Individual risk analysis of high-pressure natural gas pipelines

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 589-595

  Jo, Young Do ^a   Crowl, Daniel A ^b  

^a Korea Gas Safety Corporation   (South Korea)

^b Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatal length; Individual risk; Jet fire; Minimum proximity; Quantitative risk analysis; Transmission gas pipeline

Indexed keywords

GAS INDUSTRY; GAS PIPELINES; GASES; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS PIPELINES; NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY FACTOR;

ACCIDENT SCENARIOS; FATAL LENGTH; HIGH-PRESSURE NATURAL GAS; INDIVIDUAL RISK; INDIVIDUAL RISKS; INDUSTRIAL SITES; JET FIRE; LOWER PRESSURES; MINIMUM PROXIMITY; PIPELINE OPERATORS; PUBLIC SAFETY; QUANTITATIVE RISK ANALYSIS; RADIATION LEVELS; ROUTE PLANNING; SURROUNDING BUILDINGS; TRANSMISSION GAS PIPELINE; TRANSMISSION PIPELINES;

PIPELINES;

EID: 52049111581     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2008.04.006     Document Type: Article

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