Developing a barrier management framework for dealing with Natech domino effects and increasing chemical cluster resilience

Uncertainties and their treatment in the quantitative risk assessment of domino effects: Classification and review

“…Thus, the bow tie diagrams are seldom used in the QRA of domino effects. Recently, Zeng et al (2022) integrated barrier management framework with Natech domino accidents. The multi-level propagations of domino effects between units with safety barriers are modeled through several connected bow tie diagrams.…”

“…Agent-based modeling to QRA of domino effects as a bottom-up approach that focused on elements of the system was developed to avoid introducing additional uncertainty (Zhang et al, 2018). Additionally, to facilitate barrier management in domino effects, bow-tie diagrams are applied to tackle scenario uncertainty in the latest study (Zeng et al, 2022). The introduction of DBN techniques brought QRA of domino effects to the stage of model structure uncertainty research (Khakzad et al, 2018).…”

A Quantitative Framework for Propagation Paths of Natech Domino Effects in Chemical Industrial Parks: Part II—Risk Assessment and Mitigation System

“…At present, the design of a safety barrier seldom considers the impact of natural disasters, so these safety measures, such as fire protection systems and protective dikes, may not be available during natural disasters [30]. Therefore, when carrying out an emergency response to a Natech event and its subsequent domino effects, it is necessary to consider the unavailability of these on-site firefighting facilities, and more firefighting and rescue equipment and materials need to be transferred from outside [50]. Natural disasters may also affect the power grid, water supply, and communication systems, thus weakening the emergency response capacity, which is a major challenge for the emergency response.…”

Reliability analysis of a loading dependent system with cascading failures considering overloads

“…This phenomenon is known as a cascading failure (CAF). CAFs are the major threat to electric power transmission systems, 1,2 transportation systems, 3 healthcare infrastructure systems, 4 safety instrumented systems, 5 chemical industry clusters, 6,7 and other complex network systems 8–10 . For example, the 2003 blackout in the Northeastern United States was initially triggered by the tripping of multiple power transmission lines, and finally led to considerable traffic congestion and communication breakdowns due to dependencies between various systems 11 .…”