• 한국화재소방학회논문지
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.76-87
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• 2018

본 연구는 화학공장에서 원료 및 중간재로 많이 사용되는 Heavy Gas인 염소를 화학설비의 가압 염소포화액체 저장탱크에서 2상 흐름 연속누출에 대한 유해위험거리를 정량적으로 예측하기 위한 피해영향 모델링이다. 피해예측을 위한 평가방법과 사고영향평가모델들을 기준으로 액체염소 저장용기의 누출사고에서 사고결과에 미치는 최적의 변수를 나타나기 위해 조업조건을 표준조건으로 하였다. 장외영향평가의 위험성 평가에 사용되는 것으로 USEPA와 NOAA에서 공동 개발된 대기확산 모델인 ALOHA (V5.4.4) 모델을 사용하였다. 화학물질을 대량으로 제조 및 취급하고 있는 여수 국가산업단지를 연구 대상지역으로하여, 기상변수와 공정변수들을 설정하여 시나리오별로 모델링을 하여 누출사고에 대한 특성을 도출하였다. 가우시안 확산모델에 따른 관심지점의 농도 추정치를 산출하였고, ALOHA 모델링 결과 염소 확산에 의한 유해위험거리는 대기온도가 높고 풍속의 감소와 대기 안정도가 안정할수록 증가 하는 것으로 분석되었다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.166-173
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• 2017

For commercialization of hydrogen refuelling station (HRS), we need to reduce the clearance distance for jet fire in the real entities in the HRS. Thus, we revisited the current regulations of clearance distance for jet fire in the law. The law in korea has been set up by replica of japan, not by our own scientific basis. Recently, sandia lab developed Hydrogen Risk Assessment Model (HyRAM) tools and we simulated a series of circumstances such as 10 to 850 bar with several leak hole sizes. In 850 bar with 10 mm diameter hole leak cases, it shows $4,981kW/m^2$ at 12 m separation from leak source and $1,774kW/m^2$ at 17 m separation from leak source. In 850 bar with 1 mm diameter leak hole, it shows $0.102kW/m^2$ at 12 m separation and $0.044kW/m^2$ at 17 m separation. Current law may be acceptable with 1 mm hole size with 850 bar.

• 한국기계기술학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.21-29
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• 2011

This paper examines the applicability of formal safety assessment to the passenger ships. This is followed by an analysis of passenger ship characteristics and a proposed formal safety assessment methodology. Five interlocking steps are described to construct a safety model including novel risk assessment, cost-benefit analysis and decision-making approaches. A case study is carried out in order to demonstrate the proposed methodology. Further development in formal safety assessment in the context of passenger ship safety is finally discussed in detail.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.120-128
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• 2022

Printed circuit boards (PCBs) are a basic component in the electronics industry and are widely used in nearly all electronic products, such as mobile phones, tablet computers, and digital cameras, as well as in electric equipment. PCB manufacturing involves the use of many chemicals and chemical processes and therefore has more risks than other manufacturing sectors. This study aims to identify the causes of possible accidents during PCB manufacturing through risk assessment, develop and implement safety measures, and evaluate the effectiveness of these measures. Note that the safety measures developed to mitigate the risks of a certain process were also implemented for other similar processes. The risk assessments conducted over seven years, from 2015 to 2021, at a PCB manufacturing company identified 361 hazardous processes. Between 2016 and 2019, 41-56 hazardous processes were identified per year; such processes decreased to fewer than 20 per year after 2020. Application of the risk assessment results to the improvement of the hazardous processes with the similar characteristics seems to be effective in decreasing the risks. Equipment-related factors such as lack of appropriate maintenance, low work standards, and defective protection devices were responsible for 59.8% of all possible accidents. Because PCB manufacturing involves many chemicals, skin contact with hazardous substances, electric shock, fire, and explosion were the most common types of possible accidents (81.7%). In total, 505 safety measures were implemented, including 157 related to purchase and improvement of equipment and devices for safety (31.1%), 147 related to the installation/modification of fire prevention facilities (29.1%), and 69 related to the use of standard electrical appliances (13.7%). Risk assessment conducted after implementing the safety measures showed that these measures significantly decreased risk; 247 processes (68.4%) had a risk level of 3, corresponding to "very low," and 114 processes (31.6%) showed a risk level of 4, corresponding to "low." In particular, risk assessment of 104 processes with risk scores of 12 and 10 other processes with risk score of 16 showed that the risk decreased to 4 after implementing the safety measures. Thus, implementing these measures in similar manufacturing sectors that involve chemical processes can mitigate risk.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.87-96
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• 2020

The purpose of this paper is to develop a fire HRA (Human Reliability Analysis) procedure for full power operation of domestic NPPs (Nuclear Power Plants). For the development of fire HRA procedure, the recent research results of NUREG-1921 in an effort to meet the requirements of the ASME/ANS PRA Standard were reviewed. The K-HRA method, a standard method for HRA of a domestic level 1 PSA (Probabilistic Safety Assessment) and fire related procedures in domestic NPPs were reviewed. Based on the review, a procedure for the fire HRA required for a domestic fire PSA based on the K-HRA method was developed. To this end, HRA issues such as new operator actions required in the event of a fire and complexity of fire situations were considered. Based on the four kinds of HFE (Human Failure Event) developed for a fire HRA in this research, a qualitative analysis such as feasibility evaluation was suggested. And also a quantitative analysis process which consists of screening analysis and detailed analysis was proposed. For the qualitative analysis, a screening analysis by NUREG-1921 was used. In this research, the screening criteria for the screening analysis was modified to reduce vague description and to reflect recent experimental results. For a detailed analysis, the K-HRA method and scoping analysis by NUREG-1921 were adopted. To apply K-HRA to fire HRA for quantification, efforts to modify PSFs (Performance Shaping Factors) of K-HRA to reflect fire situation and effects were made. For example, an absence of STA (Shift Technical Advisor) to command a fire brigade at a fire area is considered and the absence time should be reflected for a HEP (Human Error Probability) quantification. Based on the fire HRA procedure developed in this paper, a case study for HEP quantification such as a screening analysis and detailed analysis with the modified K-HRA was performed. It is expected that the HRA procedure suggested in this paper will be utilized for fire PSA for domestic NPPs as it is the first attempt to establish an HRA process considering fire effects.

• 대한안전경영과학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2018

As the chemical industry becomes more advanced, the awareness of chemical accidents is rising, and legal systems for chemical safety management are strengthened. In this study, quantitative risk assessment of liquid chlorine leak was conducted. Risk assessment was performed in the order of frequency analysis, consequence analysis, and risk calculation. The individual risk was presented in the form of contour lines. The social risk was expressed by the FN curve. The risk of day and night was in an unacceptable area, so it was required to mitigate risk. Therefore in-building, which could trap the pool, was selected as a risk mitigation measure. As a result of the cost benefit analysis, it was concluded that this measure should be reasonably implemented.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.97-102
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• 1999

This study is to develope the quantitative risk assessment program for consequence analysis of fire and explosion (PML-Chem), which is applicable to the chemical plants. The advantages of PML-Chem is easy to use and acquire results. Especially, PML-Chem was embedded real weather condition database for major chemical plants in ${\bigcirc}{\bigcirc}$ complex in country. Also, reliability of PML-Chem was verified through comparing PML-Chem with PHAST-Professional which is already commercial.

• 한국화재소방학회논문지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.20-28
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• 2005

미국, 유럽 등의 대형 화학회사들은 효율적인 위험관리를 위해 단계적 위험성평가 전략을 채택하고 있다. HAZOP이나 정량적위험성평가와 같은 상세한 평가를 수행하기 위한 사전단계로서 위험선별(risk screening)기법을 도입하였다. 본 연구에서는 Khan과 Abbasi가 제안한 위험선별방법인 화재폭발손실지수 법(Fire & Explosion Damage Index, FEDI)을 국내의 BTX플랜트에 적용시켜 보았다. 적용결과를 정량적위험성평가의 결과와 비교해 본 결과, 화재폭발손실지수법이 위험잠재성을 파악하는데 효과적으로 사용될 수 있음을 알 수 있었다. 또한 화재폭발손실지수 법에 대한 민감도분석을 수행함으로써 화재 및 폭발에 영향을 미치는 가장 큰 인자는 설비내 물질의 특성과 양(quantity)임을 알 수 있었다. 본 연구의 결과를 바탕으로 하여 HAZOP의 사전단계로서 화재폭발손실지수 법을 적용한다면 보다 효율적인 위험성 평가가 가능할 것이다.

• 한국산업융합학회 논문집
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• 제23권4_2호
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• pp.569-581
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• 2020

Since the dehydration packages of offshore plant deal directly with oil & gas, there is a great risk of fire and explosion during operation. Therefore, this study performed risk assessment through HAZard & OPerability (HAZOP) for solid desiccant dehydration package that can remove water component of natural gas in offshore floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) production facilities below 0.1 ppmv. The risk matrix was determined by dividing the likelihood and the severity into five levels separately by asset, life, environment and reputation. The piping & instrumentation diagram (P&ID) of the dehydration package was divided into 9 nodes. Total 22 deviations were assessed in consideration of the adsorption and desorption conversion cycle. A risk assessment based on deviations revealed 14 major hazards. Three representative types of hazards were open/close failure of the control valve, control failure of the heater, and abnormal operation of the regeneration gas cooler. Finally, we proposed the installation of additional safety devices to improve safety against these major hazards, such as safety instrumented functions, alarms, etc.

• 한국터널지하공간학회 논문집
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.327-339
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• 2022

본 연구에서는 지하철 승강장에서 열차화재가 발생하는 경우, 승강장 제연풍량 및 제연모드(급기 또는 배기)에 따른 정량적 위험도 평가를 통해 안전확보에 효과적인 제연풍량 및 모드를 제시함을 목적으로 한다. 이를 위해 중앙계단을 갖는 상대식 승강장을 모델로 하여 화재발생 시나리오를 작성하였으며, 시나리오별 화재해석을 수행하여 연기전파특성과 ASET을 비교·분석하고 대피해석을 수행하여 사망자수를 예측하였다. 또한, 시나리오별로 화재사고 발생률(F)/사망자수(N)선도(F/N선도)를 작성하여 제연풍량 및 제연모드에 따른 위험도를 비교·평가하였다. 소방시설 등의 성능위주 설계 방법 및 기준에서 정하는 유해요소(일산화탄소, 온도, 가시거리)에 대한 ASET 분석에서는 가시거리의 영향이 가장 크게 나타나고 있으며, 화재열차의 승강장 진입지연을 고려하지 않은 경우에 풍량을 4 × 833 m³/min할 때 ASET은 약 800초 정도로 분석되었다. 예상사망자수는 화재차량위치에 따라 큰 차이가 있으며, 계단부에 인접한 차량에서 화재가 발생하는 경우에 선두부 차량대비 3배 까지 증가하는 것으로 나타나고 있다. 또한 제연풍량이 증가하면 사망자수가 감소하며 배기 보다는 급기방식이 감소율이 증가한다. 급기풍량이 4 × 833 m³/min일 때 예상 사망자수는 제연을 수행하지 않는 경우 대비 13%수준으로 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 위험도 평가결과, 제연을 수행하는 경우에는 현행 사회적 위험도 평가기준을 만족하는 것으로 나타나고 있으며, 예상사망자수는 제연을 수행하지 않는 경우, 10,000년에 29.9명에서 제연을 수행하는 경우에는 풍량이 4 × 833 m³/min일 때 4.36명으로 감소하는 것으로 분석되었다.