A feasibility study of a new plant or even of a revamped one bases the forecast for incomes and outcomes on a discounting back approach.
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The advancement in technology, automation and mechanization has revolutionized the industrial sector and as well as the jobs of concerned operators. Process industry (including the
The need for developing an improved methodology to better train operators is crucial since their performance directly influences the process in terms of productivity, quality,
This paper presents the development and implementation of a computer program to assess and judge the operator performance both for control-room and field operators. In
Situation awareness (SA) is commonly described as the challenges encountered by an operator and it appears during the course of interaction with either the process
The performance assessment of industrial operators is a challenge faced by the scientific community in last decades on account of the subjectivity involved, lack of
Towards the Automatic Measurement of Human Performance in Virtual Environments for Industrial Safety
Human errors during operations, probably more clearly referred to as human or action failures, play an important role in causing industrial accidents. The assessment of
The paper proposes and discusses a methodology to quantify the economic potential of a plant subject to market variability. Price fluctuations and marketuncertainty are analyzed and modeled. The manuscript
This paper discusses the causes and reconstructs the dynamics of the catastrophic accident occurred at the BP refinery of Texas City in 2005. Dedicated sections describe the hypotheses and models adopted in the
When a chemical accident occurs, the release depends on the status of the substance(s) in either the damaged process unit or carrier, i.e. the accident dynamics differs in presence
The paper presents and discusses a methodology to judge the effectiveness of the preparednessactivities in case of accidents in road tunnels by considering the system from several points of view (i.e. structural/technical,
The manuscript discusses the uncertainty and complexity intrinsic to the modeling of the accident occurred in Viareggio on June 29th, 2009 where a freight train loaded with LPG derailed and one of the tank cars