Citation

Marhavilas PK, Filippidis M, Koulinas GK, Koulouriotis DE. Safety Sci. 2020; 124: e104590.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.ssci.2019.104590

PMID

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Abstract

An integrated Hazard and Operability (HAZOP) study with the Decision Risk-Matrix (DRMA) and the Fuzzy-Analytical Hierarchy-Process (FAHP) is suggested as an alternative approach to identify and prioritize potential hazards in a sour crude-oil processing plant, located in the prefecture of Eastern Macedonia region in Greece. Therefore, the aim of our work is the development and application of the expanded FAHP-HAZOP-DRMA approach (XPA-HAZOP) in this industry. Firstly, the conventional HAZOP-analysis is applied for identifying the potential fault causes of abnormal circumstances in the plant. With the combination of HAZOP with DRMA for assessing the risks, the Fuzzy-AHP process is then introduced in order to broaden HAZOP-study and prioritize the hazards of the plant. The proposed XPA-HAZOP technique could be a functional tool for the decision makers about: (i) the ranking of hazards, compared to conventional HAZOP, and (ii) the emergency of investing restricted budget in actions preventing particular type of deviations.

Language: en

Keywords

AHP; Analytical Hierarchy Process; Crude Stabilization; Fuzzy AHP; Hazard Identification; HAZOP study; Risk analysis; Risk-Matrix; Sour Crude-oil