A new approach for facility siting using mapping risks on a plant grid area and optimization

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 824-830

  Jung, Seungho ^a   Ng, Dedy ^a   Laird, Carl D ^a   Mannan, M Sam ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

Facility siting; MILP; Optimization; Risk map

Indexed keywords

A PLANTS; CONSEQUENCE MODELING; EVENT TREE ANALYSIS; FLAMMABLE GAS RELEASE; HAZARDOUS PROCESS; HOLE SIZE; INTERCONNECTION COSTS; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; MILP; MIXED-INTEGER LINEAR OPTIMIZATIONS; NEW APPROACHES; OPTIMAL PLACEMENTS; OPTIMIZATION THEORY; OVERALL COSTS; PROPERTY DAMAGE; RISK MAP; RISK MAPS; RISK SCORE; SEPARATION FACILITIES; SQUARE GRID;

COSTS; HEXANE; METEOROLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SITE SELECTION;

INTEGER PROGRAMMING;

EID: 78649749717     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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