A resilience framework for safety management of fossil fuel power plant

Zaijing Gong () and Dapeng Liang
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Zaijing Gong: Harbin Institute of Technology
Dapeng Liang: Harbin Institute of Technology

Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, 2017, vol. 89, issue 3, No 5, 1095 pages

Abstract: Abstract This paper investigates safety management of the fossil fuel power plants from a resilient perspective; we identified the principles for embedding resilience in fossil fuel power plants by considering both system characteristics and attributes of fossil fuel power plants. Then, a two-dimensional matrix framework is provided to guide resilience management. The first dimension is principles that a resilient system shall possess (“top management commitment,” “flexibility,” “awareness” and “learning”), the other dimension covers almost all the aspects that a fossil fuel power plant could involve. After that, a case study of “China Guodian Harbin Taiping Power and Heat Co., Ltd” is given to illustrate the application of the framework. Through the analysis, we found that physical configuration is of high-level resilience, i.e., the “hardware part” of the plant is desirable. However, elements related to external and internal cognitive and social domains are not ideal. Most of the components are of low resilience or medium resilience. Generally, as a state-owned enterprise, “Taiping power plant” is subjected to both the local economic environment and its lack of initiative.

Keywords: Fossil fuel power plant; System resilience; Safety management; Resilience framework (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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