The Energy-related Severe Accident Database(ENSAD)is the most authoritative resource for comparative risk analysis of accidents in the energy sector.Although ENSAD contains comprehensive,worldwide data,it is a non-spa...The Energy-related Severe Accident Database(ENSAD)is the most authoritative resource for comparative risk analysis of accidents in the energy sector.Although ENSAD contains comprehensive,worldwide data,it is a non-spatial database in Microsoft Access format.Therefore,spatial characteristics of the data cannot be fully utilised as well as analysed directly.Based on these premises,a new web-based version of ENSAD with GIS-capabilities–named ENSAD v2.0–is designed and developed using state-of-the-art,open source technologies.The ENSAD v2.0 consists of two main components,i.e.a spatial database and a responsive web application.For the spatial database,the current accident data are georeferenced and migrated from Microsoft Access,using a tiered approach.The responsive web application can be accessed from desktops as well as mobile devices,and provides both a 2D and 3D mapping platform that is developed on cloud-based,serverless architecture.ENSAD v2.0 also allows assigning different user roles with specific access rights,and a public version with advanced visualisation capabilities has also been developed.Lastly,a case study was carried out using a spatial analysis to visualise the potential impact radius of a natural gas pipeline explosion and to assess its consequences in terms of economic damage and casualties.展开更多
基金The research was conducted at the Future Resilient Systems(FRS)at the Singapore-ETH Centre(SEC),which was established collaboratively between ETH Zurich and Singapore’s National Research Foundation(FI 370074011)under its Campus for Research Excellence And Technological Enterprise(CREATE)programme.
文摘The Energy-related Severe Accident Database(ENSAD)is the most authoritative resource for comparative risk analysis of accidents in the energy sector.Although ENSAD contains comprehensive,worldwide data,it is a non-spatial database in Microsoft Access format.Therefore,spatial characteristics of the data cannot be fully utilised as well as analysed directly.Based on these premises,a new web-based version of ENSAD with GIS-capabilities–named ENSAD v2.0–is designed and developed using state-of-the-art,open source technologies.The ENSAD v2.0 consists of two main components,i.e.a spatial database and a responsive web application.For the spatial database,the current accident data are georeferenced and migrated from Microsoft Access,using a tiered approach.The responsive web application can be accessed from desktops as well as mobile devices,and provides both a 2D and 3D mapping platform that is developed on cloud-based,serverless architecture.ENSAD v2.0 also allows assigning different user roles with specific access rights,and a public version with advanced visualisation capabilities has also been developed.Lastly,a case study was carried out using a spatial analysis to visualise the potential impact radius of a natural gas pipeline explosion and to assess its consequences in terms of economic damage and casualties.
