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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| description | 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 accidents). The six most accident-prone equipment is process related involve nearly 80% of accidents.78% of equipment accident contributors are technically oriented including design and human/technical interface faults. Purely human and organizational reasons are the most common accident contributors for storage tanks (33%), piping (18%) and heat transfer equipment (16% of causes). For other equipment the technical accident causes are most common. |
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| spelling | utm.eprints-466082017-09-17T04:51:06Z http://eprints.utm.my/46608/ Analysis of equipment failures as contributors to chemical process accidents Kidam, Kamarizan Hurme, Markku TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) 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 accidents). The six most accident-prone equipment is process related involve nearly 80% of accidents.78% of equipment accident contributors are technically oriented including design and human/technical interface faults. Purely human and organizational reasons are the most common accident contributors for storage tanks (33%), piping (18%) and heat transfer equipment (16% of causes). For other equipment the technical accident causes are most common. 2012 Article PeerReviewed Kidam, Kamarizan and Hurme, Markku (2012) Analysis of equipment failures as contributors to chemical process accidents. Process Safety And Environmental Protection, 91 . pp. 61-78. ISSN 0957-5820 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psep.2012.02.001 |
| spellingShingle | TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Kidam, Kamarizan Hurme, Markku Analysis of equipment failures as contributors to chemical process accidents |
| title | Analysis of equipment failures as contributors to chemical process accidents |
| title_full | Analysis of equipment failures as contributors to chemical process accidents |
| title_fullStr | Analysis of equipment failures as contributors to chemical process accidents |
| title_full_unstemmed | Analysis of equipment failures as contributors to chemical process accidents |
| title_short | Analysis of equipment failures as contributors to chemical process accidents |
| title_sort | analysis of equipment failures as contributors to chemical process accidents |
| topic | TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) |
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