Area: | Department of Chemical Engineering |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 5.0 |
Lecture: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Other: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Tutorial: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Anti Requisite(s): | 302201 (v.2) ChE 541 Risk Management or any previous version
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Prerequisite(s): | 302257 (v.2) ChE 321 Mass Transfer Operations or any previous version
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302259 (v.2) ChE 322 Process Plant Engineering or any previous version
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302263 (v.2) ChE 325 Reaction Engineering or any previous version
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302264 (v.2) ChE 326 Process Control or any previous version
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Syllabus: | Risk Management. Accident sources, consequences and preventative action. Personal health and safety. Process safety analysis. Loss prevention. Process safety in design. Process safety in operations. Defining and quantifying risk. Checklists. HAZOP studies. HAZAN techniques. Human factors. Linking HAZOP, process control, instrumentation and alarm systems. Cost of plant safety. Environmental impact. Case studies of serious plant accidents. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit students will have gained an appreciation of the inter-relationship between occupational health, plant safety and environmental protection. They will have become familiar with legislation and how it affects plant operation and the methods and techniques used to assess plant safety. They will attain knowledge of process plant safety from design to operations and developed an appreciation for the importance of environmental impact assessment. Students also become skilled at evaluation of detailed accident case studies. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | Lees, F.P., 1996, 'Loss Prevention in the Process Industries' 2nd Edition, Butterworth-Heinemann, UK. Marshall, V., and Ruhemann, S., 2001, 'Fundamentals of Process Safety', IChemE Books, UK. Robinson, R.M., Anderson, K.J., and Meiers, S.J., 1999, 'Risk and Reliability: An introductory text; 3rd Edition, Risk & Reliability Associates, Melbourne |
Unit Texts: | Skelton, B., 1997, 'Process Safety Analysis: An Introduction', IChemE Books, UK |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Assignments (4 x 20%) 80%. Final test 20%. (Must pass all components). |
Field of Education: | 30301 Chemical Engineering | HECS Band (if applicable): | 2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Informational | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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