Prevent major incident installation using consequences based method

Based on previous chemical industry accident, such as Bhopal accident (2nd December 1984) and Mexico City accident (19th November 1984), it portraits the severity of the after effect of a chemical accident which affect an area with high population density. Through this event, some of the European countries start showing their concern and awareness by taking into consideration the importance of Land-Use Planning (LUP) in their legislatures. However the concern arises with major accident installation is the major accident hazard facilities were built in the area of high population density also the method used to address the risk varies among countries due to different cultural, historical background and administrative framework. Thus, the aim of this paper is to identify the consequences of LPG explosion towards the surroundings area and to compare the land-use restriction imposed by different countries with the result obtained. The consequences was calculated by using the static model of BLEVE and the overpressure. Askolani LPG storage facilities has been selected to perform a case study. The result obtained from the thermal radiation and overpressure calculation have allowed a comparison of different LUP criteria. The French, Italian and UK LUP criteria have been used to evaluate the consequence of the explosion. The result obtained from the thermal radiation and overpressure calculation have allowed a comparison of different LUP criteria.