A Survey of Current Predictive Methods for Explosion Hazard Assessments in the Uk Offshore Industry

This paper describes some results of a recent survey of predictive methods that are currently in use for explosion hazard assessments in the UK offshore industry. Three categories of models, namely empirical models, physically-based models and numerical models, are addressed in the survey. A brief description is provided on the key features of the models for each category and the potential advantages and limitations in their application.