General Aspects of Thermal Process Safety. Introduction to Risk Analysis of Fine Chemical Processes -- Fundamentals of Thermal Process Safety -- Assessment of Thermal Risks -- Experimental Techniques -- Assessment of the Energy Potential -- Mastering Exothermal Reactions. General Aspects of Reactor Safety -- Batch Reactors -- Semi-batch Reactors -- Continuous Reactors -- Avoiding Secondary Reactions. Thermal Stability -- Autocatalytic Reactions -- Heat Accumulation -- Physical Unit Operations -- Technical Aspects of Thermal Process Safety. Heating and Cooling Industrial Reactors -- Risk Reducing Measures -- Emergency Pressure Relief -- Reliability of Risk Reducing Measures -- Development of Safe Processes -- Solutions of Exercises -- Symbols.