Development of advanced tools and methods for the assessment and management of risk due to atypical major accident scenarios

Paltrinieri, Nicola (2012) Development of advanced tools and methods for the assessment and management of risk due to atypical major accident scenarios, [Dissertation thesis], Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna. Dottorato di ricerca in Ingegneria chimica dell'ambiente e della sicurezza, 24 Ciclo. DOI 10.6092/unibo/amsdottorato/4557.
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Abstract

Proper hazard identification has become progressively more difficult to achieve, as witnessed by several major accidents that took place in Europe, such as the Ammonium Nitrate explosion at Toulouse (2001) and the vapour cloud explosion at Buncefield (2005), whose accident scenarios were not considered by their site safety case. Furthermore, the rapid renewal in the industrial technology has brought about the need to upgrade hazard identification methodologies. Accident scenarios of emerging technologies, which are not still properly identified, may remain unidentified until they take place for the first time. The consideration of atypical scenarios deviating from normal expectations of unwanted events or worst case reference scenarios is thus extremely challenging. A specific method named Dynamic Procedure for Atypical Scenarios Identification (DyPASI) was developed as a complementary tool to bow-tie identification techniques. The main aim of the methodology is to provide an easier but comprehensive hazard identification of the industrial process analysed, by systematizing information from early signals of risk related to past events, near misses and inherent studies. DyPASI was validated on the two examples of new and emerging technologies: Liquefied Natural Gas regasification and Carbon Capture and Storage. The study broadened the knowledge on the related emerging risks and, at the same time, demonstrated that DyPASI is a valuable tool to obtain a complete and updated overview of potential hazards. Moreover, in order to tackle underlying accident causes of atypical events, three methods for the development of early warning indicators were assessed: the Resilience-based Early Warning Indicator (REWI) method, the Dual Assurance method and the Emerging Risk Key Performance Indicator method. REWI was found to be the most complementary and effective of the three, demonstrating that its synergy with DyPASI would be an adequate strategy to improve hazard identification methodologies towards the capture of atypical accident scenarios.

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Tipologia del documento
Tesi di dottorato
Autore
Paltrinieri, Nicola
Supervisore
Dottorato di ricerca
Scuola di dottorato
Ingegneria industriale
Ciclo
24
Coordinatore
Settore disciplinare
Settore concorsuale
Parole chiave
Atypical accident scenarios; HAZID; DyPASI; LNG regasification; Carbon Capture and Sequestration; Indicator; REWI
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DOI
10.6092/unibo/amsdottorato/4557
Data di discussione
1 Giugno 2012
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