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Major hazards of process equipment failures in the chemical process industry

Process equipment failures play significant roles in most accidents that occur and recur in the chemical process industry resulting in fire, explosion, and toxic release. In this study, 50 equipment-related accident investigation reports were used to analyze type and severity of incidents. The compr...

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Main Authors: Hussin, Nor Afina Eidura, Johari, Anwar, Kidam, Kamarizan, Hashim, Haslenda
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Published: 2014
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spelling my.utm.606002017-08-30T06:56:46Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/60600/ Major hazards of process equipment failures in the chemical process industry Hussin, Nor Afina Eidura Johari, Anwar Kidam, Kamarizan Hashim, Haslenda T Technology (General) Process equipment failures play significant roles in most accidents that occur and recur in the chemical process industry resulting in fire, explosion, and toxic release. In this study, 50 equipment-related accident investigation reports were used to analyze type and severity of incidents. The comprehensive accident report data were retrieved from U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) and U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) accident databases with a mean year of 2005. Among the identified process equipment failures were piping systems (32%), storage tanks (20%), process vessels (16%), separation equipment (10%), reactors (8%), heat transfer equipment (8%), and others (6%). The analysis shows that 32% of the cases led to fire and explosion, followed by toxic release (26%), and explosion (22%) incidents. A total of 126 fatalities, 590 injuries, 260 exposures, four shelter-in-place, and 13 evacuations were reported. In most accident cases, fire, explosion, and/or toxic release incidents occur simultaneously. The synergy between major hazards results in catastrophic accidents with severe consequences in numbers of fatalities, injuries, exposures, shelter-in-place, and evacuations. To minimize the losses, plant and equipment should be designed and prepared for the worst-case scenario, not just adapting to any ‘applicable’ standards or guidance. 2014 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Hussin, Nor Afina Eidura and Johari, Anwar and Kidam, Kamarizan and Hashim, Haslenda (2014) Major hazards of process equipment failures in the chemical process industry. In: 5th International Graduate Conference on Engineering, Science & Humanity (IGCESH 2014), 19-21 Aug, 2015, Johor Bahru, johor. https://www.scientific.net/AMM.735.75
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Hussin, Nor Afina Eidura
Johari, Anwar
Kidam, Kamarizan
Hashim, Haslenda
Major hazards of process equipment failures in the chemical process industry
description Process equipment failures play significant roles in most accidents that occur and recur in the chemical process industry resulting in fire, explosion, and toxic release. In this study, 50 equipment-related accident investigation reports were used to analyze type and severity of incidents. The comprehensive accident report data were retrieved from U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) and U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) accident databases with a mean year of 2005. Among the identified process equipment failures were piping systems (32%), storage tanks (20%), process vessels (16%), separation equipment (10%), reactors (8%), heat transfer equipment (8%), and others (6%). The analysis shows that 32% of the cases led to fire and explosion, followed by toxic release (26%), and explosion (22%) incidents. A total of 126 fatalities, 590 injuries, 260 exposures, four shelter-in-place, and 13 evacuations were reported. In most accident cases, fire, explosion, and/or toxic release incidents occur simultaneously. The synergy between major hazards results in catastrophic accidents with severe consequences in numbers of fatalities, injuries, exposures, shelter-in-place, and evacuations. To minimize the losses, plant and equipment should be designed and prepared for the worst-case scenario, not just adapting to any ‘applicable’ standards or guidance.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Hussin, Nor Afina Eidura
Johari, Anwar
Kidam, Kamarizan
Hashim, Haslenda
author_facet Hussin, Nor Afina Eidura
Johari, Anwar
Kidam, Kamarizan
Hashim, Haslenda
author_sort Hussin, Nor Afina Eidura
title Major hazards of process equipment failures in the chemical process industry
title_short Major hazards of process equipment failures in the chemical process industry
title_full Major hazards of process equipment failures in the chemical process industry
title_fullStr Major hazards of process equipment failures in the chemical process industry
title_full_unstemmed Major hazards of process equipment failures in the chemical process industry
title_sort major hazards of process equipment failures in the chemical process industry
publishDate 2014
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/60600/
https://www.scientific.net/AMM.735.75
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