Incorporation of Inherently Safer Design Principles in Process Safety Assurance

本质安全是一种主动的过程安全方法，它消除或减少了危险，以便 通过减少对工程(附加)安全设备和程序措施的依赖来降低风险。四个基本要素 原则可用来实现本质上更安全的设计-最小化、替代、适度和 简单化。拟议研究的主题是将所有四项原则应用于以下关键领域 工艺安全管理和粉尘爆炸风险的降低。具体目标是提供一座桥梁 在这些固有的安全原则和新的工艺安全保证战略之间。其动机是 这项工作源于公认的理论(风险控制措施的等级)和 工业实践。 一支由高素质的学术研究人员和工业从业者组成的团队已经成立，以 完成上述目标。明确纳入固有原则的创新方法 将为过程风险管理、资本项目设计和审查开发和验证安全性 程序，以及粉尘爆炸的预防和缓解。研究团队将理论与实践相结合 专业知识和行业知识将有助于确保项目交付成果被预期的 加拿大国内和国际上流程行业的利益相关者。参与的行业合作伙伴 该项目将享受与使用开发的工艺安全方法相关的直接商业利益。

Inherent safety is a proactive approach to process safety in which hazards are eliminated or lessened so as to reduce risk with decreased reliance on engineered (add-on) safety devices and procedural measures. Four basic principles are available to attain an inherently safer design - minimization, substitution, moderation and simplification. The subject of the proposed research is the application of all four principles to the key areas of process safety management and dust explosion risk reduction. The specific objective is to provide a bridge between these inherent safety principles and new strategies for process safety assurance. The motivation for this work stems from the gap that exists between accepted theory (the hierarchy of risk control measures) and industrial practice. A team consisting of well-qualified academic researchers and industrial practitioners has been formed to accomplish the above objective. Innovative methodologies explicitly incorporating the principles of inherent safety will be developed and validated for process risk management, capital project design and review procedures, and dust explosion prevention and mitigation. The research team's combination of theoretical expertise and industrial knowledge will help to ensure uptake of the project deliverables by the intended stakeholders in the process industries both within Canada and internationally. The industrial partner involved in this project will enjoy direct business benefits related to use of the developed process safety methodologies.