8.2 HAZOP Study Procedure
8.2 HAZOP Study Procedure
8.2 HAZOP Study Procedure
REVISION RECORD
Table of Contents
1. Purpose .......................................................................................................... 4
4. Definition ........................................................................................................ 4
6. Responsibilities .............................................................................................. 7
7. Provision......................................................................................................... 8
8. Records ........................................................................................................ 10
9. Attachment ................................................................................................... 10
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1. Purpose
- Identify some issues, but not all, in non-safety-related areas such as operability,
environmental, reliability, and other possible sources relating to loss of production.
- Suggest changes or further study to overcome the potential unsafe deviations with
unacceptable risks.
- Record the causes, risk level, and potential consequences of the safety hazards.
2. Applicable scope
The team will use the HAZOP guideword method in conjunction with key process
parameters. In addition, some general issues will be addressed as a separate
GENERAL node with the team and documented as a separate node in the session
worksheets.
A human factors analysis of working conditions that may impact the performance of
operating personnel and potentially produce accident event or upset condition
sequences
None
4. Definition
The HAZOP process is based on the principle that a team conducts hazard analysis
which will identify more problems than individuals working separately to get combined
results.
The HAZOP team is made up of individuals with varying backgrounds and expertise.
The expertise are brought together during HAZOP sessions and through a collective
brainstorming effort that stimulates creativity and new ideas, a thorough review of the
process under consideration is made. Definition of hazard and operability is given
below:
4.1.1 Hazard - any operation that could possibly cause a catastrophic release of toxic,
flammable or explosive chemicals or any action that could result in injury to personnel.
4.1.2 Operability - any operation inside the design envelope that would cause a
shutdown that could possibly lead to a violation of environmental, health or safety
regulations or negatively impact profitability.
Human factors will be addressed by having the HAZOP Team consider the following
areas in the analysis of each node:
External events, such as earthquakes, volcanos, and other natural disasters, airplane
crashes, and sabotage are generally considered as causes for the process deviations
they could produce.
Specific effects of equipment damage and release from typical causes of external
impact (e.g., vehicle collision, crane failure) will also be considered. Thus, a “qualitative”
approach for the evaluation of external events will be used for this Process Hazard
Analysis:
Below is a partial list of external events (CCPS - Guidelines for Chemical Process
Quantitative Risk Analysis, 1989) that will be considered by the Process Hazard
Analysis Team. The Team will only discuss in detail the events that were deemed as
credible.
• Coastal Erosion
• Drought • Sabotage
• Fog • Snow
• Landslide • Waves
General mechanical integrity issues will be addressed by the Team during the course of
the HAZOP study as each node was analyzed
6. Responsibilities
The PHA team leader works with the PHA coordinator in defining the scope of the
analysis and selection of team members, directs the team members in gathering of
process safety information prior to the start of the study, plans the study with the PHA
coordinator and schedule team meetings, leads the team in the analysis of the selected
process keeping team members focused on discovering hazards associated with the
process and directs the team scribe in recording the results of the team’s findings,
ensures that the analysis thoroughly covers the process as it is defined at the start of
the hazard analysis and ensures that the study is completed in the time allotted during
the planning stage, writes a report detailing the study findings and recommendations the
group makes and report the findings and recommendations to management, fields any
follow-up inquiries by project implementation regarding the study recommendations.
The engineering experts assigned to the process hazard analysis may include some or
all of the following: a project engineer, a machinery engineer, an instrument engineer,
an electrical engineer, a mechanical engineer, a safety engineer, a quality assurance
engineer, maintenance engineer or technician and a corrosion/materials engineer.
These individuals will be responsible for providing expertise in their respective discipline
as it applies to the hazard analysis of the process being studied. These individuals are
responsible for attending the initial hazard analysis kick-off meeting. They are also
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required to be available to the team as required with the understanding that the team
leader will give adequate advance notice when their expertise is required. They are
required to provide documentation of any existing safeguards and procedures.
7. Provision
The HAZOP Guideword method, used in conjunction with key process parameters (to
define deviations from design or operations), prompts the Team to identify possible
causes and potential consequences of deviations from anticipated design and operation
configurations. For example, adding the guideword “NO” to the parameter “FLOW” to
get the deviation "NO FLOW" would prompt the leader to ask the Team, "What causes
could result in no flow in this node or line segment?" The potential hazard scenarios that
include possible "Causes" and potential "Consequences" are documented in the report
worksheets projected for the Team. The possible "Safeguards" in place to reduce the
risk associated with the specific cause/consequence scenario are then discussed and
documented. For scenarios involving significant potential risk, “Recommendations" are
documented if the Team believes they may further reduce risk or improve operability.
The specific steps of the HAZOP methodology are identified in the following flow chart:
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and protection
The HAZOP technique will be used to analyze, node-by-node, the specific process
equipment/components.
The HAZOP Study Team will use the risk-ranking matrix presented in this section to
qualitatively assess the risk associated with cause/consequence scenarios. After the
consequences and safeguards are developed, the scenario will be evaluated based on
how serious the potential consequences are (severity), and how probable it is that the
scenario would fully develop to those consequences (likelihood), taking into account the
safeguards within the design. The severity ranking (A-E) and likelihood ranking (1-5) are
combined using the risk-ranking matrix to provide a qualitative risk-ranking. Each
developed cause/consequence scenario is ranked with a SLR value, S representing
severity, L representing likelihood (probability), and R representing risk.
8. Records
N/A
9. Attachment
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Ras Al-Khair
Power and Desalination Plant – Phase 1