Risk assessment of major hazards: the effect of ground slope
Hankin, Robin K.S. (2003) Risk assessment of major hazards: the effect of ground slope. Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, 16, (4), 305-311. (doi:10.1016/S0950-4230(03)00020-2).
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Description/Abstract
Liquefied gases, such as chlorine and ammonia, are stored in large quantities at industrial sites. If released accidentally, they form a heavy gas cloud that has the potential to kill or injure large numbers of people. The dispersion of such a cloud is thus of interest to the risk assessment community [Nussey, Pantony, & Smallwood, 1992. HSE’s risk assessment tool, RISKAT. In: Major Hazards: Onshore and Offshore. pp. 607–638].
Little is understood about the effect of slope on risk. Here, the risk (probability) of being exposed to the gas cloud, given a release, is considered; probability language is needed because wind direction is assumed to be a random variable.
This paper shows how the risk of being exposed to toxic gas released over a slope may be estimated using simple physical modelling.
The physical model used is that of Tickle [J. Hazard. Mater. 49 (1996) 29], who showed that a finite-volume instantaneous release on an inclined plane can form a stable wedge-shaped cloud that moves down the line of greatest slope. Nonzero windspeeds are accounted for by following Tickle’s suggestion of vectorially adding windspeed to the advection induced by the slope.
A range of windspeeds and slopes are considered. The slopes substantially affect the risk in the sense that the predicted risk contours are far from circularly symmetric.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0950-4230 (print) |
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| Keywords: | Heavy gas dispersion; Risk assessment; Slopes |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HA Statistics |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > National Oceanography Centre (NERC) |
| Item ID: | 58562 |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Aug 2008 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Jun 2011 17:11 |
| Contributors: | Hankin, Robin K.S. (Author) |
| Date: | July 2003 |
| Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/58562 |
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