New generic leak frequencies for process equipment

Process Safety Progress

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 249-257

  Spouge, John ^a  

^a DNV GL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Leak frequencies; Leaks; Process equipment; Quantitative risk assessment

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL EQUIPMENT; HAZARDS; LEAK DETECTION; PROCESS ENGINEERING; RISK MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS;

LEAK FREQUENCIES; PROCESS EQUIPMENT; QUANTITATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

CHEMICAL EQUIPMENT; HAZARDS; LEAK DETECTION; PROCESS ENGINEERING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS;

EID: 32944473490     PISSN: 10668527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prs.10100     Document Type: Article

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