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Where an industrial application involves some uncertainty and deviation from standard practice and prescriptive code, but is without large uncertainties or extremely challenging applications, which of the following risk assessment approaches would be most appropriate? a. Layer of protection analysis (FPS-LOPA) b. Prescriptive standard application c. Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) d. Human reliability analysis (HRA) Solution | Posted 09/16/19 
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Amr
7/11/2019 10:32:55 am
a. Layer of protection analysis (FPS-LOPA) - SFPE 5th edition, P3184, Table 83.1
SR
7/11/2019 02:34:53 pm
a. LOPA
Esteban Roldan
8/13/2019 09:07:12 pm
Did Meyer post the official answer to this?
G
9/15/2019 07:47:44 am
MF, please post! I agree that the answer should be QRA with supporting evidence from FPH p.3-140.
Joe
9/16/2019 07:26:14 am
Sorry about that! Posted now.
SK
9/8/2019 10:32:15 am
c. QRA assess consequences and likelihood of each even to come up with risk assessment wheras, as part LOPA, it assess the number of protection layers with are being used to contain that risk. So answer must be QRA, other options not much relevant here. Leave a Reply. |
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