Expert system for the design of inherently safer processes. 1. Route selection stage

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 41, Issue 26, 2002, Pages 6698-6710

  Palaniappan, Chidambaram ^a   Srinivasan, Rajagopalan ^a   Tan, Reginald ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLOWCHARTING; MAINTAINABILITY; PROCESS ENGINEERING;

OPERABILITY;

EXPERT SYSTEMS;

DESIGN; EXPERT SYSTEM; PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; SAFETY;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENT; EXPERT SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; PROCESS DESIGN; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARD;

EID: 0037176161     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie020175c     Document Type: Article

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