Risk Evaluation of Explosive and Flammable Chemicals Using Fuzzy Inference System

Md. Masum Suzon, Rakib Hasan, Abdul Aziz, Abu Zafar Md. Nuruzzaman Abir

Abstract: Industries dealing with chemicals face a high risk of catastrophic accidents as they handle large amounts of explosive, flammable, and toxic chemicals during storage, transportation, and processing. Common and frequent accident scenarios include fire and explosion, which can trigger a chain of accidents due to their interactive nature. It is, therefore, crucial to have an effective risk evaluation technique. In this study, using a fuzzy inference system, the proposed system can estimate the risk of storing and processing hazardous chemicals. The chemicals’ inventory size, explosiveness, and flammability are used as the input variables, and risk as the output variable. The defuzzified risk value indicates the damage it can cause if accidents happen. Depending on the calculated risk value, we can also determine the precaution level to prevent the accident from happening. By maintaining proper security arrangements, many lives can be saved.

External IDs:doi:10.1007/978-981-99-8937-9_60