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Phast
The most comprehensive hazard analysis and QRA software
for safety professionals

DNV Software
Offering a complete solution
The most widely used and comprehensively validated software meeting all your risk management analysis
needs

Process Industry Challenges I Compatible with popular office applications

In today’s competitive environment, the management of I Excel import and export facility
hazardous facilities to ensure safe and cost effective oper- I Extensive on-line electronic help
ation is high on the corporate agenda. The market I Provides traceability and consistency in calculations
demands consistent performance in demonstrating safe I Detailed technical documentation for models with
and efficient operation whilst complying with regulation validation
and legislation. As safety professionals we recognise that I Dedicated helpdesk
“good safety means good business”. Demonstrating this I Easy to read results in a graphical or report format
to key stakeholders is not straightforward and you need I Facility to overlay results on Geographical Information
the best tools to help. System, maps, aerial photographs and CAD images
using Intergraph’s GeoMedia GIS
Our Innovation I Comprehensive database of material properties
Phast is the most comprehensive software available for I Highly configurable parameter sets
performing Process Hazard Analysis (PHA), Quantitative
Risk Assessment (QRA) and Financial Risk Analysis Configured to meet your Needs
(FRA). Our extensively validated software for conse- Phast is available in a number of modes, from conse-
quence and risk analysis is used by governments and quence analysis only to full risk analysis. Phast also comes
industry helping them to comply with local safety with a number of extensions which increase the function-
regulation and their own corporate best practice. ality available within each mode.
Phast contains all the discharge, dispersion, effects
and risk models you will need to accurately assess all Phast Consequence
your major hazards and associated risks. Phast Consequence provides you with comprehensive haz-
ard analysis facilities to examine the progress of a potential
User Friendly Environment incident from the initial release to its far-field effects.
All configurations of Phast share the same Graphical
User Interface and standard Windows look and feel. Following identification of your major process plant
The user friendly Phast environment has many benefits: hazards, Phast allows you to predict all possible complex
consequences from possible releases of hazardous material.
Toxic and flammable impact
Phast Consequence is the world leading consequence analysis tool which can be used for all stages of design
and operation across a wide range of process industries

It calculates the initial discharge, as the material expands I Liquid droplet thermodynamics calculations and liquid
from its storage conditions to atmospheric, through dis- droplet rainout
persion, as the material mixes with air and dilutes, and I Pool spreading and vaporisation
the subsequent toxic or flammable effects. Phast includes I Building wake dispersion effects for vapour releases
a wide range of models for discharge and dispersion as
well as flammable, explosive and toxic effects. Flammable Effects
For releases of flammable material Phast calculates
Discharge I Radiation profiles and contours from a range of fire

I Phast requires basic information about storage or scenarios including pool fires, flash fires, jet fires and
process conditions and material properties in order fire balls, including cross-wind effects on a jet fire
to perform discharge calculations I Vapour Cloud Explosion modelling using industry

I The software comes with an integrated material property standards models including the TNO Multi-Energy,
database containing more than 1,600 pre-defined pure Baker Strehlow Tang and TNT Equivalence models
component chemicals I Overpressure contours from Boiling Liquid Expanding

I Various discharge scenario options have been imple- Vapour Explosions

mented to represent common process failures, and
model their behaviour. These include: Toxics effects
I Leaks and line ruptures from long & short pipelines I Graphs of toxic concentration profile
I Catastrophic ruptures I Indoor and outdoor toxic dose prediction

I Relief valves and disc ruptures I Reporting of distance to specific dose and concentration

I Tank roof collapse I Calculated exposure time and use as “averaging time”

I Vent from vapour spaces for passive dispersion effects

I In building release effects

Phast Risk
Dispersion Phast Risk allows you to combine the flammable and toxic
The dispersion models within Phast are able to model consequences from each scenario in your QRA model with
the following phenomena their likelihood to quantify the risk of fatalities. Phast Risk
I Dispersion of gas, liquid and two-phase releases allows you to take account of local population distribution,
Managing process industry risk
Phast Risk, the most advanced tool available for quantifying process plant risks incorporating all the
capabilities of Phast Consequence

Discharge Dispersion

Liquid
flashing to
Vapour 2-phase

Liquid Evaporating droplets

Liquid gas

Evaporation

Rainout

sources of ignition, land usage and local prevailing Phast Risk also provides facilities to help you manage
weather conditions. It is designed to perform all the large quantities of input data, including scenarios,
analysis, data handling and results presentation elements parameters, wind roses, ignition and population, and
of a QRA within a structured framework. combine these in many ways. This is critical when looking
at sensitivity analyses and assessing the merits of a range
Phast Risk allows you to quickly identify major risk con- of risk reduction measures.
tributors so that time and efforts can be directed to miti-
gating these highest risk activities. Based on effects calcu- Benefits
lations and population vulnerabilities, Phast Risk can I Facilitates cost reduction in terms of losses and insurance
integrate over all scenarios and weather conditions to esti- I Allows optimization of plant and process design

mate the total risk. The established individual and societal I Assist in compliance with safety regulators

risk indicators are predicted by Phast Risk across your I Enables quicker response to hazardous incidents

facility and surrounding area using the classical QRA I Improve engineer’s understanding of potential hazards

methodology. Risk ranking reports can be produced at I Regular software upgrades incorporate industry experi-

points of strategic importance to show the relative influ- ence and expertise, and advances in consequence mod-
ence of the various failure scenarios and their contribu- elling technology
tion to both the individual and societal risk metrics.

A key benefit of Phast Risk is the ability to identify major Extensions

risk contributors and differentiate these from incidents
Multi
with worst case consequences which might otherwise Product mode Component Financial Explosion*
dominate the safety reviews. Whilst medium scale inci- Phast FX X X X
dents have lesser consequences, they may have a higher Phast Micro X X X
frequency, which, when combined with their hazardous Consequence Standard X
effects, generate a higher level of risk. Time and effort Phast Micro X
directed to mitigating high consequence but often low Risk Standard
frequency events may not be well spent. Phast Risk helps * Not available until version 6.6.
you direct this effort more effectively. Phast modes available and supported extensions, within each mode.
Extensions to Phast
We are continuously improving our technology, adding extensions to support your specific engineering needs

Phast subscribers can trust in our continuous develop- Tang explosion models and a number of industry standard
ment of Phast, responding to advances in operational vulnerability models.
experience and changing user requirements through
regular product review and upgrades. We are committed Multi-Component Extension
to develop new extensions to our technology to meet The multi-component extension to Phast provides greater
specific needs from our customers and these will be accuracy for liquid or two-phase mixture releases com-
improved and extended in each subsequent release. pared to the standard pseudo-component approach.
The composition of each component of the mixture
Financial Extension is calculated throughout the discharge and dispersion
The Financial Consequence extension is used to assess phases of the release.
situations which present potential hazards not only to life
but also to the environment, property and business and Phast is used by more than 1000 customers around the
help quantifying their severity in financial terms. Phast world making it the most widely used application of its
Financial helps you to estimate the cost of a particular kind. With dedicated technical support available from
release of a given material under specified conditions. 5 locations globally, a comprehensive world-wide training
The Financial Risk extension helps you to calculate the programme and regular updates available to maintained
broader financial risks associated with accidents and can customers, the service we offer our customers is second to
be used to help manage your business risk and assess none.
appropriate levels of insurance.

Blast Extension for Explosion Risk

The Blast extension permits more accurate explosion
modelling and thus better risk predictions. It provides
all the extra functionality required to assess overall risks
taking account of protection provided by different types
of structure and areas of congestion on your plant.
Models supported include the Multi Energy and Baker
Strehlow
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