C-RISE Lecture Series
Dynamic Multivariate Risk Assessment of Process Facilities
By Dr. Javad Hashemi
Dynamic risk assessments (DRA) are the next generation of risk estimation approaches that help to enable safer operations of complex process systems in extreme environments. This presentation provides an overview of the existing knowledge and technological challenges associated with dynamic risk assessment and proposes new methods to improve effective implementation of DRA techniques. The methods that will be presented include: (i) loss functions to estimate and model operational losses due to process variations in process facilities; (ii) models to estimate reputational loss and significant elements of business interruption loss, which are usually ignored in the literature; (iii) copula functions to model multivariate distributions with arbitrary marginal distributions; and (iv) the Copula Bayesian Network (CBN) for multivariate safety analysis of multivariate process systems.
Using Human Reliability Analysis Insights to Improve Safety
By Mashrura Musharraf
Offshore emergencies are more critical compared to onshore petrochemical plants as emergency services for assistance cannot be reached immediately. The crisis must be dealt with initially by the installations' own personnel and success often depends solely on the performance of the personnel on board. Recognition of the importance of human factors on operator performance raises the need for training that goes beyond the conventional training programs and incorporates non-technical training focusing on moral, motivation, attitude, role awareness, decision making, communication and teamwork. This research aims to improve the offshore emergency preparedness training by using insights from Human Reliability Analysis (HRA). The first part of the work focuses on individual training. The second part focuses on enabling team training in a virtual environment by using artificial team members.
Date: Thursday, Dec 1st, 9:30-11:00 am
Location: EN4000
All interested are welcome
Light Refreshment will be Provided