Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Defining safe operating limits of critical operating parameters, reviewing their validity periodically, and recording any exceedance (if any) are vital for the safe operation of the chemical plant, especially for major hazard installations. Despite this, users often encounter challenges such as: (a) difficulty in accurately identifying their limits, (b) uncertainty in the process of determining appropriate limits, and (c) setting limits too close to or too far from the normal operating or mechanical design thresholds of the equipment. This, in turn, would lead to reduced operational flexibility of the equipment or increased safety concerns due to insufficient margins. This paper briefly discusses lessons learned from industrial accidents related to safe operating limits, how safe operating limits are linked to regulatory assessments, challenges in defining appropriate limits, and the methodology for establishing them.
Source: Process Safety Progress
DOI: 10.1002/prs.70031
Language: English
Topic: Risk and Safety Analysis
Subfield: Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Funder: Ministry of Education, India
OpenAlex ID: W4415308343