1Environmental Research Institute, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, 248 007, India
2Centre for Pollution Control & Environmental Engineering, Pondicherry University, Chinakalapet, Puducherry, 605 014, India
Online published on 19 April, 2019.
Chemical process industries which use hazardous chemicals and/or processes are prone to accidents involving fire, explosion, or toxic release-which occur singly or in combination. Forecasting the likelihood of such accidents, and assessing their likely consequences, forms the basis of all accident prevention and mitigation strategies. This paper has attempted a critical assessment of the software that is available presently, priced or unpriced, for assessing consequences of process industry accidents. Besides developing a gist of the state-of-the-art, this survey also aims at identifying the strengths and the weaknesses of the available tools so that priorities for further work can be set accordingly.
Chemical process industries, accident forecasting, software, explosion, fires, toxic release
