The Environmental Risk Assessment of Fire and Explosion in Storage Tanks of Petroleum Products
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
Dear authors,
I have reviewed the manuscript JBE-D-22-04552 entitled The Environmental Risk Assessment of Fire and Explosion in Petroleum Products Storage Tank. In this paper, the author provides a framework for assessing the environmental risk associated with fire and explosion of gasoline storage tanks in oil depots. In general, the domino effect of oil depot fires and explosions was highlighted. It is a good topic of interest to researchers in related areas. However, the paper needs some improvements.
In general:
1. It is difficult to understand the last paragraph of section 2.8 and whether it should be linked to Table 3.
2. Page 5 line 175. The first mention of ETA in the text should be explained.
3. Chart’s name should be center-aligned.
4. The serial number of the tank should be marked in Figure 2.
5. Please check errors in the serial numbers of the tables in the full text.
6. Please check the reference format.
7. It is suggested to further explain the differences between the ecological risk assessment framework proposed in this paper and those proposed by previous authors—highlight innovation points.
8. How were the important elements of the key phases of the ERA framework selected?
9. The limitations and the potential application scenarios of this study need more explanation.
10. The conclusions of the study are not clear enough and a further summary is recommended.
11. It is recommended that the graphical representation of ETA be explained.
12. What is the source of the data in Table 3?
Details:
1. Page 3 line 102 : "[11,16,26,30] the present" needs to be replaced with "[11,16,26,30]. The present".
2. Page 5 line 180. It seems ambiguous.
3. Table 3 and Table 4: "No" needs to be replaced with "No.".
4. Page 7 line 229: "2.0.2" needs to be replaced with "2.10.2".
5. Page 11 Equation (3) : "F2 and M2" need to be adjusted with "F2 and M2".
6. Page 11 line 295: "F＆E" needs to be replaced with "F＆EI".
7. Page 12 line 316: "F＆E" needs to be replaced with "F＆EI".
8. Page 16, lines 359 to 368 have duplicate serial numbers.
9. Page 16 lines 355 : "3019 meters" should be revised to "3019 square meters".
10. Table 1 : "than130" should be revised to "than 130".
Grammar problem:
1. Page 3 line 110: "Formulation" needs to be replaced with "formulation".
2. Page 5 line 168 and line 169: "e.g., stored fuel, firewater, and other extinguishing agents." needs to be replaced with "(e.g., stored fuel, firewater, and other extinguishing agents.)" or ", e.g.,".
3. Page 11 line 305: "investigation of" needs to be replaced with "investigation into".
4. Page 16 line 375 to 376. Note the distinction between a hyphen and a dash.
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Reviewer 2 Report
Dear Authors
The paper entitled “The Environmental Risk Assessment of Fire and Explosion in Petroleum Products Storage Tank” noticeably considered. The topic is interesting. All number should be corrected accurately:
1. The writing and grammatical factors of paper is acceptable but could be improved for enhancing the readability of paper.
2. The quality of Figures 1, 3, and 4 are not acceptable must be improved
3. The format of tables should improve.
4. Figure 1 must be changed by a full scaled map. Also, the quality of figure is not proper and must enhance. Also, geological features and position of region should be added to figure.
5. Which main factors are considered for selecting these parameters in Table 1? Why other factors are eliminated
6. References citation have many mistakes in text. All of them should be corrected.
7. The title “Source” is so ambiguous. Select a more suitable and clear title for than section.
8. Literature Review have not covered other risk/safety assessments in other fields. Linear assignment methods, MADM and MCDM methods etc. are eliminated. These methods should be covered in introduction part citing following papers:
a. Investigating a comprehensive model for evaluating occupational and environmental risks of dimensional stone mining; M Yari, R Bagherpour, M Khoshouei, H Pedram; Rudarsko-geološko-naftni zbornik 35
b. Blasting operation management using mathematical methods; M Yari, M Monjezi, R Bagherpour, AR Sayadi; Engineering Geology for Society and Territory-Volume 1, 483-493
9. References are checked. Reference list is acceptable and covers old and new papers.
Author Response
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Round 2
Reviewer 1 Report
Dear authors,
Now, the current version of work could meet the requirement of Sustainability. The paper could be accepted for publication.
Reviewer 2 Report
the paper could be accepted in present form.
