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Mariano, A.J. (author), Ryan, E.H. (author), Huntley, H.S. (author), Laurindo, L.C. (author), Coelho, E. (author), Ozgokmen, TM (author), Berta, M. (author), Bogucki, D (author), Chen, S.S. (author), Curcic, M. (author), Drouin, K.L. (author), Gough, M (author), Haus, BK (author), Haza, A.C. (author), Hogan, P (author), Iskandarani, M (author), Jacobs, G (author), Kirwan Jr., A.D. (author), Laxague, N (author), Lipphardt Jr., B. (author), Magaldi, M.G. (author), Novelli, G. (author), Reniers, A.J.H.M. (author), Restrepo, J.M. (author), Smith, C (author), Valle-Levinson, A. (author), Wei, M. (author)The Grand LAgrangian Deployment (GLAD) used multiscale sampling and GPS technology to observe time series of drifter positions with initial drifter separation of O(100 m) to O(10 km), and nominal 5 min sampling, during the summer and fall of 2012 in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Histograms of the velocity field and its statistical parameters are...journal article 2016
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Zhu, Zhengqiu (author), Chen, Bin (author), Reniers, G.L.L.M.E. (author), Zhang, L. (author), Qiu, S. (author), Qiu, Xiaogang (author)The chemical industry is very important for the world economy and this industrial sector represents a substantial income source for developing countries. However, existing regulations on controlling atmospheric pollutants, and the enforcement of these regulations, often are insufficient in such countries. As a result, the deterioration of...journal article 2017
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Chen, C. (author), Reniers, G.L.L.M.E. (author), Khakzad, N. (author)Past accident surveys reveal that loading and unloading operations (LUOs) are responsible for 11% of fire-related domino accidents. This study investigates the domino accidents during LUOs in the last two decades and identifies the main causes and features of these domino effects. An index-based approach is proposed to assess these domino...journal article 2019
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Chen, C. (author), Khakzad, Nima (author), Reniers, G.L.L.M.E. (author)Vapor cloud explosion (VCE) accidents in recent years such as the Buncefield accident in 2005 indicate that VCEs in process plants may lead to unpredicted overpressures, resulting in catastrophic disasters. Although a lot of attempts have been done to assess VCEs in process plants, little attention has been paid to the spatial-temporal...journal article 2020
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Chen, C. (author), Reniers, G.L.L.M.E. (author), Khakzad, Nima (author)In the chemical industry, multi-hazard (toxic, flammable, and explosive) materials such as acrylonitrile are stored, transported, and processed in large quantities. A release of multi-hazard materials can simultaneously or sequentially lead to acute toxicity, fire and explosion. The spatial-temporal evolution of hazards may also result in...journal article 2020
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Chen, C. (author), Reniers, G.L.L.M.E. (author)Safety risks have become an obstacle to the sustainability of the chemical industry in China since many chemical companies were forced to close down by China's government in the past three years. This study investigates chemical safety in China in order to identify the causes of the major accidents and accompanying casualties, formulating the...journal article 2020
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Zeng, Tao (author), Chen, Guohua (author), Yang, Yunfeng (author), Reniers, G.L.L.M.E. (author), Zhao, Yixin (author), Liu, Xia (author)The increasing demand for chemical products has driven the construction and development of chemical industrial areas, or so-called 'chemical industrial parks' (CIPs), but this has intrinsically raised the risk of major accidents. Therefore, it is significant and urgent to summarize the state of art and research needs in the field of CIP...review 2020
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Yanga, Yunfeng (author), Chen, Guohua (author), Reniers, G.L.L.M.E. (author)Earthquakes, floods and other natural disasters can lead to serious fires, explosions and other technical disasters, called Natech events, possibly triggering domino effects in chemical industrial parks. However, current studies only look at Natech events or domino effects separately, and don't consider domino effects triggered by Natech...journal article 2020
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van Nunen, K.L.L. (author), Reniers, G.L.L.M.E. (author), Yang, M. (author), Chen, C. (author), Yuan, S. (author)Kenmerkend voor bedrijven die in een cluster gelegen zijn, zijn de onderlinge risico’s waarbij de risico’s van één bedrijf aanleiding kunnen geven tot nieuwe risico’s bij een aangrenzend of een nabijgelegen bedrijf. Daarbij gaat het om de mogelijkheid op domino-effecten, keteneffecten, of nadelige effecten (letsel/schade). Voor (petro)chemische...report 2021
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Chen, C. (author), Yang, M. (author), Reniers, G.L.L.M.E. (author)A disruption to hazardous (flammable, explosive, and toxic) material (HAZMAT) storage plants may trigger escalation effects, resulting in more severe storage performance losses and making the performance restoration more difficult. The disruption, such as an intentional attack, may be difficult to predict and prevent, thus developing a...journal article 2021
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Chen, C. (author), Li, Changjun (author), Reniers, G.L.L.M.E. (author), Yang, F. (author)The terrorist attack on the Abqaiq oil plant in Saudi Arabia on September 14, 2019 attracted global attention to the significant role of safety and security in the sustainable oil and gas supply chain and the vulnerability of supply infrastructures subject to intentional and unintentional damages. Different from other oil and gas supply...journal article 2021
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Chen, C. (author), Reniers, G.L.L.M.E. (author), Khakzad, Nima (author), Yang, M. (author)Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the trade-off between economics and epidemic prevention (safety) has become painfully clear worldwide. This situation thus highlights the significance of balancing the economy with safety and health. Safety economics, considering the interdependencies between safety and micro-economics, is ideal for...journal article 2021
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Yang, M. (author), Chen, C. (author), Yuan, S. (author), Hermias, Jeffrel (author), Reniers, G.L.L.M.E. (author)We witness many severe accidents in different sectors worldwide every year, resulting in fatalities, injuries, environmental pollution, property loss, etc. Safety management aims to use interventions to prevent these undesired events and thus avoid different kinds of loss. Various interventions that have different safety performances and costs...report 2022
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Xu, Y. (author), Reniers, G.L.L.M.E. (author), Yang, M. (author), Yuan, S. (author), Chen, C. (author)Data uncertainties caused by the lack of knowledge and nature variation or randomness present vital challenges to domino effects modelling. To improve the assessment of the propagation probabilities and consequences of the domino-effect accidents, the influence of various types of uncertainties on risk assessment results needs to be investigated...journal article 2022
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Yuan, S. (author), Yang, M. (author), Reniers, G.L.L.M.E. (author), Chen, C. (author), Wu, Jiansong (author)Barriers are used in various forms to assure the safety of chemical plants. A deep understanding of the literature related to safety barriers is essential to tackle the challenges in improving their design and management. This paper first provides an overview of the history of the development of the safety barrier concept. Subsequently, this...journal article 2022
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Guo, Y. (author), Tao, Jing (author), Yang, F. (author), Chen, C. (author), Reniers, G.L.L.M.E. (author)Information literacy has gradually become one of the necessary qualities in current and future safety practices. The calculation and assessment of information literacy of safety professionals is an effective way to understand their information literacy level. This paper, therefore, aims to evaluate the information literacy level of safety...journal article 2022
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Men, Jinkun (author), Chen, Guohua (author), Yang, Yunfeng (author), Reniers, G.L.L.M.E. (author)Natural hazards may rapidly lead to a massive domino chain in chemical industrial parks (CIPs). This work develops a high-efficiency and systematic analytical framework that is applicable to a broad range of uncertain and time-varying factors related to the evolution process of natural hazard-induced domino chain (NHDC). Specifically, the...journal article 2022
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Zeng, Tao (author), Chen, Guohua (author), Reniers, G.L.L.M.E. (author)Industrial accidents triggered by natural disasters (Natech events) pose huge threats to chemical clusters. Flood is a significant cause of Natech events, the interactions between flood and chemical installations may lead to complex accident scenarios. However, the chemical clusters are often not well prepared for flood Natech events due to the...journal article 2022
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Yuan, S. (author), Yang, M. (author), Reniers, G.L.L.M.E. (author), Chen, C. (author)Chemical process industries are threatened with accidental and intentional adverse events because of the storage and operation of large quantities of hazardous substances. Safety and security barriers play important roles in protecting the chemical plants from safety and security-related undesired events and mitigating the potentially...journal article 2022
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Zeng, Tao (author), Chen, Guohua (author), Reniers, G.L.L.M.E. (author), Men, Jinkun (author)A domino effect triggered by a natural event (a so-called Natech domino effect) represents a typical high-impact low-probability (HILP) event, which may lead to catastrophic consequences. The presence of safety barriers could have an impact on the effects by impeding propagation patterns and mitigating potential consequences. However,...journal article 2022