TORAP - A new tool for conducting rapid risk-assessments in petroleum refineries and petrochemical industries

Applied Energy

Volumn 65, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 187-210

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

^a Ctr Poll Contr Ener Technol   (India)

Author keywords

Consequence analysis; Hazard assessment; Quantitative risk assessment; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PETROCHEMICAL PLANTS; PETROLEUM REFINERIES;

SOFTWARE PACKAGE TORAP;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0040182679     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-2619(99)00078-1     Document Type: Article

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