Research Article
Studying Probability of Domino Effect in Chemical Storage Tanks Using Hazard Index
Table 6
Values of the domino chain actual hazard index (DCA) for the storage tanks considered in the case study.
| | Primary unit | Primary scenario | Target unit | | Storage tank (1) | Storage tank (2) | Storage tank (3) | Storage tank (4) | Storage tank (5) | Storage tank (6) |
| | Storage tank (1) | Fireball | — | 19.1 | 4.2 | 2.5 | 5.5 | 3.4 | | Storage tank (2) | Jet fire | 1.79 | — | 0.67 | 0.32 | 0.6 | 0.43 | | Storage tank (3) | Jet fire | 0.39 | 0.67 | — | 1.78 | 0.51 | 0.71 | | Fireball | 7.1 | 12.2 | | 32.2 | 9.2 | 12.9 | | Storage tank (4) | Fireball | 3.4 | 4.7 | 25.9 | — | 4.7 | 7.4 | | Storage tank (5) | Pool fire | 0.54 | 0.7 | 0.54 | 0.34 | — | 1.93 | | Storage tank (6) | Vapor cloud
explosion | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.06 | — |
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