Domino Effects in the Process Industries

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Managing Domino Effects from a Design-Based Viewpoint

Alessandro Tugnoli^∗, Valerio Cozzani^∗, Faisal Khan^† and Paul Amyotte^‡,    ^∗LISES, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Chimica, Ambientale e dei Materiali, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy, ^†Safety and Risk Engineering Research Group, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, ^‡Department of Process Engineering and Applied Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Chapter Outline

12.1 Introduction

12.2 Safety Distances for Escalation: Application to Layout Definition

12.2.1 Thresholds for Escalation

12.2.2 Safety Distances for Escalation

12.3 The Role of Safety Barriers