Article | REF: SE4030 V1

HAZOP: a risk analysis method - Presentation and background

Author: Michel ROYER

Publication date: April 10, 2009

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2. Definition, objectives and fields of application

2.1 Definition and objectives

  • Definition

    Chemetics International Ltd, in its guide to the introduction of the HAZOP method [10] , uses the following definition.

    HAZOP method: "...application of a formal and systematic critical review to the process and engineering intentions of a new or existing installation in order to assess the hazard potential associated with the misuse, or malfunction, of items of equipment and their effects on the installation as a whole...".

  • Objectives

    The original aim of the HAZOP method was to...

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