Could pool fire alone cause a domino effect?

The chain of accidents, also known as the domino effect, is responsible for several severe accidents in the chemical and process industries. The pool fire is often blamed as one of the primary accidents triggering a domino event. The present study is devoted to analyzing whether the pool fire alone...

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Main Authors: Yang, R., Khan, F., Neto, E.T., Rusli, R., Ji, J.
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Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas
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Published: Elsevier Ltd 2020
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spelling utp-eprints.232572021-08-19T07:26:54Z Could pool fire alone cause a domino effect? Yang, R. Khan, F. Neto, E.T. Rusli, R. Ji, J. The chain of accidents, also known as the domino effect, is responsible for several severe accidents in the chemical and process industries. The pool fire is often blamed as one of the primary accidents triggering a domino event. The present study is devoted to analyzing whether the pool fire alone can cause a domino event in processing and storage facilities. Two models, including a solid flame model and computational fluid dynamic model, are applied to simulate the escalation vector caused by a pool fire. The escalation vector probability is calculated using a probit model for a potential domino effect. This study also investigates the possible factors that can cause a domino effect and determine credible accident scenarios. The proposed concept of escalation vector and numerical models are tested using two past accidents. The study estimates the possibility of pool fires alone causing a domino effect. The results of this study show that although the pool fire alone has the ability to cause a domino event, it is unlikely to occur if a safe distance separates the equipment and proper mitigation measures are employed. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd Elsevier Ltd 2020 Article NonPeerReviewed https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85085274272&doi=10.1016%2fj.ress.2020.106976&partnerID=40&md5=bf30aa1963f71354725197c82bd73b6a Yang, R. and Khan, F. and Neto, E.T. and Rusli, R. and Ji, J. (2020) Could pool fire alone cause a domino effect? Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 202 . http://eprints.utp.edu.my/23257/
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description The chain of accidents, also known as the domino effect, is responsible for several severe accidents in the chemical and process industries. The pool fire is often blamed as one of the primary accidents triggering a domino event. The present study is devoted to analyzing whether the pool fire alone can cause a domino event in processing and storage facilities. Two models, including a solid flame model and computational fluid dynamic model, are applied to simulate the escalation vector caused by a pool fire. The escalation vector probability is calculated using a probit model for a potential domino effect. This study also investigates the possible factors that can cause a domino effect and determine credible accident scenarios. The proposed concept of escalation vector and numerical models are tested using two past accidents. The study estimates the possibility of pool fires alone causing a domino effect. The results of this study show that although the pool fire alone has the ability to cause a domino event, it is unlikely to occur if a safe distance separates the equipment and proper mitigation measures are employed. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd
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author Yang, R.
Khan, F.
Neto, E.T.
Rusli, R.
Ji, J.
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Khan, F.
Neto, E.T.
Rusli, R.
Ji, J.
Could pool fire alone cause a domino effect?
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title Could pool fire alone cause a domino effect?
title_short Could pool fire alone cause a domino effect?
title_full Could pool fire alone cause a domino effect?
title_fullStr Could pool fire alone cause a domino effect?
title_full_unstemmed Could pool fire alone cause a domino effect?
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