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CHE 611 Course Outline F2015
CHE 611 Course Outline F2015
Course Schedule
Office Hour
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Prerequisites
CHE 323
KHS 241-L
ext. 6341
Corequisites
COURSE DESCRIPTION
A study of process safety and loss prevention for chemical industry. Evaluation of sources of fire and
explosion and prevention methods. Emphasis will be on techniques and equipment used in industry to
detect, to control and to prevent hazardous conditions in chemical processes. Toxic release and dispersion
models, and risk assessment are also included.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
This course has the following learning objectives1 for the students:
1. Demonstrate, integrate, and apply specialized sub-disciplines and /or interdisciplinary
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MAJOR TOPICS
1. Industrial Hygiene: Identification, evaluation and control
2. Source Models and Toxic Release: Flow of liquids, vapors and gases through holes and pipes ;
Dispersion models for toxic release; Its mitigation
3. Fires and Explosions: The fire triangle; Flammability of liquids and vapors; Auto-ignition and autooxidation; Types of explosions; Designs and tools to prevent fires and explosions
4. Reliefs: Relief systems, types and scenarios; Relief sizing for liquid and vapor service
5. Hazard Identification: Checklists, surveys, operability studies and safety reviews
6. Risk Assessment, Event trees, Fault trees; Quantitative Risk Analysis
TEXTBOOK:
REFERENCE:
1. Lees' Loss Prevention in the Process Industries Loss Prevention in the Process Industries edited by
S. Mannan, 3rd edition, Butterworth-Heinemann, London, 1996.
2. Guidelines for Chemical Process Quantitative Risk Analysis by Center for Chemical Process Safety
(CCPS), 2nd edition, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2000.
3. What Went Wrong?: Case Studies of Process Plant Disasters by T. A. Kletz, 4th edition, Gulf Pub.,
Houston, 1998.
4. Process Plants: A Handbook for Inherently Safer Design by T. Kletz, Taylor & Francis,
Philadelphia, 1998.
5. Learning from Accidents, by Trevor A. Kletz, 3rd edition, Gulf Professional, Oxford, UK, 2001.
COURSE EVALUATION:
1. Assignments
20%
2. Term project (or midterm)
Written report
30%
3. Final Exam
50%
Note: Term project written report will be due one week before the end of the semester.
TERM PROJECT REPORT
Each student, in a group of maximum 4 students, is required to work toward a term paper related to this
course.
The students must form their groups, and decide their term paper topics in the first class. The topics
must be approved by the instructor.
Before submitting, the students are advised to photocopy and backup their term paper reports.
Late term paper reports will be penalized by 5% per day.
List of term project topics:
1. Containment design for batch polymerization reactors
2. Inherent safety implementation in pharmaceutical industry
3. Effective flare safety with proper design, instrumentation, maintenance and training
4. Inerting techniques for flammable liquids, combustible dusts, and their mixtures
5. Organizational factors that influence safety
6. Reducing the frequency and consequences of runaway reaction-generated accidents
Course Information: Chemical Process Safety Loss Prevention (CHE 617)
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ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION:
1. Assignments are due at the beginning of the lecture session, unless otherwise specified. Late
submission (without justifiable reasons or advanced notice to the instructor) will result in a mark
deduction as below:
1 day: 15% deduction
2 days: 30% deduction
3 days : 50%
4 days: unacceptable
Course Information: Chemical Process Safety Loss Prevention (CHE 617)
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