Process Safety

CHEN20152 Process Safety 10 Semester 2 Undergraduate Level 2 Stuart Holmes Unit coordinator Bernard Treves Brown Unit coordinator 1 FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' Middle part of Bachelors ' European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 5.0 <ul> <li> Why do we need to design for safety? (L1–L2)</li> <li> Designing for Safety / Analysing Designs for Safety (L3-L4, L10)</li> <li> Hazards – What are problems that design must control? (L6-L9)</li> <li> Checking for major hazards (L7)</li> <li> How safe is safe enough? Ethics and Probabilities (L11)</li> <li> Process Hazard Analysis Methods (L5, L12-L15)</li> <li> Running a plant safely (L16–L17)</li></ul> <ul> <li> Why do we need to design for safety? (L1–L2)</li> <li> Designing for Safety / Analysing Designs for Safety (L3-L4, L10)</li> <li> Hazards – What are problems that design must control? (L6-L9)</li> <li> Checking for major hazards (L7)</li> <li> How safe is safe enough? Ethics and Probabilities (L11)</li> <li> Process Hazard Analysis Methods (L5, L12-L15)</li> <li> Running a plant safely (L16–L17)</li></ul> <div> <p><em>The unit aims to provide an introduction to process plant safety:</em></p><p>Understanding of the major hazards of chemical processes.<br /> Understanding of the legal requirements and engagement with the ethical implications of cost-benefit analysis.<br /> Ability to identify where the hazards are present and propose suitable control measures.</p></div><p> </p> <p><em>Students will be able to:</em></p><p>1 Identify the hazards present in a process – including flammability, explosion, toxicity and human factors.</p><p>2 Describe the factors that aggravate and mitigate hazards and calculate hazards such as flammability limits, explosive properties.</p><p>3 Use the barrier model to design a layered approach to reducing or mitigating a hazard.</p><p>4 Design and justify a control strategy to operate a process safely, presenting it on a P&ID, and including BPCS, SIS and safety devices such as pressure relief valves and bursting discs.</p><p>5 Apply the main process hazard analysis tools (HAZID, HAZOP LOPA, Fault Tree, Hazardous Area Classification) to simple situations, using the HSE TOR model to identify if the hazards have been sufficiently controlled.</p><p>6 Develop and apply safety management tools (Permit to Work systems, Management of Change) to control the hazards in simple situations.</p> 0 Other 100% <figure class="table"><table style="width:500px;" align="left" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"><thead><tr><th style="text-align:left;" scope="col">Assessment task</th><th style="text-align:left;" scope="col">Weighting</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>HAZOP continuous coursework</td><td>50%</td></tr><tr><td>Final Exam</td><td>50%</td></tr></tbody></table></figure><p> </p> BEng(Hons) Chem Eng w IE BEng(Hons) Chemical Engineerin Second Year Mandatory BEng(Hons) Chem Eng BEng(Hons) Chemical Engineerin Second Year Mandatory MEng (Hons) Chem Eng MEng Chemical Engineering Second Year Mandatory MEng (Hons) Chem Eng w I E MEng (Hons) Chem Eng w I E Second Year Mandatory MEng (Hons) Chem Eng w SIE MEng Chem Eng w SIE Second Year Mandatory MEng (Hons) Chem Eng w Bio MEng Chem Eng with Biotech Second Year Mandatory MEng (Hons) Chem Eng w Chem MEng (Hons) Chem Eng w Chem Second Year Mandatory MEng (Hons) Chem w Env. Tech MEng Chem Eng w Env. Tech Second Year Mandatory MEng (Hons) Chem Eng w BM MEng Chem Eng w BM Second Year Mandatory MEng Chem Eng w Energy & Env MEng Chem Eng with Energy Second Year Mandatory N Lectures 10 Tutorials 20 0 70