Syllabus

Chemical Process Safety (CH3297)

1. Aims
This couse is developed to provide to students the following knowledge and abilities:
 Toxicology and indistrial hygiene.
 Basic knowledge and prevention of fire and explosion.
 Methods of risk estimation.
 Methods of evaluating hazards, operating problems of a process and the likelihood of an
incident.

2. Course outline

This subject presents knowledge of toxicology and indistrial hygiene. Moreover, this course also
offers knowledge of fire and explosion. Finally, the methods of risk estimation and safety
evaluation of a process system are also represented.

3. References

Main books

a. Daniel A. Crowl; Joseph F. Louvar, Chemical Process Safety: Fundamentals and Applications,
2nd edition, Prentince Hall PTR, 2002. (TEXTBOOK)
b. Cameron, I.T; Raman, R., Process Systems Risk Management, Elsevie, 2005

Other references
c. Roy E. Sanders, Chemical Process Safety: Learning from Case Histories, Butterworth-
Heinemann, 1999.
d. Dow's Chemical Exposure Index Guide, New York: American Institute of Chemical Engineers,
1994.
e. Dow's Fire and Explosion Index Hazard Classification Guide, 7th ed., New York: American
Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1994.
f. Frank P. Lees, Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, 2d ed., London: Butterworth-
Heinemann, 1996

4. Outcomes

No Course learning outcomes CDIO ABET

L.O.1 Describe the roles of safety, understand risk and safety management 4.1
tool
L.O.1.2 Present the meaning of risk and the significances of risk 4.1.3 3a
analysis 4.1.1 3c
L.O.1.1 Describe the roles of an engineer in safety. 4.5.5
L.O.1.3 Use the HAZOP method
L.O.2 Analyze problems of industrial hygiene 4.1,4.6
L.O.2.1 Understand the roles of toxicology in industrial hygiene 4.1.2 3e
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 L.O.2.2 Determine threshold limit in industrial hygiene 4.6.6 3c
L.O.2.3 Calculate ventilation as case study of industrial hygiene 4.1.2 3e
L.O.3 Analyze problems of fire and explosion 4.6 3c
L.O.3.1 Describe a fire diagram 4.6.1 3c
L.O.3.2 Calculate a battery limit of an explosion 4.6.6
L.O.3.3 Calculate a solution of purging and inerting 4.6.6
L.O.3.4 Understand the risk of static electricity 4.6.6
L.O.4 Develop and use the models of consequence analysis 2.1 3e
L.O.4.1 Develop and use effect models 2.1.2
L.O.4.2 Develop and use source models 2.1.2
LO.5 Develop a relief system 4.5 3c
L.O.5.1 Understand the classification of relief valves 4.5.5
L.O.5.2 Determine the location of a relief valve in a system 4.5.5

Schedule:
• Introduction (W1)
• Toxicology and transport models (W1-2-3)
• Fire and Explosion (W4-5-6)
• Safety relief valve system (W7)
• Hazard identification and risk assessment (W7-8)

Assesment

Seminar/HW: 20%
Midterm: 30%
Final Exam: 50%

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