China Safety Science Journal ›› 2023, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (9): 150-156.doi: 10.16265/j.cnki.issn1003-3033.2023.09.2040

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Research on sealing failure risk assessment of station flange system based on EWM-AHP-cloud model

LI Feng1,2(), ZHANG Laibin1,2, DONG Shaohua1,2,**(), CHEN Lin1,2, ZHANG Hang3   

  1. 1 College of Safety and Ocean Engineering, China University of Petroleum (Beijing), Beijing 102249, China
    2 Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Safety and Emergency Technology, Ministry of Emergency Management, Beijing 102249, China
    3 College of Mechanical and Transportation Engineering, China University of Petroleum (Beijing), Beijing 102249, China
  • Received:2023-03-10 Revised:2023-06-11 Online:2023-09-28 Published:2024-03-28
  • Contact: DONG Shaohua

Abstract:

To improve the accuracy of safety assessment of station flange connection system, a seal failure risk assessment method based on EWM-AHP-cloud model was proposed. EWM and AHP were used to combine the weights to reduce the subjectivity of the single AHP method in calculating the weights. Cloud model was used to solve the problems of fuzziness, randomness and difficulty in quantifying the sealing failure risk factors of flange connection system in station. An example of a gas transmission station in North China was used for verification. The sealing failure risk assessment index system of flange system was established based on the historical failure data of station flanges, and the EWM-AHP method was used to determine the combined weight of each index. The standard cloud was established according to the hierarchical quantization standard, and the cloud digital eigenvalue of each risk index was calculated by Matlab, and the cloud map was drawn. The risk level of each risk index was determined based on the EW-type index closeness. The results indicate that the comprehensive risk level of sealing failure of the flange system being evaluated is relatively high, and the evaluation results are basically consistent with the actual situation. The EWM-AHP cloud model can effectively assess the risk of sealing failure in flange systems, and this method has a certain degree of scientificity and effectiveness.

Key words: entropy weight method (EWM)-analytic hierarchy process(AHP), cloud model, flange system, seal failure, risk assessment