PROCESS INDUSTRY RELIABILITY AND SAFETY
Academic year2016/17
CourseCHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Code197II
Credits6
PeriodSemester 1
LanguageItalian
| Modules | Area | Type | Hours | Teacher(s) |
| AFFIDABILITÀ E SICUREZZA NELL'INDUSTRIA DI PROCESSO | ING-IND/25 | LEZIONI | 60 | |
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Knowledge
The course is aimed at providing the basic concepts of safety and reliability analysis in the process industry. The student who successfully completes the course will have the ability to apply the more common techniques for hazard identification, will be able to know elements of quantitative reliability analysis in order to estimate the failure frequencies of components and complex systems. Moreover, the source terms for the quantitative characterization of release scenarios will be explained.
Assessment criteria of knowledge
- The student will be assessed on his/her demonstrated ability to discuss the main course contents using the appropriate terminology.
- During the oral exam the student must be able to demonstrate his/her knowledge of the course material and be able to discuss the reading matter thoughtfully and with propriety of expression.
- The students will be also assessed on the quality of the project work which will be assigned at the beginning of the course.
- moreover, the ability to discuss the project work content will be also taken into account
Methods:
- Final oral exam
- Written report
Further information:
final oral exam 50%; quality of project work 50%
Teaching methods
Delivery: face to face
Learning activities:
- attending lectures
- participation in seminar
- group work
Attendance: Advised
Teaching methods:
- Lectures
- Seminar
- project work
Syllabus
1) Past accidents data analysis and use of accident databanks
2) Hazard identification techniques:
- HAZOP
- HAZID
- Relative ranking methods
- What if? technique
- Preliminary hazard analysis
3) Reliability assessment of components and complex systems
- Fault tree analysis
- Event tree analysis
4) Basics on quantification of accident consequences
5) Legislative framework
Bibliography
Recommended reading includes the following works; further bibliography will be indicated.
* F.P.Lees, Loss prevention in the process industries (II Ed.), Butterworth-Heineman, Oxford, UK, 1996
* Centre for Chemical Process Safety of AIChE, Guidelines for chemical process quantitative risk analysis, New York, USA, 1989
* TNO, Methods for the evaluation of physical effects. Report CPR 14E (III ed.), The Hague, NL, 1997
Additional teaching material will be provided by the Teacher in electronic format
Updated: 14/11/2016 17:27
