The application of the Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA) in Sour Water Refinery Process

International Journal of Environmental Health Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Habibi, Ehsanollah ^a   Zare, Saeed ^b   Keshavarzi, Mehrzad ^a   Mousavi, Maryam ^a   Yousefi, Hossein Ali ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b NATIONAL IRANIAN OIL COMPANY   (Iran)

Author keywords

LOPA; protective layer; risk; sour water

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942020404     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22779183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2277-9183.122445     Document Type: Article

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