An index-based method for assessing exothermic runaway risk

Process Safety Progress

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 294-304

  Kao, Chen Shen ^a   Duh, Yih Shing ^b   Chen, Thomas J H ^a   Yu, S W ^c  

^a CHANG JUNG CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b JEN TEH JUNIOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; ENTHALPY; ESTERIFICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUNWAY FOAMING;

EXOTHERMIC RUNAWAY RISK; RUNAWAY RISK; RUNAWAY RISK INDEX (RRI); TABULAR METHOD;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 4544235141     PISSN: 10668527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prs.680210406     Document Type: Article

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