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Application of loss functions in process economic risk assessment

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posted on 2023-05-19, 10:16 authored by Faisal KhanFaisal Khan, Wang, H, Yang, M
Loss functions describe the economical consequences of the deviations from the target values. In recent years they have been used in wide range of application including process safety assessment. This paper provides a novel analysis to assess potential loss due to process deviation. The assessed losses help to better estimate process economic risk, which in turn assist in effective process system design and operational decision-making. The analysis is presented in four different development stages: (i) loss functions focusing on simple functions; (ii) loss functions with estimated maximum loss; (iii) loss functions focusing on probability distributions; and (iv) loss functions in which both distributions of variables and their dependencies are considered (i.e., hierarchical Bayesian based loss functions). Details discussion on development stages three and four are presented with case studies. First case study demonstrates application of inverted probability distribution and while second case study provides application of the hierarchical Bayesian loss functions. Advantage and disadvantages of different types of loss functions are also discussed. Finally, future research directions have been proposed.

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Publication title

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volume

111

Pagination

371-386

ISSN

0263-8762

Department/School

Australian Maritime College

Publisher

Elsevier Ltd

Place of publication

United Kingdom

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© 2016 Institution of Chemical Engineers. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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