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Analytic Hierarchy Process for the Estimation of the Probability of Failures of Safety Barriers in Oil and Gas Installations

Year: 2020

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: The Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) is a decision-making method capable of handling qualitative and quantitative elements. In this work, it is used to estimate the Failure Probabilities (FPs) of safety barriers (technical, procedural and organizational), within the framework of risk assessment of an oil and gas upstream plant. The barriers are modelled by a multistate Bayesian Network (BN) and FPs are defined for each barrier relative to their Health States (HSs). Expert elicitation procedures are adopted for feeding the AHP and a practical illustration is provided with regards to the safety barriers of the slug catcher of the upstream plant.

Source: European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL)

DOI: 10.3850/978-981-14-8593-0_4880-cd

Authors: F. Di Maio, O. Scapinello, E. Zio, C. Ciarapica, L. Decarli, L. La Rosa

Institutions: Politecnico di Milano, Université Paris Sciences et Lettres, Kyung Hee University, École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris

Language: English

Topic: Risk and Safety Analysis

Subfield: Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W3133864112

FWCI: 1.627

Cites: 12

Cited by: 4

Related to: 10