage of new or novel processes, but also
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