Process Safety Engineering CHE-325

1. Introduction, background & importance.

2. Accident causation theories.
3. Personal factors, contribution in accident causation.
4. Study and analysis of actual disasters, identifying causes of these accidents, suggesting
remedial measures to avoid recurrence.
5. Accident investigation, recording and analysis.
6. Physico-chemical principles and safety.
7. Fire flammable materials handling.
8. Ratings of flammable and explosive substances.
9. Safety with chemical engineering operations.
10. Safety aspects of site selection, plant layout and unit plot.
11. Services and facilities.
12. Hazards identification and risk assessment.
13. Worker safety.
14. Occupational exposure limits.
15. Safety education and training.
16. Respiratory hazards and protection.
17. Noise and vibration.
18. Eye safety and other personal protective equipment.
19. Permit Systems.
20. Proper maintenance prevents accidents.
21. Electricity and electrical equipment.
22. Safety in marketing and transportation of chemicals.
23. Doctors role in plant safety.
24. Responsibilities and organization for safety, planning for safety, a safety management
system.
Health and safety at work legislations, regulations.
OHSAS documentation, implementation, auditing.
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Process Engineers:

As a process engineer,
you could work on all Upstream assets and major projects
both onshore and offshore. The challenges youll face are
varied. You can expect to be involved in separation,
distillation, thermodynamics and heat transfer, oil
treatment, gas treatment and liquid recovery, as well as
gas to liquids. Youll also test your skills and meet new
challenges in technology application and process
simulation.
Focusing on Downstream, your role may cover the design
and optimal operation of oil and gas production facilities
both offshore and onshore; oil refineries and petrochemical
plants. Or you could be developing new technologies, like
producing transport fuels from unconventional resources,
such as natural gas and biomass.
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Process Safety Engineers:

Process
safety and risk engineers use their knowledge of
science and engineering to analyse and evaluate
hazards for our operations and projects worldwide.
This can involve designing new production plants in
the safest possible way, or making risk reduction
improvements on existing operating facilities.
Management of risk is fundamental to ensure the risk
from our activities is managed correctly and that we
are compliant with our company and legislative
standards.

Risk Analysis & Decision

Theory

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Rational Principles for

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