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Application of the FTA and ETA Method for Gas Hazard Identification for the Performance of Safety Systems in the Industrial Department Cover

Application of the FTA and ETA Method for Gas Hazard Identification for the Performance of Safety Systems in the Industrial Department

Open Access
|Jan 2018

Abstract

The paper analyzes the conditions of safe use of industrial gas systems and factors influencing gas hazards. Typical gas installation and its basic features have been characterized. The results of gas threat analysis in an industrial enterprise using FTA error tree method and ETA event tree method are presented. Compares selected methods of identifying hazards gas industry with respect to the scope of their use. The paper presents an analysis of two exemplary hazards: an industrial gas catastrophe (FTA) and an explosive gas explosion (ETA). In both cases, technical risks and human errors (human factor) were taken into account. The cause-effect relationships of hazards and their causes are presented in the form of diagrams in the drawings.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mspe-2018-0003 | Journal eISSN: 2450-5781 | Journal ISSN: 2299-0461
Language: English
Page range: 23 - 26
Submitted on: Apr 1, 2017
Accepted on: Sep 1, 2017
Published on: Jan 19, 2018
Published by: STE Group sp. z.o.o.
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2018 Jolanta Ignac-Nowicka, published by STE Group sp. z.o.o.
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