TITLE:
Design and Development of a Comprehensive Software for Risk Management of Pipelines Carrying Natural Gas: Conceptual Design
AUTHORS:
Payam Amir-Heidari, Mehrzad Ebrahemzadih, Omid Giahi
KEYWORDS:
Risk Management; Natural Gas; Pipeline; “What-If” Review; DMRA; Software
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Safety Science and Technology,
Vol.4 No.1,
March
11,
2014
ABSTRACT: Nowadays natural gas is the main source of energy in most of the
countries. This energy carrier is used as a fuel in residential areas and for
automobiles, power stations, and other industrial units. Gathering,
transmission, and distributionpipelines carry the NG1 from wellhead to end-users. These pipelines are exposed to various
types of risks, such as corrosion, ground movement, third-party interference, etc. Regarding the critical role of NG in Iran and
the risk of fire and explosion, it is necessary to identify, assess, and manage
the risks of these pipelines properly. Since the risks of different sections of
NG pipelines are completely different from each other, design, development and
use of comprehensive software will be helpful in complex procedure of managing
the risks of NG pipelines. In this work, the essential features of such
software are surveyed.