Comparison of inherent safety indices in process concept evaluation

Mostafizur Rahman; Anna-Mari Heikkilä; Markku Hurme

doi:10.1016/j.jlp.2005.06.015

Comparison of inherent safety indices in process concept evaluation

Mostafizur Rahman, Anna-Mari Heikkilä, Markku Hurme

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Abstract

In conceptual design, process routes can be compared and ranked by using inherent safety indices. In this paper some inherent safety index methods presented in literature are compared and their properties and limitations discussed. As a case study, the inherent safety evaluation of methyl methacrylate process routes is presented. Three index based inherent safety evaluation methods are compared with expert evaluations on methyl methacrylate process routes and their subprocesses. Also the index based inherent safety ranking of process routes is compared with an expert ranking.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	327-334
Journal	Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries
Volume	18
Issue number	4-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlp.2005.06.015
Publication status	Published - Jul 2005
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Keywords

inherent safety index
index comparison
methyl methacrylate process
process control
process design
process industry

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Inherent safety in process plant design: An index-based approach: Dissertation
Heikkilä, A-M., 1999, Espoo: VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. 132 p.
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