Analysis of equipment failures as contributors to chemical process accidents

A database study of chemical process accident cases was carried out. The objective of the study is was to identify the reasons for equipment based accidents. The most frequent accident causing equipment were piping (25%), reactors and storage tanks (both 14%) and process vessels (10% of equipment ac...

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Main Authors: Kidam, Kamarizan, Hurme, Markku
Format: Article
Published: 2012
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