Dynamic process and accident simulations as tools to prevent industrial accidents

Chemical Product and Process Modeling

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Brambilla, Sara ^a   Manca, Davide ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accident simulator; Dynamic process simulator; Plant control; Plant dynamics

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PLANT SHUTDOWNS; PROCESS DESIGN; SIMULATORS;

ACCIDENT SIMULATION; DYNAMIC PROCESS; DYNAMIC PROCESS SIMULATION; INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT; PLANT CONTROL; PLANT DYNAMICS; SHUTDOWN PROCEDURES; STEADY-STATE SIMULATIONS;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 67650535001     PISSN: 19342659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1934-2659.1295     Document Type: Article

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