TY  - JOUR
Y1  - 2010///
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-77955588172&doi=10.1016%2fj.jhazmat.2010.06.046&partnerID=40&md5=7d993d1776dec966a24d856b6e017ab3
A1  - Shariff, A.M.
A1  - Zaini, D.
N1  - cited By 64
JF  - Journal of Hazardous Materials
VL  - 182
N2  - Many major accidents due to toxic release in the past have caused many fatalities such as the tragedy of MIC release in Bhopal, India (1984). One of the approaches is to use inherently safer design technique that utilizes inherent safety principle to eliminate or minimize accidents rather than to control the hazard. This technique is best implemented in preliminary design stage where the consequence of toxic release can be evaluated and necessary design improvements can be implemented to eliminate or minimize the accidents to as low as reasonably practicable (ALARP) without resorting to costly protective system. However, currently there is no commercial tool available that has such capability. This paper reports on the preliminary findings on the development of a prototype tool for consequence analysis and design improvement via inherent safety principle by utilizing an integrated process design simulator with toxic release consequence analysis model. The consequence analysis based on the worst-case scenarios during process flowsheeting stage were conducted as case studies. The preliminary finding shows that toxic release consequences analysis tool (TORCAT) has capability to eliminate or minimize the potential toxic release accidents by adopting the inherent safety principle early in preliminary design stage. © 2010 Elsevier B.V.
SN  - 03043894
IS  - 1-3
TI  - Toxic release consequence analysis tool (TORCAT) for inherently safer design plant
KW  - Consequence analysis; Inherent risk; Inherent safety; Safety assessments; Toxic release
KW  -  Accidents; Design aids; Process engineering; Toxic materials
KW  -  Design
KW  -  ammonia
KW  -  assessment method; cost-benefit analysis; design; environmental risk; equipment; hazardous waste; integrated approach; numerical model; pollution control; toxic material; waste management
KW  -  article; computer interface; hazard assessment; industry; molecular weight; risk assessment; simulation; simulator; toxic release consequences analysis tool; toxicological parameters
KW  -  Accidents; Disaster Planning; Safety Management; Toxicity Tests
KW  -  Bhopal; India; Madhya Pradesh
ID  - scholars1166
EP  - 402
SP  - 394
AV  - none
ER  -