3. Method presentation
3.1 Principle
The bow-tie concept was introduced by ICI (Imperial Chemical Industries). Following the Piper Alfa oil rig accident, Royal Dutch/Shell developed this analysis technique in the early 1990s to improve safety on such installations. Today, the use of the bow-tie method is tending to become more widespread, and its application to the industrial sector is becoming more and more widespread. The European research program ARAMIS (Accidental Risk Assessment Methodology for Industries in the framework of Seveso II directive) on risk assessment in the context of the Seveso II directive highlights the advantages of this method. As a reminder, the aim of this program was to :
the development of a more precise and harmonized risk analysis...
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Bow tie quantification
Bibliography
Standards and norms
- Analyse par arbre de panne (AAP) - NF EN 61025 -
Regulations
Arrêté ministériel du 29 septembre 2005 relatif à l'évaluation et à la prise en compte de la probabilité d'occurrence, de la cinétique et de l'intensité des effets et de la gravité des conséquences des accidents potentiels dans les études de dangers des IC soumises à autorisation (Ministerial Order of September 29, 2005 on the assessment and consideration of the probability of occurrence, the kinetics and intensity of effects...
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