Study of Major Accidents Involving Chemical Reactive Substances

Sales, Jaime; Mushtaq, Fesil; Christou, Michalis; Nomen, R.

doi:10.1205/psep06012

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“…The result corresponds quite well with the average of the results (73 %) published earlier [7,12,14] when the same classification is used. In this paper, 15 accident contributors were studied in detail in order to identify the causes of accidents.…”

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Statistical Analysis of Contributors to Chemical Process Accidents

Kidam

Hurme

2012

Chem Eng & Technol

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A database study of accident contributors in the chemical process industry (CPI) was carried out. All 364 CPI-related accidents available in the Failure Knowledge Database were analyzed to identify the main and the subcontributors of the accidents. The accident contributors were ranked in accordance with their frequency and importance in accident prevention. The most common accident contributors were the human and organizational aspects in operation (19 % of contributors), contamination (11 %), flow-related issues (11 %), and heat transfer (10 %). In the main contributor analysis, the same classes of contributors were also the most frequent causes of accidents. A four-quadrant analysis identified the most important contributors to be focused on in accident prevention: contamination, flowrelated and heat transfer categories. The relationships between the contributors were also studied using an interconnection matrix, which revealed three functional groups of accident contributors. Their relationships were illustrated through an interconnection diagram.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

Statistical Analysis of Contributors to Chemical Process Accidents

Kidam

Hurme

2012

Chem Eng & Technol

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“…1,2 Thermal unstable compounds or reacting mixtures capable to undergo exothermal decomposition phenomena with a huge heat release and gas evolution have been responsible for catastrophic events during the past [3][4][5] and this despite extensive work devoted to their study. A literature survey clearly indicates that one of the major causes of these incidents can be ascribed to the lack of knowledge of the phenomena involved.…”

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On the use of the generalized autocatalytic models: The thermal decomposition of 3,5‐dinitro‐4‐methylbenzoic acid

Sanchirico

2015

AIChE Journal

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The thermal decomposition of 3,5-dinitro-4-methylbenzoic acid is studied by means of differential calorimetric techniques (DSC). Its autocatalytic behaviour has been highlighted and the decomposition process has been described considering the generalized expression of the Sest ak-Berggren model. A new procedure for the optimization of the initiation parameter along with the other Arrhenius constants and kinetic exponents starting from the knowledge of the classic Sest ak-Berggren model is illustrated. Encouraging results point out the validity of the approach which has been verified considering both a series of numerical and real experiments.

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“…A few studies are available in the literature demonstrating how the accident information from individual databases such as Process Safety Incident Database (PSID), Major Accident Information (MAI), Analysis, Research and Information on Accidents (ARIA), MARS, Accidental release information program (ARIP) etc. have been translated to lessons learnt , . However, there is limited public access to databases because some of these need to be subscribed.…”

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Review of Process Industry Accidents Analysis towards Safety System Improvement and Sustainable Process Design

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Risk assessment is the tool for maintaining perfect safety management systems and aiding sustainable process design, with hazard identification as the critical step. This step can be executed by past accidents analysis (PAA) to achieve the mentioned objectives. Despite of available analyses, the recurring of accidents identifies the shortcomings in PAA and requires a detailed examination as reported in this review. The intensified exploration of accident information will strengthen both the safety management system at existing facilities and process designing in terms of sustainability.

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Study of Major Accidents Involving Chemical Reactive Substances

Cited by 57 publications

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Statistical Analysis of Contributors to Chemical Process Accidents

Statistical Analysis of Contributors to Chemical Process Accidents

On the use of the generalized autocatalytic models: The thermal decomposition of 3,5‐dinitro‐4‐methylbenzoic acid

Review of Process Industry Accidents Analysis towards Safety System Improvement and Sustainable Process Design

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