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PROCESS SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
卷 174, 期 -, 页码 1044-1055出版社
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DOI: 10.1016/j.psep.2023.05.018
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Clean technologies; Clean fuels; Inherent safety; Inherently safer design; Maritime transportation; Safety in energy transition
The urgent need to reduce harmful pollutants in maritime transport led to the development of alternative propulsion systems based on clean fuels or carbon-neutral energy vectors. However, these alternative solutions present safety concerns. An innovative methodology was developed to assess the inherent safety performance of alternative systems during early design stages. A case study of long-distance maritime transportation was conducted comparing the inherent safety performances of LNG, LH2, and LNH3 systems to the benchmark MGO. Uncertainty and robustness of the safety ranking were tested using a Monte Carlo analysis, revealing similar safety performances for LNG technologies, limitations in LH2 safety due to immature storage technologies, and safety issues related to the toxicity of LNH3.
The urgent need to reduce the emission of harmful pollutants in maritime transport promoted the development of several alternative propulsion systems based on clean fuels or carbon-neutral energy vectors. However, the alternative solutions under development pose new concerns from the safety perspective. Thus, an innovative methodology to rank the inherent safety performance of alternative systems at early design stages was devel-oped. A case study representative of long-distance maritime transportation was analysed. The inherent safety performances of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), Liquid Hydrogen (LH2), and Liquid Ammonia (LNH3) were compared to that of Marine Gas Oil (MGO), assumed as a benchmark representing state-of-the-art technologies. Uncertainty and robustness of the safety ranking obtained were tested via a Monte Carlo analysis. The results show that technologies based on LNG have similar safety performances with respect to the benchmark option. Conversely, LH2 safety performance is currently limited by the lack of mature technologies for its safe storage whilst the safety of LNH3-based applications is affected by the toxicity of ammonia.
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