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Risk Analysis of a Fuel Storage Terminal Using HAZOP and FTA
The size and complexity of industrial chemical plants, together with the nature of the products handled, means that an analysis and control of the risks involved is required. This paper presents a methodology for risk analysis in chemical and allied industries that is based on a combination of HAZar...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5551143/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28665325 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14070705 |
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author | Fuentes-Bargues, José Luis González-Cruz, Mª Carmen González-Gaya, Cristina Baixauli-Pérez, Mª Piedad |
author_facet | Fuentes-Bargues, José Luis González-Cruz, Mª Carmen González-Gaya, Cristina Baixauli-Pérez, Mª Piedad |
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description | The size and complexity of industrial chemical plants, together with the nature of the products handled, means that an analysis and control of the risks involved is required. This paper presents a methodology for risk analysis in chemical and allied industries that is based on a combination of HAZard and OPerability analysis (HAZOP) and a quantitative analysis of the most relevant risks through the development of fault trees, fault tree analysis (FTA). Results from FTA allow prioritizing the preventive and corrective measures to minimize the probability of failure. An analysis of a case study is performed; it consists in the terminal for unloading chemical and petroleum products, and the fuel storage facilities of two companies, in the port of Valencia (Spain). HAZOP analysis shows that loading and unloading areas are the most sensitive areas of the plant and where the most significant danger is a fuel spill. FTA analysis indicates that the most likely event is a fuel spill in tank truck loading area. A sensitivity analysis from the FTA results show the importance of the human factor in all sequences of the possible accidents, so it should be mandatory to improve the training of the staff of the plants. |
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spelling | pubmed-55511432017-08-11 Risk Analysis of a Fuel Storage Terminal Using HAZOP and FTA Fuentes-Bargues, José Luis González-Cruz, Mª Carmen González-Gaya, Cristina Baixauli-Pérez, Mª Piedad Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The size and complexity of industrial chemical plants, together with the nature of the products handled, means that an analysis and control of the risks involved is required. This paper presents a methodology for risk analysis in chemical and allied industries that is based on a combination of HAZard and OPerability analysis (HAZOP) and a quantitative analysis of the most relevant risks through the development of fault trees, fault tree analysis (FTA). Results from FTA allow prioritizing the preventive and corrective measures to minimize the probability of failure. An analysis of a case study is performed; it consists in the terminal for unloading chemical and petroleum products, and the fuel storage facilities of two companies, in the port of Valencia (Spain). HAZOP analysis shows that loading and unloading areas are the most sensitive areas of the plant and where the most significant danger is a fuel spill. FTA analysis indicates that the most likely event is a fuel spill in tank truck loading area. A sensitivity analysis from the FTA results show the importance of the human factor in all sequences of the possible accidents, so it should be mandatory to improve the training of the staff of the plants. MDPI 2017-06-30 2017-07 /pmc/articles/PMC5551143/ /pubmed/28665325 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14070705 Text en © 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Fuentes-Bargues, José Luis González-Cruz, Mª Carmen González-Gaya, Cristina Baixauli-Pérez, Mª Piedad Risk Analysis of a Fuel Storage Terminal Using HAZOP and FTA |
title | Risk Analysis of a Fuel Storage Terminal Using HAZOP and FTA |
title_full | Risk Analysis of a Fuel Storage Terminal Using HAZOP and FTA |
title_fullStr | Risk Analysis of a Fuel Storage Terminal Using HAZOP and FTA |
title_full_unstemmed | Risk Analysis of a Fuel Storage Terminal Using HAZOP and FTA |
title_short | Risk Analysis of a Fuel Storage Terminal Using HAZOP and FTA |
title_sort | risk analysis of a fuel storage terminal using hazop and fta |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5551143/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28665325 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14070705 |
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