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Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria Química
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Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. CERTEC - Centre d'Estudis del Risc Tecnològic
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Hemmatian, Behrouz
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Abdolhamidzadeh, B
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Darbra Roman, Rosa Maria
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Casal Fàbrega, Joaquim
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Hemmatian, B. [et al.]. The significance of domino effect in chemical accidents. "Journal of loss prevention in the process industries", 2014, vol. 29, p. 30-38.
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https://hdl.handle.net/2117/21805
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10.1016/j.jlp.2014.01.003
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A historical survey was performed on 330 accidents involving domino effect, occurred in process/storage plants and in the transportation of hazardous materials; only accidents occurred after 1st-January-1961 have been considered. The main features – geographical location, type of accident, materials involved, origin and causes, consequences, domino sequences – were analyzed, with special consideration to the situation in the developing countries and compared to those from other previous surveys. Among the involved substances, LPG was the most frequent one, followed by liquid hydrocarbons. Process plants (38.5% of cases) and storage areas (33%) were the most common settings; 10.6% of past domino accidents occurred in transfer operations. The ratio between “two-step” and “three-step” domino accidents was found to be 6. A specific analysis of the accidents (84) occurred in the 21st century was performed, comparing them with the total set of accidents. Finally, a set of specific recommendations inferred from the results is provided.
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Peer Reviewed
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Postprint (published version)
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application/pdf
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0950423014000199#
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/
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Restricted access - publisher's policy
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Spain
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Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria química::Química del medi ambient
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Risk assessment
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Chemical industry --Accidents
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Gestió del risc
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Indústria química -- Accidents
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The significance of domino effect in chemical accidents
