Quantitative Risk Assessment – QRA

A Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) is a formal and systematic risk analysis approach to quantifying the risks associated with the operation of an engineering process. A QRA is an essential tool to support the understanding of exposure of risk to employees, the environment, company assets and its reputation. A QRA also helps to make cost effective decisions and manages the risks for the entire asset lifecycle.

QRA Process

Objectives for a QRA study

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  • To identify the hazards associated with a facility
  • To determine the potential frequencies and consequences of the identified hazards
  • To determine the system availability of the protection systems
  • To quantify the risks associated with a facility (e.g. Risk Contours, Individual Risk Per Annum (IRPA), Potential Loss of Life (PLL) and F-N Plots)

QRA Consultants

A typical QRA study conducted by one of Velimor's range of QRA Consultants consists of the following processes:

Fault Tree Analysis
  • A HAZOP study to identify a series of hazardous scenarios that could lead to significant adverse consequences
  • A SIL Determination study, typically done using the the Layers of Protection Analysis (LOPA) method
  • A Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) to determine the event frequencies associated with the hazardous scenarios from the HAZOP and LOPA study
  • A consequence analysis to determine the consequences of the hazardous release from a facility (including flammable, explosion and toxic). The consequence analysis is carried out with the use of the Det Norske Veritas (DNV) Process Hazard Analysis Software Tool (PHAST) software
  • An Impact Analysis to determine the frequency of a specific hazardous impact using Event Tree Analysis (ETA). ETAs are 'bottom up' analytical tree diagrams that determine the overall likelihood of a particular impact following a hazardous release (i.e. Jet Fire, Flash Fire Vapour Cloud Explosion (VCE))
  • A Risk Assessment conducted using DNV PHAST Risk software to determine the risks associated with hazardous scenarios
  • Risk Reduction Measures to identify the options to reduce or mitigate the risks
  • Lifecycle Cost Analysis to provide a Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) based on different risk mitigation measures
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