Comparative assessment of severe accident risks in the coal, oil and natural gas chains

Balancing safety with sustainability: assessing the risk of accidents for modern low-carbon energy systems

“…More recently Burgherr and Hirschberg 4 extended their database to include biofuel, biogas, and geothermal, but not hydrogen, wind, or solar energy. Because we agree with Burgherr et al's statement that "the comparative assessment of accident risks is a key component in a holistic evaluation of energy security aspects and sustainability performance associated with our current and future energy system," 5 we though it essential that our study offer a timely, comparative, extensive assessment of energy accident risk across all low-carbon systems with both raw and normalized data. Our dataset is also almost ten times larger than the most comprehensive peerreviewed study, which reported 183 accidents.…”

The FMEA-Risk Analysis of Oil and Gas Process Facilities with Hazard Assessment Based on Fuzzy Logic

“…Oil refinery equipment refers to heavy duty in connection with the operation in aggressive technological environment: highly corrosive activity, high temperature and pressure, varying strain and temperature deformation and influence of the chemical elements (hydrogen sulfide, hydrogen, hydrogen chloride, acid and other) (Burgherr et al, 2012). In addition, the fluctuations of raw materials and reagents, vibrations of adjustable parameters (temperature, pressure, etc.…”

Transition of Future Energy System Infrastructure; through Power-to-Gas Pathways

“…The main concern regarding the risk of blending hydrogen into natural gas pipelines is the possibility of ignition. The literature [40,46,47] shows that natural gas systems enjoy a lower risk of severe accidents than large-scale power plants such as coal and nuclear, however, they pose a higher risk than renewable systems such as solar PV and wind [47]. Moreover, the risk associated with the transmission and distribution pipelines may be different, for instance, the distribution systems should be reassessed for the severity of the explosion, when near urban areas.…”