As the risk associated with wildfires in the western United States increases every year, it becomes fundamental to research alternatives to both improve the resilience and reliability of engineering systems against those types of events, as well as…
Civil infrastructure provides the range of essential services generally necessary to support a nation's economy and quality of life - arguably entire economies rely on the ability to move goods, people, and information safely and reliably.…
NFPA 59A Standard for the Production, Storage, and Handling of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) requires facilities to have the equipment necessary for the detection and control of fires, leaks and spills of hazardous materials, yet provides no…
The article considers the variants of emergency situations that occur during railway transportation of oil and petroleum products in the Northern regions. Options for implementing measures to eliminate fires and explosions related to these events are…
This paper takes the safety in emergency processes as the starting point, from the perspective of scenario deduction, to study the consequences of fire accidents for oil-gas storage and transportation. Through the statistical analysis of actual…
Effectively identifying the potential risk sources in the emergency process of the petroleum storage and transportation is the key to realize the essential safety design of the whole life cycle of petroleum products. In this paper, from the…
Rail incidents involving release of crude oil from train tank cars is a safety concern. The objectives of this study are identification and quantification of the impacts of different factors on types and consequences of crude oil release from trains,…
An accidental leakage of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) can occur during processes of production, storage and transportation. LNG has a complex dispersion characteristic after release into the atmosphere. This complex behaviour demands a detailed…
With the advent of large-scale application of hydrogen, transportation becomes crucial. Reusing the existing natural gas transmission system could serve as catalyst for the future hydrogen economy. However, a risk analysis of hydrogen transmission in…
This paper studies experimentally the burning behavior of crude karanja oil pool fires in free burning. Experiments were conducted in pool size from 0.2 to 0.5 m. Various parameters such as mass loss rate, flame height, centerline temperature, and…
Fire water and foam distribution systems are installed in every petroleum installation worldwide. But so far, their adequate installation practices are not sufficiently complied with, possessing high limitations for the smooth operability of these…
This paper takes the safety in emergency processes as the starting point, from the perspective of scenario deduction, to study the consequences of fire accidents for oil-gas storage and transportation. Through the statistical analysis of actual…
Previous experimental results on full-scale jet fires induced by high-pressure hydrogen/natural gas transient leakage can only be suitable for solving practical engineering problems, or testing the limitation of previous models. Thus, this paper…
The great need for exploitation and application of natural gas over the long period of time boosts enormous demand for heating equipments. So it's extremely important to design and manufacture energy-saving and efficient natural gas heaters.…
Leakage of any kind of gas has been a concern in recent years, whether it is in a residential setting, a business, a cafe, or a canteen. In this paper development of an IoT based gas wastage monitoring, leakage detecting and alerting system is…
Risk analysis and assessment are extremely important in the oil sector to prevent potential risks. The objective of this work is to propose a thorough risk analysis approach with the integration of the human factor, since he is considered as a weak…
With the advent of large-scale application of hydrogen, transportation becomes crucial. Reusing the existing natural gas transmission system could serve as catalyst for the future hydrogen economy. However, a risk analysis of hydrogen transmission in…
In large crude oil tank farm, fire is a major primary event in domino effects according to past accidents. The quantitative risk assessment of domino fire accident is a key issue for the accident prevention of large storage tank farm. The most widely…
The combustion properties of large-scale crude oil pool fire have great significance for security design and firefighting of current crude oil reserves. Burning rate, flame shape and radiation intensity are the most important parameters for fire…
This paper takes the safety in emergency processes as the starting point, from the perspective of scenario deduction, to study the consequences of fire accidents for oil-gas storage and transportation. Through the statistical analysis of actual…
BLEVE is a kind of disaster that may cause serious consequences in the process of maritime transportation of liquefied petroleum gas, liquefied natural gas. To analyze the accident characteristics of both the external environment and the internal…
There are many types of fires in petrochemical plants, which are destructive and difficult to rescue.According to the current situation of difficult fire fighting in petrochemical industry, this paper analyzes the fire characteristics of…
The biggest part of hydrocarbons, obtained in process of oil extraction, can not be effectively utilized and they are usually combusted in flames. Great amounts of valuable hydrocarbon raw materials are lost causing damages to environment.…
The measurement and control system for a midstream plant differs from the downstream system. Flexible control and communication systems are required for the oil production wells in this type of plant. A specific measurement system is provided from…
Urban Lifeline System is the foundation of modern cities. For the urban lifeline system, by taking gas pipeline as the study object, the System of Risk Assessment for City Gas was established which is based on application requirements, using GIS and…
In order to deeply buried oil pipeline corrosion protection for high reliability, the first oil pipeline needs to be heated to 200 degrees. The traditional heating method is to use the flame barbecue, in order to save energy, improve product quality,…
As the fire furnace is being widely used in the industrial production, security and the furnace combustion efficiency become the key factors. We can send signals to the fuel supply device to stop the supply of the fuel when the fire is out by…
With the rapid growth of the economy, air pollution becomes increasingly serious and environment protection has attracted more attention. It is a fact that ships produce enormous air pollution emissions with high energy consumption and research has…
The consumption rate of LNG has increased rapidly in recent years, which draws the demand for LNG carriers. Over the past ten years, the number of ongoing LNG carriers has increased dramatically while more carriers are expected to be built in the…
A liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier is designed to transport LNG over a long distance. During transportation, the leakage of boil-off gas (BOG) along with poor ventilation can pose an explosion risk. The traditional method for dealing with the BOG…
The numerical simulation research for thermo-responsive behavior of LNG spherical tank under the fire environment will be of great importance both on theoretical and practical aspects on forecasting and controlling of fire accident and guaranteeing…
Petrol Fuel Stations (PFS) are hazardous work places. They store and sell flammable material (petrol, diesel and CNG). Arrival and departure of various kinds of vehicles to take fuel is normal round the clock. Due to availability of flammable…
The Energy requirements of the total world have been subjugated by petroleum products for centuries in many application fields including transportation, household, and electricity. Traditionally, mineral oil is used as insulating fluids in…
Quantitative risk analysis was recognized as a proper method for assessing the risk level of a hazardous activity, however, when this technique is applied to a transport case, there were several parameters and assumptions need to be considered before…
Effectively identifying the potential risk sources in the emergency process of the petroleum storage and transportation is the key to realize the essential safety design of the whole life cycle of petroleum products. In this paper, from the…
Risk analysis and assessment are extremely important in the oil sector to prevent potential risks. The objective of this work is to propose a thorough risk analysis approach with the integration of the human factor, since he is considered as a weak…
Increasing interest in alternative fuels for gas turbines has motivated research in gaseous fuels other than natural gas. Methane enriched with hydrogen or diluted with carbon dioxide are of considerable interest. The latter seems quite relevant for…
BLEVE is a kind of disaster that may cause serious consequences in the process of maritime transportation of liquefied petroleum gas, liquefied natural gas. To analyze the accident characteristics of both the external environment and the internal…
Life Cycle Impact Assessment, LCIA, is the third phase of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) described in ISO 14042. The purpose of LCIA is to assess a product system's life cycle inventory analysis (LCI) in order to better understand its environmental…
In the North American energy market, natural gas (NG) prices have been gradually decreasing during the past several years, primarily due to advances in shale gas extraction techniques. The availability of cheaper NG, while seen as an attractive…
This paper presents a novel monitoring system for oil and gas well drilling based on field bus and AI technology. The controller area network (CAN) intelligent node was designed to simplify the data acquisition process. As a key part, the traditional…
The pool fire with characteristics of high temperature and high radiation intensity, is serious accident in chemical companies, but the research for pool fire of large tank area is relatively scarce. Taking a large crude oil storage tank area for an…
The great need for exploitation and application of natural gas over the long period of time boosts enormous demand for heating equipments. So it's extremely important to design and manufacture energy-saving and efficient natural gas heaters.…
It puts forward higher requirements for the fire fighting and rescue work as large-scale petrochemical Reservoir appears. In order to determine the reasonable fire fighting and rescue capabilities that a large petrochemical reservoir needs to be…
Floating Production Storage and Off-loading facilities (called FPSO in this paper) have become in a recent past a key-player in the recovery of Oil & Gas from deep sea wells. This paper intends to describe the engineering design drivers specifically…
This paper proposes a quantitative risk assessment approach to assess the frequency of an accident and its measurable consequences (for human, property and environment). The illustration of the proposed methodology is made on a refinery gasoline…
Petrol pumps are operated manually making fuel dispensing and filling, a time-consuming procedure. This we actualized automated petroleum pump by utilizing GSM and RFID. This framework can enhance the filling procedure so as to keep it simpler, solid…
Gasoline refueling stations have existed since the advent of the automobile in the early 1900s. This paper explores the origin of the static electrical discharge hazard that can exist during the refueling process. It has recently (1993) been…
Several serious fire and explosion accidents occurred in Chinese oil depots in recent years, thus an increasing number of people pay attention to its security work. Fire safety assessment acting as a measurement to the security of an oil depot…