THE USE OF CHEMICAL THERMODYNAMIC AND KINETICS FACTORS IN A CHEMICAL PROCESS SPECIFIC ACCIDENT RISK MODEL

摘要

In the author's engineering doctoral dissertation, an innovative approach to structuring a chemical process specific accident risk model has been developed that incorporates a four tier knowledge base. The overlying logic structure is multiple event trees with feedback loops. The event tree initiating and top events can be represented by fault trees. The four tiers of knowledge are: 1) Tier 1; The reactive chemistry experience data base that has been derived from references reviewed as part of the dissertation effort 2) Tier 2: Chemical thermodynamics equilibrium equations that have been found to be appropriate to the modeling approach 3) Tier 3: Reaction kinetics equations that have been found to be appropriate to the modeling approach 4) Tier 4: Chemical process and equipment configuration information data that is relevant to establishing the relationship of chemical reactions within the overall process and the associated equipment configurations.