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http://dx.doi.org/10.9713/kcer.2014.52.6.750

Quantitative Risk Analysis of a Pervaporation Process for Concentrating Hydrogen Peroxide  

Jung, Ho Jin (R&D Division, Korea Gas Corporation)
Yoon, Ik Keun (R&D Division, Korea Gas Corporation)
Choi, Soo Hyoung (School of Semiconductor and Chemical Engineering, Chonbuk National University)
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Korean Chemical Engineering Research / v.52, no.6, 2014 , pp. 750-754 More about this Journal
Abstract
Quantitative risk analysis has been performed for a pervaporation process for production of high test peroxide. Potential main accidents are explosion and fire caused by a decomposition reaction. As the target process has a laboratory scale, the consequence is considered to belong to Category 3. An event tree has been developed as a model for occurrence of a decomposition reaction in the target process. The probability functions of the accident causes have been established based on the frequency data of similar events. Using the constructed model, the failure rate has been calculated. The result indicates that additional safety devices are required in order to achieve an acceptable risk level, i.e. an accident frequency less than $10^{-4}/yr$. Therefore, a layer of protection analysis has been applied. As a result, it is suggested to introduce inherently safer design to avoid catalytic reaction, a safety instrumented function to prevent overheating, and a relief system that prevents explosion even if a decomposition reaction occurs. The proposed method is expected to contribute to developing safety management systems for various chemical processes including concentration of hydrogen peroxide.
Keywords
Quantitative Risk Analysis; Fault Tree Analysis; Layer of Protection Analysis; Pervaporation; Hydrogen Peroxide;
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