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Development of Gas Detector Location Index Technique to Prevent Explosion Accidents of Offshore Plant

해양플랜트 폭발사고 방지를 위한 가스감지기 위치 선정 방법 연구

  • Sohn, Jung Min (Dept. of Naval Architecture and Marine Systems Eng., Pukyong National University) ;
  • Paik, Jeom Kee (Dept. of Naval Architecture and Ocean Eng., Pusan National University) ;
  • Kim, Sang Jin (The Korea Ship and Offshore Research Institute, Pusan National University)
  • 손정민 (부경대학교 조선해양시스템공학과) ;
  • 백점기 (부산대학교 조선해양공학과) ;
  • 김상진 (부산대학교 선박해양플랜트기술연구원)
  • Received : 2016.01.02
  • Accepted : 2016.01.26
  • Published : 2017.02.20
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Abstract

Release of hazardous and flammable gas is a significant contributor to risk. The ignition of flammable gas clouds can lead to explosion accidents in the offshore installations. A gas detector, which is one of active protect systems, brings the module into a safe state through emergency shut down processes and reduces the damage by eliminating the dangerous releases. It is critical to understand the gas release, the wind field, and the complex geometry of installations to determine gas detector placement. In this paper, the Gas detector Location Index (GLI) which is a novel index for optimal detector location determination to efficiently prevent explosion accident using probabilistic approach.

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