LAPSE:2020.0960
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LAPSE:2020.0960
Investigating Vapour Cloud Explosion Dynamic Fatality Risk on Offshore Platforms by Using a Grid-Based Framework
Usama Muhammad Niazi, Mohammad Shakir Nasif, Masdi Muhammad, Faisal Khan
September 15, 2020
The reliability of petroleum offshore platform systems affects human safety and well-being; hence, it should be considered in plant design and operation in order to determine its effect on human fatality risk. Methane Vapour Cloud Explosions (VCE) in offshore platforms are known to be one of the fatal potential accidents that can be attributed to failure in plant safety systems. Traditional Quantitative Risk Analysis (QRA) lacks in providing microlevel risk assessment studies and are unable to update risk with the passage of time. This study proposes a grid-based dynamic risk analysis framework for analysing the effect of VCEs on the risk of human fatality in an offshore platform. Flame Acceleration Simulator (FLACS), which is a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software, is used to model VCEs, taking into account different wind and leakage conditions. To estimate the dynamic risk, Bayesian Inference (BI) is utilised using Accident Sequence Precursor (ASP) data. The proposed framework offers the advantage of facilitating microlevel risk analysis by utilising a grid-based approach and providing grid-by-grid risk mapping. Increasing the wind speed (from 3 to 7 m/s) resulted in maximum increase of 21% in risk values. Furthermore, the integration of BI with FLACS in the grid-based framework effectively estimates risk as a function of time and space; the dynamic risk analysis revealed up to 68% increase in human fatality risk recorded from year one to year five.
Keywords
Bayesian inference, CFD modelling, grid-based approach, human fatality dynamic risk, vapour cloud explosions
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Muhammad Niazi U, Shakir Nasif M, Muhammad M, Khan F. Investigating Vapour Cloud Explosion Dynamic Fatality Risk on Offshore Platforms by Using a Grid-Based Framework. (2020). LAPSE:2020.0960
Author Affiliations
Muhammad Niazi U: Center of Advanced Process Safety (CAPS), Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak 32610, Malaysia; Mechanical Engineering Department, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak 32610, Malaysia [ORCID]
Shakir Nasif M: Center of Advanced Process Safety (CAPS), Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak 32610, Malaysia; Mechanical Engineering Department, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak 32610, Malaysia
Muhammad M: Mechanical Engineering Department, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak 32610, Malaysia
Khan F: Centre for Risk, Integrity and Safety Engineering (C-RISE), Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL A1B 3X5, Canada [ORCID]
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Processes
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8
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6
Article Number
E685
Year
2020
Publication Date
2020-06-11
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2227-9717
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