A quantitative risk assessment tool for the external safety of industrial plants with a dust explosion hazard

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 20, Issue 4-6, 2007, Pages 375-386

  van der Voort, M M ^a   Klein, A J J ^a   de Maaijer, M ^a   van den Berg, A C ^a   van Deursen, J R ^a   Versloot, N H A ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blast; Debris; Dust explosion; Probability; Quantitative risk assessment

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DUST; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

SOCIETAL RISK; THIN FLAME MODEL;

EXPLOSIONS;

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DUST; EXPLOSIONS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34548455004     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2007.04.024     Document Type: Article

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