Analysis of thermal runaway events in French chemical industry

Dakkoune, Amine; Vernières‐Hassimi, Lamiae; Leveneur, Sébastien; Lefebvre, Dimitri; Estel, Lionel

doi:10.1016/j.jlp.2019.103938

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“…Since joining the World Trade Organization, China's chemical industry has become an important support for the country's urban economic development; it has not only ensured rapid growth of the regional economy but also created increasingly prominent ecological and environmental contradictions and security risks [4,[15][16][17]. Chemical hazards have become an important global issue; for example, 169 chemical accidents have been recorded in France from 1974 to 2014 [18]. Chemical accidents are particularly prominent in China, such as the "3.21" chemical explosion in Xiangshui County, Jiangsu Province, which caused 78 deaths and 1.986 billion yuan in economic losses [14].…”

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Exploring the Classification and Restructuring of Chemical Industrial Cities in China: The Perspectives of Sectoral and Spatial Differences

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As an economic pillar, major resource consumer, and polluter of cities, the chemical industry determines many cities’ transformation, prosperity, and decay. It is thus a major concern for achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals. In China, which is at the stage of accelerated industrialization that is varied across regions, the chemical industry has gradually retreated from developed cities, such as Beijing and Shanghai, in the eastern region, and has become the inevitable choice for industrialization of less-developed cities, such as Xi’an, Chengdu, and Chongqing, in the western region. This study took the perspectives of chemical industrial sectors and their spatial differences to understand the changing patterns of the chemical industry and its dominant cities. It identified chemical industrial cities (CICs), examined their spatial-temporal patterns with respect to their industry scale and structure, and accounted for factors influencing the spatial evolution from coastal areas to inland regions. The results show that large CICs were mainly located in coastal port regions with balanced industrial sectors, while small CICs were mainly distributed in inland areas with abundant oil and coal resources and a single dominant industrial sector. The location factors of ports, markets, and technology play important roles in the eastern region, while resource conditions and foreign direct investment promote the chemical industry’s development in the central, western, and northeastern cities. These findings improve the understanding of CICs’ spatial transformation and shed light on the policy-making of chemical industrial development in China and other developing countries.

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“…While no human casualties were reported in Pasir Gudang, the Bhopal disaster had resulted in a loss of 10,000 lives within a few days of the occurrence [ 87 ]. Another example of a chemical incident that affected respiratory health occurred in 2013 when an ammonia leak incident was reported from a chemical plant located in Rouen, northwest France [ 88 , 89 ]. This chemical leak recorded no fatalities; however, the released chemical had wafted across the English Channel into England, resulting in a transboundary pollution in England.…”

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The Impacts of Illegal Toxic Waste Dumping on Children’s Health: A Review and Case Study from Pasir Gudang, Malaysia

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Poor management of hazardous waste can lead to environmental pollution, injuries, and adverse health risks. Children’s exposure to hazardous waste may cause serious acute and chronic health problems due to their higher vulnerability to the toxic effects of chemicals. This study examines an incident of illegal chemical dumping in Pasir Gudang, Malaysia and its potential health impacts on children. The study introduced a risk assessment of possible health-related effects due to chemical contamination based on a real case scenario where quantification of the contamination was not feasible. A literature review and spatial analysis were used as research methods. On 6th March 2019, tons of hazardous waste were illegally disposed into Kim Kim River, Pasir Gudang, Malaysia. They were identified as benzene, acrolein, acrylonitrile, hydrogen chloride, methane, toluene, xylene, ethylbenzene, and d-limonene. As a result, 975 students in the vicinity developed signs and symptoms of respiratory disease due to the chemical poisoning. The findings of this study indicate that more effective policies and preventive actions are urgently needed to protect human health, especially children from improper hazardous waste management.

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“…To help the operators, we proposed an approach to find explicit relationships between the reactor outputs (e.g., reaction temperature, concentration, yield...) and the inlet parameters. As mentioned by Dakkoune et al (Dakkoune et al, 2019, the risk of thermal runaway is important in French and also in other European chemical industries, and the operator error is an important cause. Thus, the use of such an approach could improve the understanding of the processes and avoid risky situations.…”

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Influence assessment of inlet parameters on thermal risk and productivity: Application to the epoxidation of vegetable oils

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Analysis of thermal runaway events in French chemical industry

Cited by 37 publications

References 31 publications

Exploring the Classification and Restructuring of Chemical Industrial Cities in China: The Perspectives of Sectoral and Spatial Differences

Exploring the Classification and Restructuring of Chemical Industrial Cities in China: The Perspectives of Sectoral and Spatial Differences

The Impacts of Illegal Toxic Waste Dumping on Children’s Health: A Review and Case Study from Pasir Gudang, Malaysia

Influence assessment of inlet parameters on thermal risk and productivity: Application to the epoxidation of vegetable oils

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