Title
Risks associated with volcanic ash fallout from Mt.Etna with reference to industrial filtration systems.
Abstract
The recent eruption of the Icelandic volcano has focused the worldwide attention on volcanic ash effects for the population, road, rail and air traffic and production activities. This paper aims to study of technological (industrial) accidental scenarios triggered by ash fallout and, more specifically, to define and quantify the potential damage on filtration systems. Malfunctions due to the filter clogging and service interruptions caused by the rupture of the filtering surface have been analysed in order to define the vulnerability of the equipment to such damages. Results are given in terms of threshold values of deposit on the filtering surface and exceedance probability curves of ash concentrations and the duration of the ash emission. This data can be easily implemented in the standard risk assessment with the aim to include the estimation of Natural-Technological (Na-Tech) hazards.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1016/j.ress.2013.05.008
Reliability Engineering & System Safety
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Volcanic eruption,Ash fallout,Na-Tech event,Air filtration system,Risk assessment
Journal
120
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
0951-8320
0
0.34
References 
Authors
2
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Maria Francesca Milazzo142.81
Giuseppa Ancione200.34
Ernesto Salzano3143.32
Giuseppe Maschio400.34