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http://dx.doi.org/10.7842/kigas.2012.16.3.022

Risk Assessment and Safety Measures for Methanol Separation Process in BPA Plant  

Woo, In-Sung (Department of Safety Engineering, Incheon University)
Lee, Joong-Hee (Department of Safety Engineering, Incheon University)
Lee, In-Bok (Department of Safety Engineering, Incheon University)
Chon, Young-Woo (Department of Safety Engineering, Incheon University)
Park, Hee-Chul (Department of Safety Engineering, Incheon University)
Hwang, Seong-Min (Department of Safety Engineering, Incheon University)
Kim, Tae-Ok (Department of Chemical Engineering, Myongji University)
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Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas / v.16, no.3, 2012 , pp. 22-28 More about this Journal
Abstract
For a methanol separation column of the BPA (Bisphenol A) plant, HAZOP (hazard and operability) assessment was performed and damage ranges were predicted from the accident scenarios for the fire and the explosion. As a result, the damage range of the jet fire was 20 m in the case of rupture of the discharge pipe (50 mm diameter) of safety valve, and that of the flash fire was 267 m in the case of catastrophic rupture. Also, the damage ranges of the unconfined vapor cloud explosion (UVCE) for the rupture of the discharge pipe and for the catastrophic rupture were 22 m and 542 m, respectively. For the worst case of release scenarios, safety measures were suggested as follows: the pressure instruments, which can detect abnormal rise of the internal pressure in the methanol separation column, should be installed by the 2 out of 3 voting method in the top section of the column. Through the detection, the instruments should simultaneously shut down the control and the emergency shut-off valves.
Keywords
HAZOP (hazard and operability); risk assessment; fire and explosion accidents; safety measures; methanol separation column; BPA (Bisphenol A);
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