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Chemical Accident Simulation Tool (CAST): A System for Assessing Consequences of Accidents in Chemical Process Industry

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The development and validation of a new software named chemical accident simulation tool (CAST) is presented. CAST enables development of scenarios of different types of accidental fires and explosions that can occur in chemical process industry (CPI). CAST is also capable of assessing the likely consequences of such accidents in terms of the area impacted and the types of impacts. The distinguishing features of CAST are (a) it incorporates a larger set of established models than handled by existing packages to simulate a wider variety of accidents in CPI; (b) it is developed with an integrated mapping tool to display damage zones around accident center; this makes the application useful in decision making; and (c) it calculates the results in a fast and reliable manner. Due to these attributes, CAST has increased efficiency, better understanding of the accident scenarios, and better communication of results. Validation of the software has been done with published results which shows that the codes for calculating the impacts from accidents are correct.

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SAA thanks the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, for the Emeritus Scientist Grant (21(1034)/16/EMR-II).

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  1. Environmental Research Institute, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, 248 007, India

    S. M. Tauseef

  2. Centre for Pollution Control and Environmental Engineering, Pondicherry University, Chinakalapet, Puducherry, 605 014, India

    R. Suganya, Tasneem Abbasi & S. A. Abbasi

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Tauseef, S.M., Suganya, R., Abbasi, T. et al. Chemical Accident Simulation Tool (CAST): A System for Assessing Consequences of Accidents in Chemical Process Industry. J Fail. Anal. and Preven. 18, 101–116 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11668-018-0386-8

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