HAZOP Study is conducted to analyze process design, identifying operating deviations and process interactions that could lead to hazardous situations or operability issues.
Objectives
Hazard Prevention: Ensure design deviations do not pose risks to personnel or the plant.
Design Standards Review: Evaluate if existing design standards adequately address potential hazards.
Precaution Sufficiency: Check if design precautions are sufficient to prevent or mitigate hazards.
Safe Operation & Maintenance: Ensure the process can be operated and maintained safely.
Design & Operation Review: Examines the design and operation of the facility for potential hazards.
Risk Identification: Identifies possible deviations that could cause safety hazards, environmental risks, or operational problems.
Hazard & Consequence Analysis: Evaluates hazards, their causes, and consequences, recommending necessary changes.
Process & Equipment Assessment: Critically examines the process and equipment to assess the potential for hazards due to malfunction or mal-operation.