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Fire Risk Quantitative Assessment of Offshore Supported Platform

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The living area of an offshore platform is the main living place for operators in offshore oil and gas fields. Fire risk assessment plays an important role in the safety of personnel in offshore platforms. In this paper, a fire risk assessment mathematical model for offshore platforms is proposed based on a comprehensive safety assessment method. The concept of danger time is presented according to the evaluation criteria of safe evacuation. The fire risk of offshore platforms is assessed by combining probability statistics with numerical simulation. The fire risk is quantitatively assessed by using an N500 deep water semi-submersible support platform as an example. According to the FN curve, fire frequency, fire escalation probability, and casualty probability, the rationality of marine general layout is analyzed, and the general layout design could be optimized to reduce the fire risk.

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Funding

This study has been supported by the Emergency and Escape Technology for Personnel in Large Living Areas on the Offshore Platform (KY10100170137); the Key Technologies for Design and Construction of Polar Small Cruise Ships; the Key Technologies for Design and Construction of Medium-Sized Cruise Ships; and the Joint Fund for Pre-Researched Shipbuilding Industry (6141B042851).

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  1. College of Shipbuilding Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, 150001, China

    Haipeng Zhang & Miao Chen

  2. China Shipbuilding and Ocean Engineering Design and Research Institute, Shanghai, 200011, China

    Zichen Zhou

  3. CNOOC Safety Technology Service Co., Ltd. Zhanjiang Branch, Zhanjiang, 524057, China

    Difei Yi

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• The research on offshore platforms using quantitative methods is not perfect.

• This paper quantifies the past occurrence rate and fire escalation probability of each space in the fire risk model and uses fire numerical simulation and personnel evacuation simulation tools to quantify according to the safety evacuation criteria and the proportion of casualties in the fire.

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Zhang, H., Zhou, Z., Chen, M. et al. Fire Risk Quantitative Assessment of Offshore Supported Platform. J. Marine. Sci. Appl. 20, 381–392 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11804-021-00203-4

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