Fault Tree Analysis of Fire and Explosion Accidents for Dual Fuel (Diesel/Natural Gas) Ship Engine Rooms
In recent years, China’s increased interest in environmental protection has led to a promotion of energy-efficient dual fuel (diesel/natural gas) ships in Chinese inland rivers. A natural gas as ship fuel may pose dangers of fire and explosion if a gas leak occurs. If explosions or fires occur in the engine rooms of a ship, heavy damage and losses will be incurred. In this paper, a fault tree model is presented that considers both fires and explosions in a dual fuel ship; in this model, dual fuel engine rooms are the top events. All the basic events along with the minimum cut sets are obtained through the analysis. The primary factors that affect accidents involving fires and explosions are determined by calculating the degree of structure importance of the basic events. According to these results, corresponding measures are proposed to ensure and improve the safety and reliability of Chinese inland dual fuel ships.
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- Copyright © 2016, Harbin Engineering University and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
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Authors:
- Guan, Yifeng
- Zhao, Jie
- Shi, Tengfei
- Zhu, Peipei
- Publication Date: 2016-9
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Features: References;
- Pagination: pp 331-335
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Serial:
- Journal of Marine Science and Application
- Volume: 15
- Issue Number: 3
- Publisher: Harbin Engineering University
- ISSN: 1671-9433
- EISSN: 1993-5048
- Serial URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/11804
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Engine rooms; Explosions; Fires; Hybrid vehicles; Leakage; Marine safety; Ships; Water transportation crashes
- Geographic Terms: China
- Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01611031
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Sep 21 2016 2:44PM