Qualitative Assessment for Inherently Safer Design (QAISD) at preliminary design stage

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 157-165

  Rusli, Risza ^a   Mohd Shariff, Azmi ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Inherent safety; Inherent safety tool; Inherently safer design; Process hazard analysis; Risk reduction strategies

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS; AS LOW AS REASONABLY PRACTICABLE; COMMON PROCESS; HAZARD AND OPERABILITIES; HAZARD EVALUATION; INHERENT SAFETY; INHERENTLY SAFER; INHERENTLY SAFER DESIGN; POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS; POTENTIAL HAZARDS; POTENTIAL INCIDENTS; PRELIMINARY DESIGN; PROACTIVE MEASURES; PROCESS PLANTS; QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; QUALITATIVE METHODOLOGIES; RISK REDUCTION STRATEGIES; RISK REDUCTIONS; SAFETY DATABASE; THEORY OF INVENTIVE PROBLEM SOLVING; THERMAL RUNAWAYS; USER EXPERIENCE;

BATCH REACTORS; DESIGN; NITRATION; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECURITY SYSTEMS; TOLUENE;

HAZARDS;

EID: 76449110182     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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