A Study on a Quantitative Analysis Method for Fire and Explosion Risk Assessment of Offshore Platforms
Joint Authors
Bai, Yong
Shang, Zhaohui
Yan, Huibin
Ruan, Weidong
Source
Issue
Vol. 2020, Issue 2020 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.1-20, 20 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2020-10-09
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
20
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Proper design of the explosion loads is of vital importance in the risk assessment of explosions for offshore oil and gas installations.
A quantitative assessment method for gas explosion loads in process modules of offshore platform is proposed in this paper.
The proposed approach achieves the following three objectives: (a) defining a suitable number of leak scenarios quantitatively based on the Latin Hypercube Sampling (LHS) technique and statistical analysis; (b) defining the explosion scenarios according to the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) dispersion analysis results in the sampled leak scenarios; (c) designing the explosion loads on interested areas according to the CFD analysis results in different explosion scenarios and exceedance probability methods.
The proposed method was applied to a process module of an example offshore platform.
The pressure loads on interested areas of the example platform are very close to that suggested in Det Norske Veritas (DNV) codes.
The method developed in this paper can benefit the engineers on better assessment of gas explosion risk in process modules for offshore installations.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Shang, Zhaohui& Yan, Huibin& Ruan, Weidong& Bai, Yong. 2020. A Study on a Quantitative Analysis Method for Fire and Explosion Risk Assessment of Offshore Platforms. Advances in Civil Engineering،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-20.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1121245
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Shang, Zhaohui…[et al.]. A Study on a Quantitative Analysis Method for Fire and Explosion Risk Assessment of Offshore Platforms. Advances in Civil Engineering No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-20.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1121245
American Medical Association (AMA)
Shang, Zhaohui& Yan, Huibin& Ruan, Weidong& Bai, Yong. A Study on a Quantitative Analysis Method for Fire and Explosion Risk Assessment of Offshore Platforms. Advances in Civil Engineering. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-20.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1121245
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1121245