HAZOP
HAZOP
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May I know what is HAZOP ?what does it stand for ..? and where it is used ?
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RE: HAZOP
Check this link
http://www.minerals.csiro.au/safety/HAZOP/hazop.htm
Regards,
RE: HAZOP
If you can get access to Trevor Kletz's HAZOP and HAZAN "Identifying and Assessing Process Industry Hazards" published by the Institution of Chemical Engineers (UK) you'll get a better idea with worked out examples.
RE: HAZOP
http:/www.lihoutech.com/hzp1frm.htm
and
http:/www.lihoutech.com/hzp2frm.htm
for some very good explanations. I think that i originally found the links by searching the threads but couldn't find the thread number again.
Regards, HM.
No more things should be presumed to exist than are absolutely necessary - William of Occam
RE: HAZOP
http://www.mep.tno.nl/wie_we_zijn_eng/organisatie/afdelingen/industriele_veiligheid/productbladen/productblad_IV_HAZOP_eng.html
RE: HAZOP
A couple of years ago, we had in Australia an interesting court case. A gas plant had exploded and the company was prosecuted for breaches of the OHS Act. The first charge was that they had not conducted any hazard identification study. The judge required the prosecution to nominate the method that should have been used, and they selected HAZOP.
The jury had to decide if HAZOP would have identified the particular hazard that lead to the explosion. A tricky task for engineers, let alone twelve lay persons. They decided guilty. Scary result because HAZOP is not a precise method with guaranteed, repeatable outcomes. It's not like some analytical laboratory test
Cheers,
John.