A new method for assessing domino effect in chemical process industry

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 182, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 416-426

  Abdolhamidzadeh, Bahman ^a   Abbasi, Tasneem ^b   Rashtchian, D ^a   Abbasi, S A ^b  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Accidents; Domino effect; Petrochemical; Process industry; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CHEMICAL PROCESS INDUSTRY; DOMINO EFFECTS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; PETROCHEMICAL PROCESS; PROCESS UNIT;

ACCIDENTS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PETROCHEMICALS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCIDENT; ANALYTICAL METHOD; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHEMICAL PROCESS; COMPLEXITY; MODEL VALIDATION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; DOMINO EFFECT; FREEDOM ALGORITHM; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALGORITHMS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 77955586328     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.06.049     Document Type: Article

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