Syllabus - Process safety & Hazards Management (CM 802 (B))

Chemical Engineering

Process safety & Hazards Management (CM 802 (B))

VIII-Semester

Unit- I

Introduction

Origin of process hazards, Laws Codes, Standards, Case Histories, Properties of Chemicals, and Health hazards of industrial substances.

Unit- II

Toxicology

Toxic materials and their properties, effect of dose and exposure time, relationship and predictive models for response, Threshold value and its definitions, material safety data sheets, industrial hygiene evaluation.

Unit – III

Fire & Explosion

Fire and explosion hazards, causes of fire and preventive methods. Flammability characteristics of chemical, fire and explosion hazard, rating of process plant. Propagation of fire and effect of environmental factors, ventilation, dispersion, purifying and sprinkling, safety and relief valves.

Unit- IV

Energy Hazards

Electrical hazards, noise hazard, radiation hazard in process operations, hazards communication to employees, plant management and maintenance to reduce energy hazards. Risk Analysis: Component and plant reliability, event probability and failure, plant reliability, risk analysis,

Unit- V

Analysis and Assessment

HAZOP AND HAZAN, event and consequence analysis (vapour cloud modelling) Designing for safety, measurement and calculation of risk analysis. Hazard Assessment: Failure distribution, failure data analysis, modeling for safety, safety training, emergency planning ad disaster management, case studies.

Course Objective

To know about Industrial safety programs and toxicology, Industrial laws, regulations and source models. To understand about fire and explosion, preventive methods, relief and its sizing methods. To analyze industrial hazards and its risk assessment.

Practicals

Reference Books

  • Crawl D.A. and Louvar J.A., “Chemical process safety fundamentals with applications, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi.

  • Wentz, C.A., “Safety health and environmental protection,” McGraw Hill, 2001.

  • Smith, B.D., “Design of equilibrium state process,” McGraw Hill l.

  • Van Winkle, “Distillation,” McGraw Hill.