Externally initiated event in sequential risk assessment for the onshore LNG marine loading arm unit

This paper describes the failure assessment of the unloading arm unit that is connected to a Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) terminal. In this work, an external event, i.e., lightning, was simulated as the triggering event. A Temporal Fault Tree (TFT) analysis was developed, and sequential failures that...

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Main Authors: Dirik, Cengiz, Awang Biak, Dayang Radiah, Abdul Razak, Mus'ab, Nik Ibrahim, Nik Nor Liyana
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Published: Elsevier 2022
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/101441/
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author Dirik, Cengiz
Awang Biak, Dayang Radiah
Abdul Razak, Mus'ab
Nik Ibrahim, Nik Nor Liyana
author_facet Dirik, Cengiz
Awang Biak, Dayang Radiah
Abdul Razak, Mus'ab
Nik Ibrahim, Nik Nor Liyana
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description This paper describes the failure assessment of the unloading arm unit that is connected to a Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) terminal. In this work, an external event, i.e., lightning, was simulated as the triggering event. A Temporal Fault Tree (TFT) analysis was developed, and sequential failures that function under the Priority AND (PAND) gate were assessed. The results show that the highest contributing factor to the failure of the terminal unloading arm was the sequential failure due to the loss of sensors which can happen before or after lightning strikes. The occurrence of failures for the loading arm was estimated using a Monte Carlo Simulation (MCS). For service years of 32.7, the sequential failures occurred 131 times when preventive maintenance was not considered. This work also presents that the failure distribution of the marine loading arm follows the Weibull distribution characteristic with the scale (α) and the shape (β) parameters values of 132,817.5 h-1 and 1.556, respectively.
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spelling upm-1014412023-08-11T08:19:44Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/101441/ Externally initiated event in sequential risk assessment for the onshore LNG marine loading arm unit Dirik, Cengiz Awang Biak, Dayang Radiah Abdul Razak, Mus'ab Nik Ibrahim, Nik Nor Liyana This paper describes the failure assessment of the unloading arm unit that is connected to a Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) terminal. In this work, an external event, i.e., lightning, was simulated as the triggering event. A Temporal Fault Tree (TFT) analysis was developed, and sequential failures that function under the Priority AND (PAND) gate were assessed. The results show that the highest contributing factor to the failure of the terminal unloading arm was the sequential failure due to the loss of sensors which can happen before or after lightning strikes. The occurrence of failures for the loading arm was estimated using a Monte Carlo Simulation (MCS). For service years of 32.7, the sequential failures occurred 131 times when preventive maintenance was not considered. This work also presents that the failure distribution of the marine loading arm follows the Weibull distribution characteristic with the scale (α) and the shape (β) parameters values of 132,817.5 h-1 and 1.556, respectively. Elsevier 2022 Article PeerReviewed Dirik, Cengiz and Awang Biak, Dayang Radiah and Abdul Razak, Mus'ab and Nik Ibrahim, Nik Nor Liyana (2022) Externally initiated event in sequential risk assessment for the onshore LNG marine loading arm unit. Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, 75. art. no. 104717. pp. 1-9. ISSN 0950-4230; ESSN: 1873-3352 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0950423021003211 10.1016/j.jlp.2021.104717
spellingShingle Dirik, Cengiz
Awang Biak, Dayang Radiah
Abdul Razak, Mus'ab
Nik Ibrahim, Nik Nor Liyana
Externally initiated event in sequential risk assessment for the onshore LNG marine loading arm unit
title Externally initiated event in sequential risk assessment for the onshore LNG marine loading arm unit
title_full Externally initiated event in sequential risk assessment for the onshore LNG marine loading arm unit
title_fullStr Externally initiated event in sequential risk assessment for the onshore LNG marine loading arm unit
title_full_unstemmed Externally initiated event in sequential risk assessment for the onshore LNG marine loading arm unit
title_short Externally initiated event in sequential risk assessment for the onshore LNG marine loading arm unit
title_sort externally initiated event in sequential risk assessment for the onshore lng marine loading arm unit
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/101441/
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/101441/