Dynamic Risk Analysis in the Chemical and Petroleum Industry

Chapter 13

Risk Metrics and Dynamic Risk Visualization

N.J. Edwin^1,2, N. Paltrinieri^2,3,  and T. Østerlie^3     1Safetec, Trondheim, Norway     ²SINTEF Technology and Society, Trondheim, Norway     ³Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway

Abstract

Several efforts have been made since 2000 to develop quantitative methods assessing and visualizing the risk picture variations for chemical and process facilities. The advent of information and communication technologies in industry has substantially improved the capabilities of large-scale online data collection and elaboration. For this reason, dynamic risk visualization represents a viable solution for decision-making support. This chapter first addresses the state of ...