Hazop Risk Assessment and Management in Industries

HAZOP is a structured and systematic examination of complex placement of process or operation to identify and evaluate problems that may represent risk to personnel or equipment. Intention of preparing is to review the design to pick up design or or otherwise engineering issues that otherwise have not been formed. The technique is based on overall complex design within a number of simple sections called nodes which are then individually reviewed. It is carried out by a multidisciplinary team (HAZOP) during a series of meetings. The HAZOP technique is quantitative and I am too stimulate the stimulate the inspiration of the participants to identify the potential hazards And operating problems, structure direction are given to the review process by applying standard guide words prompts to review Of each node. The relevant international standard calls for team members to display instruction and good judgement and for the meetings to be held interior climate of positive thinking and frank discussion Used in nuclear power plant, software development and batch operations.

Method :-

The method applies to complex processes for which design information is available. For Process Plant, nodes or chosen so that each of a meaningful design intent can be specified and they are commonly indicated on piping instrumentation diagram and process flow diagram For each node in turn the HAZOP team uses list of standardized Guide words and process parameters to identify potential deviations from design intent. For each direction the team identifies possible causes and likely the consequences team identify possible causes and likely consequences then decide whether an action to instill an additional safeguard is necessary to reduce the risk to an acceptable level.

GUIDE WORDS

In order to identify deviations the team applies(systematically in order) a set of Guide words to each node in the process. Consider appropriate parameters which apply to the design intent. These are general words such as flow, pressure ,temperature and composition).

OBJECTIVES OF HAZOP STUDY :-

HAZOP in the process industry may be focused either to the assessment of safety (with a consideration of possible risk for both equipment and operators) or the operating(with regard to keeping of the required quantity of the product).

• Possibility of deceleration/ decomposition of raw materials.
• possibility of a failure of human factors.
• possibly of an exothermic reaction

DECOMPOSITION OF HAZARD FROM THE RAW MATERIAL, REACTION MIXTURE :-

Inter meetings and final product.

• Possibly of an undesired reaction
• Possibly of utility failure

ADVANTAGES OF HAZOP

• Systematic and Thorough examination of the assist equipment with an aim.
• Possibility to evacuate the consequences of a failure of the personnel with an aim to study dangerous situations.
• Finding of new Dangerous situations systematic procedure allowing to find new to dangerous situations that may occur.
• Increase the efficiency of the operation equipment finding of situations that may lead to towards disturbing of the operation I planned breaks damage of the equipment, laws of UN unprocessed raw but also towards improvement of the operational regulations.
• Better understanding of the process, even experienced members of the process of the meeting acknowledge a new dimension new Information recording the operation of the assessed equipment.

DISADVANTAGES

• time needed(depends on the size of the backlog)
• Need to clear the definition of the objective/ focus and setup of HAZOP studies considered the effects- at the beginning of study.
• High demands of the knowledge and skills of the study of the participants without a good HAZOP team and a good leader cannot be done.

RISK MANAGEMENT IT AND ASSESSMENT :

Risk management can be defined as the collection of culture, process structures that are directed towards realizing potential opportunities while managing adverse effects. It can be defined as a systematic application of Management policies, procedures and practices. The risk management also incorporates several other tasks such as identifying, analyzing, evaluating and monitoring risk ok and reviewing risk.

Risk assessment is carried out on the use of methods, tools and risk assessment schemes. This or an unlimited number of strengths and weaknesses the approach and method of recording the results, analysis in Fault trees, Even trees and in spreadsheets. Even trees and in spreadsheets.

The schemes of risk analysis in trees are focused on a determined chain of events. While the spreadsheet methods are true to address the full scope of risk assessment(identification, analysis and evaluation).

The hazards and operability studies qualitative methods developed to identify risks and operating problems through the effects of deviations from design condition in industrial process place plants.

Traditionally study and processes odd analysis for two sessions held separately producing two databases. In the integral method and risk Matrices, HAZOP brings structure procedure and its criteria(mainly use of nodes, keywords, and deviation). While the risk Matrix brings to this hybrid technique the capacity to prioritize risks/ deviation another to provide information with a more detailed implementation plan.

BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE -:

Risk assessment is a part of a risk management program is a bigger initiative carried by an enterprise to control risks and avoid accidents. Safety management should also be receptive but also Proactive . Risk management is usually described as containing 4 stages of identification, analysis, evaluation and mitigation.

QUANTITATIVE RISK ANALYSIS -:

Using qualitative evaluation of all identified scenarios allows the contractor to focus on most problems of technology assessment, to propose appropriate technical/ organization recommendations to minimize the identified risks and implement of the recommendations.

Using quantitative method

The risks are evaluated by

R = P*S

P is the probability of occurrence.

S is the severity of the occurrence.

QUALITATIVE RISK ANALYSIS -:

The method with qualitative risk analysis is also based on the principle of brainstorming for creative development scenarios and finding the cases of deviations to identify safety functions.

HAZOP study for quantitative risk -:

Traditionally HAZOP study and process hazard analysis held separately producing two databases. HAZOP technique is grounded by word application (such as more or less) to each process variable(temperature, flow, pressure). On the other hand PHA risks allows the definition of the rich position to prioritize the use of frequency and severity categories as a risk value.

QUANTITATIVE APPROACH OF HAZOP -:

Aim is for integration with the risk of matrix. Because of this method east use the HAZOP and diagnosis method).

Parameters, guide word and deviation for each node).

From that, causes of consequences related to deviation are investigated.

From the HAZOP spreadsheet -:

Guide word/ deviation/ cause/ consequence.

PHA tool -:

Frequency/ Severity/ Risk/ mitigation

By Venkat Narasimhan, Consultant-International Project Development, UNDP & World Safety Organisation