Course detail

Safety Engineering

FSI-XBIAcad. year: 2010/2011

Safety engineering is a quickly developing discipline connected with environment protection and total quality management. The basic tasks are hazard identification (risk sources identification) and risk assessment (frequency and consequences estimation). The main source of information is industrial safety. Other bodies are implementation of EU legislation, societal risk assessment, safety audit, inductive and deductive type of hazard identification, fault trees and event trees for risk assessment. Subject is based on an approach developed by CCPS AIChE and EU committee for the Prevention of Disasters.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

6

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Luboš Kotek, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Production Machines, Systems and Robotics (ÚVSSR)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Ability apply mainly basic method of safety engineering, produce simple case studies, assess technical, process, chemical and environmetal aspets of the loss prevention studies.

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge from the mathematical theory of probability, flow and outflow of gases a liquides from piping, physical and chemical properties of hazardous/dangerous substances.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Active presentation on seminars, case studies, test.

Course curriculum

Lecture:
Syllabus:
1. Basic terminology of safety engineering, overview of current valid legislation, SEVESO II directive, procedure of risk analysis.
2. Major industrial accidents in the world and in the CR.
3. Consequences of serious accidents – toxic dispersion, individual types of fires and explosions.
4. Identification of risk sources – Fire and Explosion Index.
5. Identification of risk sources using Dow's Chemical Index.
6. Application of FMEA method.
7. Detailed analysis of risk sources of serious accident using HAZOP method.
8. Assessment of initiation incidents using ETA method.
9. Fault tree and its application potential, development of top events.
10. Synergic and DOMINO effects of accidents.
11. Investigation of accidents.
12. Case studies presentation.
13. Summarization, test.

Seminar:
Syllabus:
1. Introduction, notions, sources of information, case studies.
2. Major accidents – summary and consequences.
3. Major accidents consequences – toxic dispersion, types of fires and explosions.
4. Fire and explosion index, assessment of general and specific factors.
5. Application of Fire and Explosion Index method.
6. Application of Chemical Accident Index method.
7. Application of FMEA method.
8. Application of HAZOP method.
9. ETA – event tree for selected practical scenario.
10. FTA – generation of fault tree, engineering approach.
11. Synergic and DOMINO effects of accidents.
12. Case studies presentation.
13. Summarization, test.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The first and main goal - understaning of the prevention approach in loss prevention domain. Major industrial accidents in the all world represent consequences of human errors on different level of management. This object/course uncovers a set of todays methos for hazard identification and risk assessment in the process and related industries.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Consulting of the simple individual wide case study in safety engineering domain.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

CROWL, D. A., LOUVAR, J. Chemical Process Safety: Fundamentals with Applications. Prentice Hall. Englewood Cliffs. 1989.
Mannan, Sam. Lees´ loss prevention in the process industries : hazard identification, assessment and control. 3rd ed. Elsevier, 2005. ISBN 0-7506-7555-1.

Recommended reading

Babinec, F.: Bezpečnostní inženýrství - e-učebnice, 2004.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N3901-2 Master's

    branch M-MŘJ , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Luboš Kotek, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Basic terminology of safety engineering, overview of current valid legislation, SEVESO II directive, procedure of risk analysis.
2. Major industrial accidents in the world and in the CR.
3. Consequences of serious accidents – toxic dispersion, individual types of fires and explosions.
4. Identification of risk sources – Fire and Explosion Index.
5. Identification of risk sources using Dow's Chemical Index.
6. Application of FMEA method.
7. Detailed analysis of risk sources of serious accident using HAZOP method.
8. Assessment of initiation incidents using ETA method.
9. Fault tree and its application potential, development of top events.
10. Synergic and DOMINO effects of accidents.
11. Investigation of accidents.
12. Case studies presentation.
13. Summarization, test.

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Marek Tabas, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Introduction, notions, sources of information, case studies.
2. Major accidents – summary and consequences.
3. Major accidents consequences – toxic dispersion, types of fires and explosions.
4. Fire and explosion index, assessment of general and specific factors.
5. Application of Fire and Explosion Index method.
6. Application of Chemical Accident Index method.
7. Application of FMEA method.
8. Application of HAZOP method.
9. ETA – event tree for selected practical scenario.
10. FTA – generation of fault tree, engineering approach.
11. Synergic and DOMINO effects of accidents.
12. Case studies presentation.
13. Summarization, test.