Dynamic Risk Analysis in the Chemical and Petroleum Industry

Chapter 3

Advanced Technique for Dynamic Hazard Identification

N. Paltrinieri^1,2, A. Tugnoli³,  and V. Cozzani^3     1Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway     ²SINTEF Technology and Society, Trondheim, Norway     ³University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Abstract

Hazard identification is an important part of risk management, because no action can be made to avoid, or mitigate in a timely way, the risk derived from unidentified hazards. The hazard identification process also has a large potential for human error, with little or no feedback pertaining to those errors. Theoretical and practical limitations affecting results of the hazard identification process suggest a need for an improvement of current techniques. For ...