Inherent safety index module (ISIM) to assess inherent safety level during preliminary design stage

Process Safety and Environmental Protection

Volumn 86, Issue 2 B, 2008, Pages 113-119

  Leong, Chan T ^a   Shariff, Azmi Mohd ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Consequences; Inherent safety; Preliminary design; Risk; Safety index

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ENGINEERS; PROCESS CONTROL; PROCESS ENGINEERING; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAGES;

(E ,3E) PROCESS; CASE STUDIES; CHEMICAL ENGINEERS; CURRENT TECHNIQUES; DESIGN SIMULATOR; DIRECT INTEGRATION; INHERENT SAFETY (IS); INHERENT SAFETY INDEX; PRELIMINARY DESIGN; PROCESS CONDITIONS; PROCESS INFORMATION (PI); PROCESS PLANTS; RIGHT INFORMATION;

PROCESS DESIGN;

EID: 42549159633     PISSN: 09575820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psep.2007.10.016     Document Type: Article

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