Syllabus 2007/2008 VBR190

Syllabus academic year 2007/2008

APPLIED PROCESS INDUSTRY SAFETY

VBR190

Higher education credits: 7,5. Grading scale: TH. Level: G2 (First level). Language of instruction: The course will be given in Swedish. Optional for: BI3, RH4. Course coordinator: Anders Jacobsson, anders.jacobsson@brand.lth.se, Brandteknik och riskhantering. Prerequisites: Minimum 80 study points. The course might be cancelled if the numer of applicants is less than 15. The number of participants is limited to 30 Selection criteria: Credits remaining for the degree. Assessment: The examination will be given in groups for a minor project that will be reported on in written form and orally, as well as an individual examination at the end of the course. Home page: http://www.brand.lth.se/?id=VBR190.

Aim
The magnitude of the risk in a process-related facility is determined, to a large extent, during project planning for the installations in the design and construction stage. The aim of the course is therefore to provide students, who in the future plan to do work involving risk management within the process industry, with an awareness of the fundamental issues that control the safe creation of a facility in terms of the Safety / Health / Environment concept.

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

be able to describe and explain the concept, "Inherent Safety".
be able to describe various unit operations and their inherent risks.
be able to explain reactivity risks.
be able to describe a number of instrument / management systems.
be able to explain the fundamental issues that control a safe creation of a facility.
be able to interpret drawings of a process facility.

Skills and abilities
For a passing grade the student must

be able to examine case studies.
be able to select equipment and components for a process facility.
be able to design and construct a simple process in schematic form.
be able to report on a schematic process design in a written technical report at reporting Level I (http://www.brand.lth.se/fileadmin/brandteknik/utbild/inuppgkrav.pdf), as well as presenting it orally in a seminar session.

Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must

be able to assess various risk-influencing elements in the complex interaction of technical and organisational factors within the process industry, with emphasis placed on the importance of the design and construction work in the overall risk picture.

Contents

Some classic case studies (accidents)
The Inherent Safety concept
Various unit operations and their inherent risks
Selection of equipment and components
Equipment for a process facility and its representation in drawings
Design and construction of process facilities
Lay-out
Instrument / control systems
Reactivity risks
Dust explosions

Literature
Guidelines for Engineering Design for Process Safety. Center for Chemical Process Safety of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers 1993. ISBN: 0-8169-0565-7