A hazards assessment methodology for large liquid hydrocarbon fuel tanks

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 329-335

  Argyropoulos, C D ^a,c   Christolis, M N ^a   Nivolianitou, Z ^b   Markatos, N C ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY AND RADIATION PROTECTION   (Greece)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hazards assessment; Seveso II; Storage tanks; Tank fires; Vapour cloud explosion

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT CAUSE; ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES; LIQUID HYDROCARBON FUEL; PROTECTION MEASURES; SAFETY MEASURES; SEVESO II; STORAGE TANKS; VAPOUR CLOUDS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; EXPLOSIONS; FUEL STORAGE; HAZARDS; HYDROCARBONS; LIQUIDS; RATING; RISK MANAGEMENT;

FUEL TANKS;

EID: 84856225197     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2011.12.003     Document Type: Article

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