Development of a new index for assessing the inherent safety level of chemical processes using a multi-criteria fuzzy decision-making approach

H Mohammadi, MJ Jafari, M Pouyakian… - Journal of Loss …, 2024 - Elsevier
Estimating and evaluating the inherent safety of processes pose a significant challenge in
the field of inherent safety. Indicators are commonly employed tools to address this …

A framework and method for the assessment of inherent safety to enhance sustainability in conceptual chemical process design

D Song, ES Yoon, N Jang - Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process …, 2018 - Elsevier
Inherent safety indices have been suggested to choose between alternative process and
chemical reaction routes in conceptual chemical process design. The indices are relative …

Development of a fuzzy logic-based inherent safety index

M Gentile, WJ Rogers, MS Mannan - Process Safety and Environmental …, 2003 - Elsevier
Inherent safety has been recognized as a design approach useful to remove hazards or
reduce hazards at the source instead of controlling them with add-on protective barriers …

OFISI, a novel optimizable inherent safety index based on fuzzy logic

D Vázquez, R Ruiz-Femenia, JA Caballero - Computers & Chemical …, 2019 - Elsevier
We develop a novel inherent safety index, OFISI (Optimizable Fuzzy Inherent Safety Index).
The index, based on fuzzy logic, assesses the inherent safety of a piece of equipment or …

An integrated approach to assess safety and security risks in chemical process industries

A Soltanzadeh, E Zarei, M Mahdinia… - Journal of Loss …, 2024 - Elsevier
Chemical process industries (CPIs) face significant safety and security risks that are closely
intertwined. However, previous research has predominantly examined these risks …

Exploring inherent process safety indicators and approaches for their estimation: A systematic review

MJ Jafari, H Mohammadi, G Reniers… - Journal of Loss …, 2018 - Elsevier
The index-based approach is one of the most popular ways to measure the inherent safety
degree of a chemical route or process during the early design stages. One of the main …

Optimal selection of safety recommendations: a hybrid fuzzy multi-criteria decision-making approach to HAZOP

M Cheraghi, AE Baladeh, N Khakzad - Journal of Loss Prevention in the …, 2022 - Elsevier
One of the most important outputs of Hazard and Operability (HAZOP) study is a list of
recommendations (safety measures) for improving the safety of the system under study …

Comparison of safety indexes for chemical processes under uncertainty

AP Ortiz-Espinoza, A Jiménez-Gutiérrez… - Process Safety and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The fatal consequences of industrial incidents have made evident the need for suitable tools
to develop inherently safer process design options. Traditionally, in a process design …

[HTML][HTML] Development of an inherent system safety index (ISSI) for ranking of chemical processes at the concept development stage

S Sultana, S Haugen - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Inherently safer design is the most proactive approach to manage risk, as referred by
scientists and experts. Researchers have adopted various methods in evaluating inherent …

Development of a fuzzy logic-based inherent safety index for food industries

D Tadic, I Savovic, M Misita… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Inherent safety is a proactive approach for loss or elimination of hazard values and risk
management. Expansion of safety relating to process and production in a supply chain in an …