Accident prevention approach throughout process design life cycle

• Main Authors: Kidam, Kamarizan, Hussin, N. E., Hassan, Onn, Ahmad, Arshad, M. Johari, Anwar, Hurme, Markku
• Format: Article
• Published: Institution of Chemical Engineers 2014
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/51707/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psep.2014.05.006
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

The accident rate in the chemical process industry (CPI) has not been decreasing although majority of accident causes have been identified and could have been prevented by using existing knowledge. These recurring accidents show that the existing knowledge has not been used effectively. In this pape...