INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING, SCIENCE AND - Volume 6, Issue 7, November 2017

Pages: 269-289

A critical assessment of available software for forecasting the impact of accidents in chemical process industry

S. M. Tauseef1, Tasneem Abbasi*2, R. Suganya2 and S. A. Abbasi2

Category: Engineering, Science and Mathematics

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Abstract:

Chemical process industries which use hazardous chemicals and/or processes are prone to accidents involving fire, explosion, or toxic release ? which occur singly or in combination. Forecasting the likelihood of such accidents, and assessing their likely consequences, forms the basis of all accident prevention and mitigation strategies. This paper has attempted a critical assessment of the software that is available presently, priced or unpriced, for assessing consequences of process industry accidents. Besides developing a gist of the state-of-the-art, this survey also aims at identifying the strengths and the weaknesses of the available tools so that priorities for further work can be set accordingly.

Keywords: Chemical process industries, accident forecasting, software, explosion, fires, toxic release