Dynamic risk analysis using alarm databases to improve process safety and product quality: Part I-Data compaction

AIChE Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 812-825

  Pariyani, Ankur ^a   Seider, Warren D ^a   Oktem, Ulku G ^b   Soroush, Masoud ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormal events; Alarm databases; Bayesian theory; Chemical manufacturing processes; Fluidized catalytic cracking unit; Industrial scale processes; Process safety; Product quality; Risk analysis; Unsafe incidents

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL EVENTS; BAYESIAN THEORY; FLUIDIZED-CATALYTIC-CRACKING UNIT; INDUSTRIAL-SCALE PROCESSES; PROCESS SAFETY; PRODUCT QUALITY; UNSAFE INCIDENTS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPACTION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING; FLUIDIZATION; INDUSTRY; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

ALARM SYSTEMS;

EID: 84856606243     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.12643     Document Type: Article

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