Vol 31 (2013)
"Nearly 40 years have gone by, since safety professionals, scientists and practitioners met on thematic areas on Loss Prevention and in this period considerable progress has been achieved in the field of safety in the process industries. The latter includes besides the chemical industry, also oil and gas, energy, pharmaceutical, food and other industries as well as the related service industry.
Despite this progress, we are still witnessing major incidents in Europe and all over the world. Therefore exchanging information and stimulating the development of new methods and the dissemination of data, implementing process safety management which may reduce the risk of fires, explosions and loss of containment in the process industries, is a must and a need."
Guest Editors: Eddy De Rademaeker, Bruno Fabiano, Simberto Senni Buratti
Copyright © 2013, AIDIC Servizi S.r.l.
ISBN 978-88-95608-22-8; ISSN 1974-9791

Research Articles

Implementing the Seveso Directive Requirement on the Anticipated Presence of Dangerous Substances
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7-12
Quantifying Safety with a QRA: To Agree on the Results, the Method Should Be Explicit
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Risk Assessment of CO2 Pipeline Network for CCS – A UK Case Study
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New Flemish Approach for Risk Analysis System for the Transport of Dangerous Goods
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Critical Exposure Time and Population Density for Cost Effective Application of Thermal Protection on LPG Road Tankers
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Applications of Process Safety Concepts to the Hydrogen Economy
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Hazard Classification of Biogas and Risks of Large Scale Biogas Production
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Modelling of LNG Pool Spreading on Land with Included Vapour-Liquid Equilibrium and Different Boiling Regimes
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Validation of PHAST Dispersion Model as Required for Usa Lng Siting Applications
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The Essentials for High Performance in PPS A Roadmap from the Practice for the Practice
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Interdependencies Between Industrial Infrastructures: Territorial Vulnerability Assessment
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QRA Method for Land-Use Planning around Onshore Natural Gas Production and Processing Plants
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73-78
SIL Determination: Dealing with the Unexpected
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Territorial Risk Analysis and Mapping
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Rituals in Risk Evaluation for Land-Use Planning
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91-96
Stack Releases During Low Winds, Evaluation of Hazards and Mitigation Using CFD
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Uncertainty Analysis of Phast’s Atmospheric Dispersion Model for Two Industrial Use Cases
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103-108
Comparative Risk Assessment for Different LNG-Storage Tank Concepts
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Evaluation of the Use of the Prescribed Quantitative Risk Assessment Method for Land Use Planning in the Netherlands
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Dust Explosion Quantitative Risk Management for Nontraditional Dusts
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Sensitivity Analysis of Dispersion Models for Jet Releases of Dense-Phase Carbon Dioxide
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Numerical Analysis of Pool Fire Consequences in Confined Environments
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Study of the Vaporization Rate of Liquid Nitrogen by Small- and Medium-Scale Experiments
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Second-Order Perturbation Solutions to a Liquid Pool Spreading Model with Instantaneous Spill
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Comparing Different Methods for Calculating the Gas Dispersion
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Near Field Atmospheric Dispersion Modeling on an Industrial Site Using Neural Networks
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Application of Fuzzy Logic Approach to Consequence Modeling in Process Industries
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Safety and Environmental Impact Reduction. A Case-Study Applied to Coal Dry Distillation Industry
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Major Accident Hazard Posed by Non-Seveso Establishments in Poland and Management in the Area of Their Control
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Analysis of Root Causes for Chemical Accidents Basis on Business Process Model for Plant Maintenance
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Good Practices for Managing Process Safety in Major Hazard Installations and Their Networks
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A Matter of Life and Death: Validating, Qualifying and Documenting Models for Simulating Flow-Related Accident Scenarios in the Process Industry
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Cause-Implication Diagrams for Process Systems: Their Generation, Utility and Importance
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199-204
The Use of Risk Criteria in Comparing Transportation Alternatives
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Onshore Explosion Studies –Benefits of CFD-Modelling
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211-216
Prevention of Major Accidents of the Aboveground Parts of Natural Gas Storage Technologies and Shale Gas Production Facilities
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Polish Proposal for Standardised Format of the Explosion Protection Document (EPD) According to Directive 1999/92/EC so Called ATEX 137
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A Sensitivity Analysis of Available Safe Egress Time Correlation
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229-234
Semi-Quantitative HAZOP Methodology Applied to Upstream Oil & Gas Activities
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Development of a RBI Tool for Inspection Management in Chemical Plants
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Risk Management and Regulatory Control of Toxic Chemicals in Taiwan
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Development of Quantitative Hazard Analysis Method for Inherently Safer Chemical Processes
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Plant Screening for Ageing Impact in the Process Industry
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A Logical Hazard Identification Method in Workplace
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A Theoretical Approach to Risk Evaluation in Connection with Oxygen Releases
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Comparison of Approaches to Major Accident Prevention between the European Union and Russia
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What process risks does your plant run today? The safety level monitor
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Modelling of Safety Barriers Including Human and Organisational Factors to Improve Process Safety
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A Benchmarking Study on Asset Integrity and the Issues of Ageing Plant in the Chemical Industry and the Challenges of PSM Implementation across Global Sites
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Shift Handover After Buncefield
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301-306
Incorporating Human Error Analysis into Process Plant Safety Analysis
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Expert Judgements in Risk Analysis: a Strategy to Overcome Uncertainties
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Identify the Causes of Errors to Implement Accurate Improvements in High Automated Facilities of Process Industry - A Case Study
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Revealing Asymmetries in Safety Culture through Proactive Vision
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Analysis of Business Flow of MOC based on Business Process Model of Plant Lifecycle Engineering
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Advanced Safety Barrier Management with Inclusion of Human and Organizational Aspects
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337-342
Efficient Plant Operation in Process Industries Using a User-Centric Design
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Safety Integrity Level (SIL) Integrated with Human and Organizational Factors
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Enhancing Road Tunnel Risk Assessment with a Fuzzy System Based on the CREAM Methodology
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Increasing Board and Executive Commitment to and Understanding of Process Safety
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Safety Culture Research in a Finnish Large-Scale Industrial Park
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Process Safety Leadership and its Key to Successful PSM Implementation
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Keeping and Improving Process and Plant Safety Competence – What is Needed, What Should be Done?
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Indicators for Assessing the Quantitative Effects of External Safety Policy
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Situations Saved by the Human Operator when Automation Failed
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391-396
Process Safety Performance Indicators in Chemical Industry – What Makes It a Success Story and What Did We Learn So Far?
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Optimal Allocation of Safety and Security Resources
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Occupational Safety Climate and Shift Work
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On the Impact of Human and Organizational Archetypes on Human Failure Probabilities Used in Risk Analyses
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415-420
A Critical Analysis of Techniques for the Reconstruction of Workers Accidents
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421-426
Process and Plant Safety – Research & Education Strategy to Keep Long Term Competences
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Learning Safety Assessment from Accidents in a University Environment
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Increasing the Learning Potential from Events: Case Studies
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439-444
Promoting Discussions in Safety Review Activity
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445-450
SAMS - Sharing Awareness Moves Safety
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Explosion in an Exhaust Line of a Chemical Reactor
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The Buncefield Accident and the Environmental Consequences for Fuel Storage Sites and other Sites in the UK, Regulated under the Seveso Directive
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A Case Study of an Ethylene Oxide Explosion in a Sterilization Facility
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A Root Cause Analysis Method for Industrial Plant Reliability Improvement and Engineering Design Feedback
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Investigation and Analysis of an Explosion at the GOEX Black Powder Manufacturing Facility
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Analysis of a Propane Sphere BLEVE
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487-492
Loss of Control of a Chemical Reaction and Release of Hydrogen Chloride
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493-498
The Influence of Maintenance on Some Selected Major Accidents
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CCPS’s Vision 2020: Characteristics of Companies with Great Process Safety Performance
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Why Is It so Difficult to Learn From Someone Else’s Mistakes?
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Lessons Learned by the Strong Local Earthquake at the Petrochemical Plant
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The Fukushima Daiichi Accident and its Impact on Risk Perception and Risk Communication
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523-528
Investigation of Odour Fade, and Subsequent Natural Gas Explosion at the San Diego Bayfront Hilton Hotel
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529-534
Pressure Build-up in a Diesel Tank Exposed to Fire
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535-540
Explosion at a Hazardous Waste Site Caused by Contaminated Nitric Acid
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Atypical Accident Scenarios: from Identification to Prevention of Underlying Causes
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547-552
How Could CSB Investigation Reports Be Improved?
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Why Sometimes May be Neglected Management of Change?
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Comparison of the Operating Life of Tank Containers, Tank Vehicles and Rail Tank Cars for the Carriage of Dangerous Goods in Practice, Analysis of Causes of Damage
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A Propane Fire Connected to Dumping Procedure in a Process Plant
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A Risk Based Approach on Selection of Refrigerated Ammonia Storage
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Study of Immersion in a Pool of Water as an Alternative to Concrete-Spraying or Mounding of LPG Tanks
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583-588
Modelling of Electrostatic Ignition Hazards in Industry: too Complicated, not Meaningful or only of Academic Interest?
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Modeling Development for Evaluating Effective Mitigation Measures for LNG Safety and Spill Response
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595-600
Explosion Risk Analysis ‘ERA’ for FLNG Facilities: the Main Challenges
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Explosion Initiation, Propagation, and Suppression Inside a Micro Structured Reactor
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The Use of Porous Structures in Flameproof Enclosures to Reduce the Maximum Explosion Pressure
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Quantification of the Static Equivalent Pressure of Gas Phase Detonations in Pipes at the DDT, in the Region of Stable Detonation (if any) and at the Reflection Point
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Inherently Safer Design Applied to the Biodiesel Production
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Safe Design Against Explosions of Emission Collecting Systems
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Performance Assessment of Continuous Buried Pipelines Under Earthquake Loadings
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Impact of Wildfires on LPG Tanks
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A Multiobjective-driven Approach to Reduce Risk in Process Layouts
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649-654
Inherent Safety Design Considering Forced Ventilation Effect by Air-Fin-Cooler in Modularized Onshore LNG Plant
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Development of Fault Diagnosis System Using Principal Component Analysis for Intelligent Operation Support System
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Limitations of Gas Explosion Venting Due to Accelerated Flame Propagation and Elevated Initial Pressure
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Sizing of Explosion Pressure Relief for Gases with Low KG Values using the Efflux Function
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Revisiting Age Old Corrosion Problem with Modern Tools and Techniques
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The Link between Fire Research and Process Safety: An Evolution from Specific Needs to General Concern
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Large Eddy Simulation of Transient Flame-Vortex Interactions during Explosions of Hydrogen-Enriched Methane/Air Mixtures
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Electrostatic Ignition Hazards Associated with the Pneumatic Transfer of Flammable Powders through Insulating or Dissipative Tubes and Hoses
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Damage Models for Storage and Process Equipment Involved in Flooding Events
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Tests on Suitability of the Ignition Source “Exploding Wire” for the Determination of Explosion Characteristics of Combustible Dusts in the 20-L-Sphere
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709-714
Processes for Drying Powders – Hazards and Solutions
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715-720
Mechanical Equipment for Explosive Atmospheres – Standardization Work in IEC Subcommittee 31M and its Benefit for International Projects
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Modelling of Mitigation of Vapour Cloud Explosions Using Flame Inhibitors
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CFD Simulations of the Effect of Dust Diameter on the Dispersion in the 20 L Bomb
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Dust Explosion Protection by Flameless Venting
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The Minimum Ignition Energy of Coal Dust in an Oxygen Enriched Atmosphere
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Venting of Foaming Three-Phase Systems with Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Particles
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Acute Inhalation Toxicity in Quantitative Risk Assessment – Methods and Procedures
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Sizing Emergency Relief Systems for Multipurpose Plants
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Reduction of NaTech Risk Due to Lightning by the Use of Protection Systems
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769-774
Using Principles of Inherent Safety for Design of Hydrometallurgical Solvent Extraction Plants
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775-780
Unsteady Aspects of Sodium-Water Reaction Water Cleaning of Sodium Containing Equipments
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A Probabilistic Constraint Programming Model to Reduce Risk in Layouts with Toxic Release Scenarios
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Domino Effects Related to Explosions in the Framework of Land Use Planning
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Computational Analysis of Large-Scale Fires in Complex Geometries – a Means to Safeguard People and Structural Integrity in the Oil and Gas Industry
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Lattice Boltzmann Method: A New Alternative for Loss Estimation
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Modified Setup of 20-L-Sphere for the Determination of Safety Characteristics of Nano Powders
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The Effect of Agglomeration on the Emission of Particles from Nanopowders Flow
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The Explosive Decomposition of Tetrafluoroethylene: Large Scale Tests and Simulations
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Study of Incompatibility of Ammonium Nitrate and its Mechanism of Decomposition by Theoretical Approach
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829-834
Effect of Inerts on Ignition Sensitivity of Dusts
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835-840
Thermal Decomposition Behavior of di-tert-butyl Peroxide Measured with Differential Adiabatic Calorimeter
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Quantitative Structure-Property Relationships for Thermal Stability and Explosive Properties of Chemicals
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Parameters for Attenuation and Suppression of Detonation Wave with Inert Particles
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Mass Burning Rate of a Large TBPB Pool Fire – Experimental Study and Modeling
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Developing Dedicated Methods and Tools for Safe Use and Processing of Key Chemicals in Biorefining
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CFD - Assisted Safety Design in a Flue Gas Treatment Plant Retrofit
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Study of Under-Ventilated Burning Characteristics of Materials with the Cone Calorimeter
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Reaction Calorimetry and UV-Vis Spectrophotometry Integration aimed at Runaway Reaction Early Detection
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Combustion-Induced Rapid Phase Transition of CH4/O2/Inert Mixtures
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CFD Modelling of Nanoparticles Dispersion in a Dust Explosion Apparatus
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Heat Exchange Elements in Sample Cells for Thermal Analysis
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Vulnerability of Industrial Facilities to Potential Volcanic Ash Fallouts
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Parameters Influencing the Correct Thermal Safety Evaluations of Autocatalytic Reactions
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Myths and Facts about Hydrogen Hazards
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919-924
Experimental Study of Bulk Storage Ignition by Hot Points
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Prediction of Physico-Chemical Properties for REACH Based on QSPR Models
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Experimental Study and Modelling of the Pyrolysis of Organic Dusts: Application to Dust Explosions
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Electrostatic Discharges from Non-Conductive Materials
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Experimental Determination of Flash Points of Flammable Liquid Aqueous Solutions
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Nanomaterials Risk Assessment in the Process Industries: Evaluation and Application of Current Control Banding Methods
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Review of a Dust Explosion Modeling
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