LEARNING OUTCOMES
Process safety and risk management focuses on the prevention and mitigation of releases of hazardous materials that may lead to fires, explosions, or toxic impacts. This course prepares students for understading the process hazard, hazard evaluation, consequence analysis, accident investigation, and risk management. Guest Lecturer from industry will present first-hand knowledge of industrial process safety and risk management.
After the course, the student
1. Can acquire the basic knowledge of safety in chemical process industry
2. Can identify the hazard of chemicals, chemical processes and apply ISD principles which offers a sustainable process design
3. Can develop and understand the safety management, culture & sustainability
4. Can identify the risk of damages and accidents in chemical process industry and method of prevention
5. Can apply the hazard and safety analysis methods
6. Can identify fires and explosions, and design the preventions
7. Can use the methods and techniques to control the hazards and chemical process
Credits: 5
Schedule: 06.09.2024 - 03.12.2024
Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):
Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Golam Sarwar, Pekka Oinas
Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):
CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):
Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):
Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English
CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD
Content
valid for whole curriculum period:
1. Introduction of process safety, Inherent safety
2. Hazard, risk, toxicology and industrial hygiene, legislations
3. Fires and explosions; Dow FEI index and CEI index
4. Reliefs and relief equipment sizing
5. Hazards identification methods, HAZOP, consequence analysis & QRA
6. Active and passive safety
7. Development of safety management, culture and sustainability
8. Human factor, Reach, ATEX
Assessment Methods and Criteria
valid for whole curriculum period:
Lectures, exercises, assignment and seminar, exam
Workload
valid for whole curriculum period:
5cr = 135 h
Lectures 24 h
Exercises 24 h
Lierature work & seminar presentation 25 h
Other independent studying and preparation for exam 59 h
Exam 3 h
DETAILS
Study Material
valid for whole curriculum period:
Lecture notes, books, videos and solved exercises
Substitutes for Courses
valid for whole curriculum period:
Prerequisites
valid for whole curriculum period:
SDG: Sustainable Development Goals
3 Good Health and Well-being
4 Quality Education
6 Clean Water and Sanitation
8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
12 Responsible Production and Consumption
13 Climate Action
15 Life on Land
17 Partnerships for the Goals
FURTHER INFORMATION
Further Information
valid for whole curriculum period:
Teaching Language: English
Teaching Period: 2024-2025 Autumn I - II
2025-2026 Autumn I - IIRegistration:
A course implementation may be cancelled if the number of students enrolled to the course implementation does not meet the required minimum of five students. In the case of cancelled course implementations, the students enrolled to them must be provided with an alternative way of completing the course or be advised to take some other applicable course.