Major Accidents Due to the Impact of Natural Events on Technological Systems

摘要：

Many accidents in chemical process plants are caused by natural events. These so-called Natech accidents can result in hazardous-materials releases due to the extended damage to process and storage units. In order to improve our understanding of the dynamics of Natech events and to support future prevention and mitigation efforts, past accidents triggered by earthquakes, floods and lightning were retrieved from industrial accident databases and the collected information was analyzed. Our results indicate that pipelines and storage tanks are the most affected equipment items. In addition to toxic dispersions, fires and explosions, water contamination was also identified as a possible final scenario in the case of floods.

关键词： Natech risk major accidents hazardous releases accident databases safety analysis

作者: Elisabetta Renni Elisabeth Krausmann Michela Campedel Valerio Cozzani

作者单位: Department of Chemical, Mining and Environmental Engineering, Alma Mater Studi-orum-University of Bo European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen Department of Chemical, Mining and Environmental Engineering, Alma Mater Studi-orum-University of Bo

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: The 2nd International Conference on Risk Analysis and Crisis Response(第二届风险分析与危机反应国际学术研讨会)

会议地点: 北京

会议语种:英文

页码: 67-72

在线出版日期: 2009-10-19（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）