An economic evaluation framework for membrane reactor modules in the presence of uncertainty: The case for process safety investment and risk reduction

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 468-477

  Koc, Reyyan ^a   Kazantzis, Nikolaos K ^a   Nuttall, William J ^b,c   Ma, Yi Hua ^a  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Membrane reactors; Monte Carlo simulation; Process economic analysis; Process safety; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ADVANTAGES; ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS; INTEGRATED GASIFICATION COMBINED CYCLE PLANTS; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MONTE-CARLO SIMULATIONS; POWER PLANT CAPACITIES; PROCESS SAFETY; UNCERTAINTY;

ACCIDENTS; BIOREACTORS; CIVIL DEFENSE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; INVESTMENTS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROFITABILITY;

MEMBRANES;

EID: 84876725018     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2012.07.012     Document Type: Article

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