Ammonia Pressure Station in SEVESO Establishment - Case Study Focused on the Impact on the Environment

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.cetjournal.it/cet/22/90/111.pdf" target="_blank" >https://www.cetjournal.it/cet/22/90/111.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3303/CET2290111" target="_blank" >10.3303/CET2290111</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Ammonia Pressure Station in SEVESO Establishment - Case Study Focused on the Impact on the Environment

Original language description

The aim of the paper is to present Ammonia pressure station from the major accident prevention point of view. This object, located in the SEVESO establishment, present a significant source of risk which can cause serious consequences to human health and the environment in case of major accident. Ammonia, classified as a named dangerous substance, is stored in 500 kilograms pressure vessel, which is inside of the pressure station placed. The highest risk for surroundings presents transport of ammonia pressure vessel from the storage to the pressure station and transport to the storage naturally. For purposes of completion of approved SEVESO documentation, new risk assessment had to be processed. This paper focuses in particular on the possible negative impact on the environment in case of extraordinary release of ammonia from the pressure vessel. For calculation of consequence categories of the impact on the environment was selected methodology &quot;Hazard &amp; Vulnerability Index&quot;. The H&amp;V index methodology is a Czech, official and frequently used methodology recommended especially for the environmental risk analysis in the SEVESO establishments. The benefit of this methodology is in its options to evaluate the impact to different parts of the environment, i.e. surface waters, underground waters, soil medium and biota considering diverse vulnerability of these components. Risk analysis via the H&amp;V index methodology follows up on the determination of accident scenarios, a stage describing different transfer routes of ammonia release to the environment occurred in the establishment. The pressure vessel is to a steel pallet attached so that it can transported in the establishment by a forklift or truck. Four different places in the establishment was determined as the worst in terms of the environmental endanger (i.e. direct and indirect endanger of the environment, transport via sewer system etc.). Consequence categories were for closed surface water and biotic environmental compartments calculated. In conclusion, risk acceptability of determined scenarios is estimated in acceptable level. Results are presented via risk matrix recommended by H&amp;V Index methodology. Visualization of scenarios is created by GIS. Proposed preventive measures including the way of liquidation of ammonia accidental release close this paper.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

20700 - Environmental engineering

Project

<a href="/en/project/SS02030008" target="_blank" >SS02030008: Centre of environmental research: Waste management, circular economy and environmetal secutiry</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Chemical Engineering Transactions

ISSN

2283-9216

e-ISSN

2283-9216

Volume of the periodical

90

Issue of the periodical within the volume

Neuveden

Country of publishing house

IT - ITALY

Number of pages

6

Pages from-to

661-666

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85131251782