Dynamic Risk Analysis in the Chemical and Petroleum Industry

Index

‘Note: Page numbers followed by “f” indicate figures and “t” indicate tables.’

A

American Petroleum Institute (API) 581 method, 69

Ammonium nitrate explosions, Toulouse accident, 28

Annuity (discount) factor, 199

ANSYS Fluent software, 108

A technique for human event analysis (ATHEANA), 175–176

Atypical accident scenarios, 15t

awareness and availability, 13–14, 14f

hazard identification, 13

known/unknown events, 13–14, 14t

B

Bayesian inference

Bayes’ theorem, 52–53

hierarchical Bayesian analysis (HBA), 53–54

Bayesian inference-based dynamic risk assessment (BIDRA) technique, 84–87

benefits and limitations, 94–96, 97f

flowchart, 75, 76f

frequency updating, 77

likelihood function formation, 77

posterior function calculation, 77

prior function calculation, 76–77 ...