Applying inherent safety design in existing
hydrocarbon processing facilities is challenging. A major
hurdle is simply to measure the degree of inherent safety in
a way that allows alternative designs comparisons, which may
or may not increase safety, or may simply redistribute risk.
Also, inherent safety is an intrinsic design feature that is
best implemented early in the process plant's design phase.
Developing inherently safer designs are significant technical
challenges that require research and development efforts that
have limited economic reward.
These challenges make regulating inherent safety
very difficult. A c
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