Subjective Scaling Elimination Test for Index-based Inherent Safety Assessment Methods
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https://doi.org/10.11113/jest.v3n1.66Keywords:
Index-based, Inherent Safety Assessment Method, NuDIST, Subjective Scaling Elimination Test, Inter-boundary Subjective Scaling, Intra-boundary Subjective Scaling.Abstract
The index-based inherent safety assessment method is preferable in comparing alternative chemical process routes due to its ability to be used in the early process design stage with limited details availability of the route assessed. However, the current index-based inherent safety assessment methods available have the shortcoming of subjective scaling. The Numerical Descriptive Inherent Safety Technique (NuDIST) is an inherent safety assessment method for the research and development design stage that overcomes the shortcoming of subjective scaling by incorporating logistic functions in its scoring assignment. The aim of this paper is to verify the NuDIST method in comparison with the Prototype Index for Inherent Safety (PIIS) and Inherent Safety Index (ISI) in terms of subjective scaling elimination. The inter-boundary case subjective scaling is considered solved if the scores difference between sub-edge boundaries is small while the intra-boundary case subjective scaling is considered solved if every value in a range has different scores. The results of the subjective scaling elimination test agree that NuDIST eliminates the shortcomings of subjective scaling with positive results for both inter-boundary and intra-boundary.
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