Domino Effects in the Process Industries

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Analysis of Past Accidents and Relevant Case-Histories

Joaquim Casal and Rosa-Mari Darbra,    Department of Chemical Engineering, Centre for Studies on Technological Risk (CERTEC), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Chapter Outline

2.1 Introduction

2.2 The Analysis of Past Accidents

2.3 Domino Effect Surveys

2.4 Significance of Domino Effect in the Frame of all Accidents

2.5 Characteristics of Accidents Involving Domino Effect

2.5.1 Origin and Causes of Domino Effect

2.5.2 Materials Most Frequently Involved

2.5.3 Consequences of the Accidents

2.5.4 Domino Sequences

2.5.5 The Frequency of Domino Accidents over the Past Decades

2.6 Relevant Case Histories

2.6.1 Buncefield, 2005

2.6.2 Naples, 1985

2.6.3 Valero (Texas), ...