Evaluation of the Accident Damage Analysis Module (ADAM) tool : verification and validation of implemented models in ADAM for accident consequence analysis

This report summarises the evaluation activity conducted on the Accident Damage Analysis Module (ADAM) developed by the EC Joint Research Centre, with specific reference to the physical effects associated with the concentration toxics after airborne dispersion, the thermal radiation of chemical fires, and the explosion of vapour flammable clouds. Consequence assessment models are characterised by high level of complexity and of uncertainty. It is therefore of paramount importance to assess their limits. This evaluation activity was conducted on a series of relevant scenarios, by benchmarking the outcome of ADAM with the results obtained by similar software tools and with the experimental data obtained on a series of reference field campaigns, as taken from the literature. ADAM was funded by the Institutional programme of the EC Joint Research Centre and the EC Directorate General on EU Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (DG ECHO) via an Administrative Arrangement on Seveso Capacity Building in EU Neighbour Countries.