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

Pages: 456-482

Date of Publication: 26-Nov-2017

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The risk of domino effect associated with the storage of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and the safety codes for accident prevention

Author: S. M. Tauseef1, Tasneem Abbasi*2, D. Thiruselvi2, and S. A. Abbasi2

Category: Engineering, Science and Mathematics

Abstract:

Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is among the most common and ubiquitous of the fossil fuelsemployed by us. In contrast to other fossil fuels commonly used by everyone in day-to-day living ? petrol, diesel, and kerosene ? which all are a highly flammable, hence hazardous, LPG does not only carry flammability hazard but also the risk of explosion. Due to the very extensive and continuous use of LPG, the risk of LPG?related accident is ever present. This paper deals with the risk associated with the storage of LPG in large installations and reviews the safety codes prescribed by different agencies across the world to minimize the risk. It then presents comparative views of the stipulations of different codes for different site characteristics.

Keywords: Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), flammability, explosion, domino effect, risk assessment, safety codes