Designing plant layouts with toxic releases based on wind statistics

Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Modelling and Simulation

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 341-346

  Vázquez Román, Richart ^a   Lee, Jin Han ^b   Jung, Seungho ^c   Mannan, M Sam ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

^b Korea Gas Safety Corporation   (South Korea)

^c Texas A and M University   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersion models; Layout; Monte Carlo method; Uncertainty; Wind effect

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION MODELS; LAYOUT; LAYOUT PROBLEMS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICES; OPTIMAL DISTRIBUTIONS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; PROCESS PLANTS; STATISTICAL INFORMATIONS; TOXIC RELEASE; UNCERTAINTY; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND SPEED; WIND STATISTICS;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; PILES; PLANT LAYOUT; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK PERCEPTION; SPACECRAFT; TOXIC MATERIALS; WIND EFFECTS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 62449245315     PISSN: 10218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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