Environmental risk analysis of oil handling facilities in port areas. Application to Tarragona harbor (NE Spain)

Valdor, Paloma F.; Gómez, Alberto Luís; Puente, Araceli

doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.11.018

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“…For example, operation in foggy days increases operation difficulty [23]. Port pollution affects the environment and heath conditions of operators [24]. Standard distribution of port safety signs can provide alarms to port staff and reduce probability of safety accidents [25].…”

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Port Safety Assessment based on Entropy Weight Matter-Element model

Fu¹

2017

JESTR

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Frequently port safety accidents have resulted in port safety problems becoming the focus of increasing attention. Port safety assessment is an important basis in preventing port safety accidents. Owing to complicated influencing factors of port safety, assessing port safety effectively has been a key research topic in the industry and academe. To determine port safety assessment indexes reasonably and acquire practical assessment results, the port safety assessment index system based on 5M (man, machine, material, management, and milieu) was established first. Then, weights of all assessment indexes were determined by the entropy weight method, and the port safety assessment model was constructed by matterelement theory. Finally, the assessment model was verified by ports in Zhejiang Province of China. Results demonstrate that the material factor presents the highest average weight among all evaluation indexes. The accident rate of goods and qualified rate of pollution control are two indexes with the highest weights. The port safety assessment results based on the entropy weight matter-element model conform to practical situations. Thus, the port safety assessment model based on entropy weight matter-element theory can measure port safety level effectively and evaluate its feasibility in practical cases. The model offsets shortcomings of single theory assessment and provides a new idea and decision-making method for port safety assessment.

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Port Safety Assessment based on Entropy Weight Matter-Element model

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2017

JESTR

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“…Repsol Petróleo, SA, owner of the refinery, operates an oil terminal in the port, including a 1489 m long dock with mooring capacity for five vessels and a floating dock (monobuoy) for mooring and unloading larger vessels. This port is optimal for this study due to its activity, the availability of detailed meteo-oceanographic data from operational services, and the availability of previous oil spill environmental risk studies to compare against our results [4][5][6]9,10]. (up-right) situation of the spill points: dock (green dot) and monobuoy (red dot); (low-left) coastal and (low-right) port numerical domains of SAMOA data in Tarragona with bathymetry (in meters).…”

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“…In this context, environmental risk assessment instruments are meant to become the generalized tool for environmental management and decision-making for port authorities [3]. Several contributions faced risk port management using physical characterization of the oil spill and surrounding meteo-oceanographic conditions [4][5][6][7][8].…”

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Environmental Management System for the Analysis of Oil Spill Risk Using Probabilistic Simulations. Application at Tarragona Monobuoy

Villalonga

Infantes

Grifoll

et al. 2020

JMSE

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Oil spill accidents during port operations are one of the main hydrocarbon pollution threats for coastal waters. Appropriate environmental risk assessment and pollution events management tools are needed to achieve sustainability and environmental protection in port activity. Recent developments in monitoring techniques and accurate meteo-oceanographic prediction systems have been implemented in many ports, providing tools for environmental management. A novel method based on meteo-oceanographic operational services, in conjunction with Monte Carlo experiments using an oil spill model, is implemented to perform probabilistic maps of potential pollution events. Tarragona port area was chosen as the study case for three reasons: it accommodates a hub of petrochemical industry, the availability of high-resolution wind and water current data, and previous studies at the area offer the possibility to check the results’ accuracy. The interpretation of the impact probability maps reveals a specific pattern explained by the mean hydrodynamic conditions and the energetic north-westerly wind conditions. The impact probability maps may enhance efficiency in the environmental management of port waters and nearby coastal areas, reducing the negative impact of pollutant discharges.

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“…Coastal infrastructure scattered along the shoreline are often pivotal points where the water quality is under biggest threat from anthropogenic activities [3]. Communities use ports in the vicinity of cities to trade goods, hence during cargo manipulation unanticipated accidents may well occur [4]. In the sea, near densely populated areas, further possibly harmful pollutants could accumulate as a consequence of human activity.…”

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The Flow Generator Relations for Water Renewal through the Flushing Culverts in Marinas

Bartolić

Lončar

Bujak

et al. 2018

Water

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An understanding of the relationship between the flow generators and harbor design could result in an acceptable seawater renewal into an enclosed basin. The flushing culverts located in the breakwater are the most cost-effective technique for improving water renewal in port engineering. The aim of the paper was to identify and quantify the relation between flow generators and culvert flow to propose an optimal position for the flushing culverts. Mentioned relations are important for designing and positioning the flushing culverts in marinas to achieve optimal sea exchange in the marina basin. Field measurements in the marina Opatija were performed and the data served for calibrating a 3D circulation model and a wave generation/propagation model. The absolute volume of the flow through the culverts caused by wind waves has the more important contribution to the water renewal in the marina basin than the coastal springs have. The optimal flow rates through the culverts are performed by positioning the flushing culvert axis at the mean sea level in accordance with the main incident direction of the propagating waves.Water 2018, 10, 936 2 of 22 discharge, etc.). An understanding of the relationship between the flow generators and harbor design could result in an acceptable seawater renewal with the purpose of reducing pollution concentrations introduced into an enclosed basin [13].Previous scientific research offers mathematical procedures to compute the seawater renewal efficiency of a semi-enclosed basin, frequently grounded either on hydrodynamic or morphological features. Most approaches for seawater renewal estimation are fundamentally built around tidal oscillations as the dominant generator of water circulation inside enclosed basins [14][15][16].The structural features such as the planform geometry of a port, inlet width, water depth, bed slope and so forth, also influence the water renewal efficiency [15][16][17][18]. In regions where the tidal oscillation range is considerably small like the Mediterranean and the Adriatic Sea, the water renewal is also consequently reduced substantially. In these areas, it is widespread to use openings or flushing culverts (pipes or rectangular openings in a breakwater) with the aim of improving the water exchange capacity of the basin [19,20]. Flushing culverts are regarded as the most cost-effective technique for improving water renewal in port engineering. Its purpose is to improve the water renewal within an enclosed basin harnessing also other flow generators like wind and waves, without allowing undesirable wave energy to come into and disturb the port basin. Optimal opening layouts design can be achieved by taking into account two basic yet contradicting criteria, i.e., the water renewal and the wave energy penetration into the harbor [21].Wind action and waves have also been identified to have a significant influence on the seawater renewal. Research making use of numerical models, established to study the Venice lagoon seawater circulation, demonstrated a valuable...

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Environmental risk analysis of oil handling facilities in port areas. Application to Tarragona harbor (NE Spain)

Cited by 28 publications

References 29 publications

Port Safety Assessment based on Entropy Weight Matter-Element model

Port Safety Assessment based on Entropy Weight Matter-Element model

Environmental Management System for the Analysis of Oil Spill Risk Using Probabilistic Simulations. Application at Tarragona Monobuoy

The Flow Generator Relations for Water Renewal through the Flushing Culverts in Marinas

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