Abstract
The increasing demand for chemical products has driven the construction and development of chemical industrial areas, or so-called ‘chemical industrial parks’ (CIPs), but this has intrinsically raised the risk of major accidents. Therefore, it is significant and urgent to summarize the state of art and research needs in the field of CIP safety. In this paper, a keyword co-occurrence analysis of 116 scientific articles was conducted to support the classification of research topics in this field, then an overview of those research topics was presented to investigate the evolution of safety research with respect to CIPs. Specifically, the way that safety assessments are conducted, as well as how safety management and safety technology in such areas are classified and investigated, followed by detailed descriptions of representative methods and their contributions to CIP safety, are discussed. An integrated safety framework for CIPs is proposed to organize safety approaches and measures systematically. Based on the classification and analysis of studies on management, assessment, and technology related to CIP safety, the research trends and future directions and challenges are discussed and outlined. Those results are useful for improving theoretical method and industrial strategies, and can advance the safety and sustainability development of CIPs.
Highlights
The chemical industry has played a vital role in international economic developments, driving large-scale increases of the processing of chemical materials and the transportation between chemical companies [1,2,3]
The research questions were raised in line with the research objective illustrated in the introduction, as follows: (1) What are the main research domains in chemical industrial parks’ (CIPs) safety studies? (2) How does the relevant research contribute to addressing the safety problems in CIPs? (3) What are the current safety approaches or measures used in CIPs? (4) What are the current gaps between state-of-the-art research and CIP practice?
To achieve strategic cooperation about safety in a CIP, the cluster council is necessary to maintain the stability of cooperation, and cost–benefit analysis is recommended to prompt the administrators of chemical companies reaching a consensus about macro-decisions
Summary
The chemical industry has played a vital role in international economic developments, driving large-scale increases of the processing of chemical materials and the transportation between chemical companies [1,2,3]. Collaboration makes it more convenient for the implementation of Industry 4.0 in the chemical industry [6]. Unlike the traditional industrial areas, chemical industrial parks (CIPs) are geographically defined areas within which several independent chemical companies (processing, manufacturing, oil and gas, storage, logistic, etc.) are located. Those companies usually share infrastructure and even buildings, with no one company possessing the dominant position [3] ( there are exceptions). CIPs can be found around the world, and synergies and benefits of scale are created via collaboration and sharing of materials, services, information, and other matters
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