Taking Credit for Loss Control Measures in the Plant with the Likely Loss Fire and Explosion Index (LL-F&EI) |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University System, College Station, TX 77843-3122, USA;2. Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar;3. Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center, Texas A&M University System, College Station, TX 77843-3122, USA;4. Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Instituto Tecnológico de Celaya, Celaya, Gto. 38010, Mexico;1. Instituto Tecnológico de Celaya, Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Celaya, Gto. 38010, Mexico;2. Texas A&M University, Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, College Station, TX 77843, USA;1. National Engineering Research Center for Water Transport Safety, China;2. Intelligent Transport Systems Research Center, Wuhan University of Technology, China;3. Liverpool Logistics, Offshore and Marine (LOOM) Research Institute, School of Engineering, Technology and Maritime Operations, Liverpool John Moores University, UK;4. Chaire Systems Science and the Energy Challenge, Fondation Electricite'' de France (EDF), Laboratoire Genie Industriel, CentraleSupélec, Université Paris-Saclay Grande voie des Vignes, 92290 Chatenay-Malabry, France;5. Department of Energy, Politecnico di Milano, Italy |
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This communication proposes a new relationship for estimation of the damage factor (DF) used in the Dow Fire and Explosion Index (F&EI). The proposed new relation more clearly shows how the damage factor depends on other factors in the F&EI, such as material factor (MF) and Process Unit Hazards Factor, and leads to the definition of a new index which accounts for loss control measures implemented in the plant, and thus gives a measure of risk. Analysis shows that three types of relations exist between DF and Process Unit Hazards Factor depending on the size of the MF—low, medium or high. Further analysis shows, that the procedure in the current F&EI Guide may overestimate the DF for a very low MF and moderate to high Process Unit Hazards Factor.The analysis leads to the definition of the Likely Loss Fire & Explosion Index, which provides an estimate of risk of losses from fires and explosions as well as degrees of risk similar to the estimate of hazards and degrees of hazard associated with the Fire & Explosion Index. |
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