SGER: Fundamental Study on Chemical Process Operational Security Assessment

研究本项目将致力于对化工过程进行快速、定量和准确的安全评估的基础研究。其目标是开发一个有用的知识库，以便快速、定量和准确地评估工艺安全和安保。该知识库将包含通用的过程安全动态建模方法和过程安全评估方法(具有基本增强能力)。这项研究将为今后开发更全面的工艺安全增强方法奠定基础。化工厂安全是国土安全的一个重要方面，因为潜在的严重环境和经济后果很大。办法是看一看：(1)如果一个工厂受到技术上有知识的恐怖分子的攻击，它在运作上是安全的；(2)如果不是，在灾难发生之前有多少时间可用；(3)对于一个给定的工厂，如何确定安全运作的最关键因素。这项工作将着眼于评估的准确性，并适用于化学加工行业(CPI)。如果成功，它将为如何为工业设施开发快速、有效的过程安全和增强方法提供重要指导。广泛影响生成的知识库可以提供对工厂安全的全面了解，工业可以利用这些知识来在传统过程安全措施之外进行过程安全改进。国际学生联合会计划让来自代表性不足群体的学生参与该项目，因此，除了对国土安全的明显重要性外，该项目还将具有教育和推广价值。

ResearchThis project will focus on the fundamental study of fast, quantitative, and accurate security assessment of chemical processes. The goal is to develop a useful knowledge base for fast, quantitative and accurate assessment of process safety and security. The knowledge base will contain a general process security dynamic modeling method and a process security assessment method (with a basic enhancement capability). The study will lay the foundation for a future effort to develop a more comprehensive process security enhancement methodology.Chemical plant security is one important aspect of homeland security since the potential for severe environmental and economic consequences is great. The approach is to look at: (i) is a plant operationally secure if it is attacked by a technically knowledgeable terrorist, (ii) if not, how much time is available before a disaster occurs, and (iii) for a given plant, how can the most critical factors for secure operation be identified. The work will look at assessment accuracy and be applicable to the chemical process industries (CPI). If successful, it will provide critical guidance on how to develop fast, effective process security and enhancement methodologies for industrial facilities.Broad ImpactThe knowledge base generated could provide a comprehensive understanding of plant security, which can be used by industry to pursue process security enhancement over and above traditional process safety measures. The PI is planning to involve students from underrepresented groups in the project, thus besides the obvious importance to homeland security, the project will also have educational and outreach value.