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 Academic Year: | 2018/9 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Chemical Engineering |
| Credits: | 6 [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 120 |
| Level: | Intermediate (FHEQ level 5) |
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| Assessment Summary: | EX 100% |
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| Aims: The aims are: * To increase awareness about the importance of ethical considerations and safety in the design and operation of process plant; * To introduce techniques that can be used to make assessments of safety Learning Outcomes: After successfully completing this unit students should be able to: * Make a formal assessment of risks and how to mitigate them on a given section of a process flow sheet using a HAZOP analysis. * Evaluate hazards and assess risks by applying the concept of layer of protection analysis (LOPA). * Describe the main safety issues of procedures outside normal operation, e.g. plant maintenance, start-up, shut-down and emergency relief. * Recommend or not an investment in a plant modification to address an accident risk with environmental and safety consequences. * Apply their ethical knowledge to quantify the environmental and safety impacts and the probability of occurrence. * Apply a decision-making matrix to evaluate whether given project benefits are worth the financial outlay. Skills: Analysis [T,F,A] Problem solving [T,F,A] Recognition of good and bad safety practice and how to apply best practice. [T,F,A] Recognition of ethical considerations and how to apply best practice. [T,F,A] Content: * Inherent nature of safety and principal hazard sources including flammability, explosivity and toxicity; * Safety related legislation; * Risk & hazard analysis, including HAZOP and HAZAN, LOPA, and other safety ssessment techniques; * Safe practice including lessons learned from past incidents (e.g. Flixborough) and other incidents and accidents presented as case studies; * Safe operations, including maintenance and work permits, flares, line purging. * Contrasting decision-making frameworks within industry. Case studies and class discussion about fraud and tolerance to poor safety practices. * The influence of workplace culture and relationships over ethical behaviour and decision-making. * How to challenge poor ethical standards or practices in the workplace. |
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CE20223 is Compulsory on the following programmes:Department of Chemical Engineering
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