Chlorine is a liquefied gas, and is stored in large quantities for use in the chemical industry or in water treatment (e.g. the chlorination of swimming‐pool water). Chlorine is highly toxic and if released accidentally has the potential to kill or injure people in the vicinity of the storage tank. A geographic information system (GIS) is used to determine the impact of the release of chlorine from a tank in the area surrounding a swimming‐pool at the University Putra Malaysia (UPM). Spatial impact is determined using GIS software (GeoMedia Professional 5.1). Spatial analysis and buffering command are performed to locate affected residential areas near the UPM swimming‐pool. The findings mean that the affected residential area and its population can be evacuated more quickly and smoothly.
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Chlorine incident and its toxic hazardous chemical release impact in the area surrounding a swimming‐pool using GIS
Sa'ari Mustapha;
Sa'ari Mustapha
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, in the Faculty of Engineering, University Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia.
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Tan Chye Hee;
Tan Chye Hee
Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, in the Faculty of Engineering, University Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia.
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Mohanad El‐Harbawi;
Mohanad El‐Harbawi
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, in the Faculty of Engineering, University Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia.
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Abdul Rashid Shariff;
Abdul Rashid Shariff
Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, in the Faculty of Engineering, University Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia.
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Thomas S.Y. Choong;
Thomas S.Y. Choong
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, in the Faculty of Engineering, University Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia.
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Abdul Aziz Zakariaz;
Abdul Aziz Zakariaz
Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, in the Faculty of Engineering, University Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia.
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Razali Mispan
Razali Mispan
Malaysian Agriculture Research and Development Institute (MARDI), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-6100
Print ISSN: 0965-3562
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2004
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal (2004) 13 (5): 387–398.
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Mustapha S, Chye Hee T, El‐Harbawi M, Rashid Shariff A, Choong TS, Aziz Zakariaz A, Mispan R (2004), "Chlorine incident and its toxic hazardous chemical release impact in the area surrounding a swimming‐pool using GIS". Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Vol. 13 No. 5 pp. 387–398, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/09653560410568516
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