Coupling Academy, Public Administration and Industry for Toxic Clouds Risk Management In Bogotá, Colombia
CCPS Latin American Conference on Process Safety
2011
3rd Latin American Process Safety Conference and Expo
General Program
POSTER SESSION
Tuesday, August 9, 2011 - 4:30pm to 5:15pm
When public administrations learn about working together with relevant stakeholders for communities’ development, the public policy making process takes a new approach. Bogotá, the capital city of Colombia is taking its first steps for a risk policy definition lead by the city’s Prevention and Care Fund for Emergencies (FOPAE). This work presents the process and results of a multidisciplinary team working on the dispersion of dense toxic gases, an issue that was identified by the city's industrial sector as a priority. To address the need of tools for risk management in the city, public administrators integrating efforts with academia, developed a simulation tool for the dispersion of dense gases "SiDiG", for which it was considered that it should be useful during an emergency situation and for city planning. SiDiG uses two different dispersion models for continuous or instantaneous sources, has short running times and is license free. Simulation data are accurate if compared with a CFD model and, after a run, data are available to be visualized over city’s maps to establish human toxic effect safe areas. As a result, SiDiG could be used for risk management plans in local industries and for city´s emergency response.
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