Risk analysis of a chloralkali industry situated in a populated area using the software package MAXCRED-II

Process Safety Progress

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 172-184

  Khan, Faisal I ^a   Abbasi, S A ^a  

^a PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; EXPLOSIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

SOFTWARE PACKAGE MAXCRED II; VAPOR CLOUD EXPLOSION;

CHEMICAL PLANTS;

EID: 0031237269     PISSN: 10668527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prs.680160312     Document Type: Article

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