Title
Quantitative assessment of safety barrier performance in the prevention of domino scenarios triggered by fire
Abstract
The evolution of domino scenarios triggered by fire critically depends on the presence and the performance of safety barriers that may have the potential to prevent escalation, delaying or avoiding the heat-up of secondary targets. The aim of the present study is the quantitative assessment of safety barrier performance in preventing the escalation of fired domino scenarios. A LOPA (layer of protection analysis) based methodology, aimed at the definition and quantification of safety barrier performance in the prevention of escalation was developed. Data on the more common types of safety barriers were obtained in order to characterize the effectiveness and probability of failure on demand of relevant safety barriers. The methodology was exemplified with a case study. The results obtained define a procedure for the estimation of safety barrier performance in the prevention of fire escalation in domino scenarios.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1016/j.ress.2015.03.023
Reliability Engineering & System Safety
Keywords
Field
DocType
Domino effect,Escalation,Fire,Major accident hazard,Quantitative risk assessment,Layer of protection analysis
Domino effect,Safety Integrity Level,Risk assessment,Domino,Quantitative assessment,Engineering,Reliability engineering
Journal
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
143
0951-8320
10
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.96
4
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Gabriele Landucci1256.37
Francesca Argenti2122.37
Alessandro Tugnoli3100.96
Valerio Cozzani45711.98