Sökning: "Transportation of dangerous goods"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 20 uppsatser innehållade orden Transportation of dangerous goods.
1. Safety analysis of Railway Transportation of Dangerous goods
Master-uppsats, KTH/TransportplaneringSammanfattning : In the past decade, the demand for dangerous goods (DG) that can be used forindustrial, farming, mining, manufacturing, and pharmaceutical products has surgedwith the rapid development of industrialization. Almost 55,000 billion tonnekilometersof Dangerous Goods (DG) are transported annually by the railroad,accounting for approximately 51% of the total DG traffic volume in Europe. LÄS MER
2. A top-down investigation of the possible extension of oxygen concentrator use within Swedish healthcare, with regards to national and global benefits
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Biomedicinsk teknikSammanfattning : Oxygen concentrators are relatively small medical devices that concentrates oxygen from the ambient air next to the patient. They are widely used in low resource settings and in the home health care. LÄS MER
3. Evaluation of two different transport options for freight of heavy battery cells : a case study
M1-uppsats, Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomiSammanfattning : With the change that is taking place in the automotive industry, where production goes from producing internal combustion motor vehicles (ICE) to battery electric vehicles (BEV), this will lead to an increase in transportation of batteries. Batteries are components that are heavy, expensive, and classified as dangerous goods, which means higher demands on transport. LÄS MER
4. Etiska perspektiv på riskhantering i samhällsplaneringsprocessen : Hur kan hanteringen av risker med transport av farligt gods förstås utifrån etisk teori?
Magister-uppsats, Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för samhälls- och kulturvetenskap (from 2013)Sammanfattning : Samhällets hantering av komplexa risker karaktäriseras av osäkerhet, ojämlikhet i exponering och otillräckliga resurser för att hantera riskerna. Det gör att avvägningar måste göras om vilka risker som kan accepteras och hur resurser ska allokeras för att hantera dem. Många av riskerna är också väldigt osannolika. LÄS MER
5. Överdäckningar – En analys av dagens riskhanteringsproblematik inom denna allt vanligare stadsbyggnadsstrategi
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Riskhantering (CI)Sammanfattning : The concept of road- and railway overbuilding is an increasingly popular method to use in spatial planning to get rid of physical barriers and create exploitable areas for residential, commercial, and recreational development. Despite the many benefits the method entails, it also brings a lot of problems and challenges regarding risk management with the main issue being how to evaluate and manage risks with extremely low probability and catastrophic consequences. LÄS MER