Risk assessment for a denim manufacturing plant in Turkey

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2008

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Arda (Mungan), Meral

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A risk assessment study is conducted in a denim manufacturing plant in Turkey. The study is carried out within the framework of a project on adopting the Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) Directive of the European Union. The scope of the assessment is fire or explosion risk with regards to hazardous chemicals present in the plant. The receptor of the study is defined as “people”; which include the employees in the plant, employees of nearby plants and people in residential around the mill. A semi-quantitative risk assessment is carried out using checklist, a risk matrix and risk evaluation forms. The highest risks in the plant are identified as dust explosions, natural gas jet fires, natural gas explosions. Also, it is identified that due to several causes, in case of a fire or explosion the scale of an accident may enlarge instantaneously. The main warehouse is determined to carry the highest risk value in the plant. Mathematical modelling studies are conducted to calculate the hazard radius for dust explosions and natural gas fire and explosion. According to the results of mathematical modelling, the highest consequences could lead to destruction of buildings or severe injuries/fatalities of people within large hazard radius up to 700 m. The risk present at the manufacturing mill is communicated to the facility management throughout the study. Several suggestions are proposed to the facility management and some of them are already implemented.

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Environmental engineering., Industrial accidents.

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http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12609700/index.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/17691

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Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Thesis

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M. Arda (Mungan), “Risk assessment for a denim manufacturing plant in Turkey,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2008.