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http://dx.doi.org/10.7842/kigas.2016.20.2.66

Optimal Sensor Placement for Rapid Detecting in Chemical Leak Accident  

Cho, Jaehoon (Department of Chemical Engineering, Myongji University)
Kim, Hyunseung (Department of Chemical Engineering, Myongji University)
Kim, Taeok (Department of Chemical Engineering, Myongji University)
Shin, Dongil (Department of Chemical Engineering, Myongji University)
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Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas / v.20, no.2, 2016 , pp. 66-71 More about this Journal
Abstract
Nowadays, a number of sensors which are placed in industrial complex are monitoring areas involving chemical leak and other faults. However, even in the presence of the sensors, chemical leaks, sometimes involving huge amount of chemicals, continuously led to big losses in the industrial complex. In most industries, sensor installation has been performed using past experience or using senor manufacturers' guideline; which leads to poor performance of the installed sensor grid. Therefore, we investigate an optimal placement methodology of point sensors for rapid detention and response when chemical leaks happen. This research suggests a generalized formulation suitable for the optimized decision making of minimizing number of sensors to be placed and increasing the fraction of covered scenarios under assumption of negligible effect of other structures. The proposed method has been verified for suitable performance for simple leak scenario simulations, by achieving the safety objectives and guaranteeing safe process operations.
Keywords
sensor placement; optimization; chemical leak; mathematical modeling;
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