Safety- and Risk-Analysis for Process Plants
Sicherheits- und Risikoanalyse für Prozessanlagen
6 CPSummerEN
Contents
• Hazard identification methods (e.g. Checklists, FMEA, HAZOP) • Frequency evaluation methods (event tree, fault tree) • Consequence evaluation methods (e.g. one- and two phase flow (critical, sub-critical), dispersion of neutral and dense gas, fire, explosion and toxic hazards) • Qualitative and quantitative risk assessment methods • Safety related plant optimization Exercise: • Realization of safety and risk studies (method, case study)
Learning outcomes
After completing the module, students will be able to apply basic methods for performing and evaluating safety-related aspects for industrial plants. They learn methodical basics for the evaluation of probabilities of occurrence and the derivation of the resulting consequences. Using the methods taught for qualitative and quantitative risk assessment, students are able to independently develop sustainable concepts and solutions. They also have basic knowledge of safety-related plant optimization and can communicate this to plant operators, authorities, etc.
Assessment
Prerequisite: • Successful completion of the exercises within the practical training Final module examination: • Written examination, 90 min.
Literature (6)
- Lecture notes
- Lees,F.P.: Loss prevention in the process industries, Butterworth 1996, Oxford
- Guidelines for chemical process quantitative risk analysis AICHE,1989, New York
- Guidelines for hazard evaluation procedures AICHE , 1992, New York
- W.F.Kenney: Process risk management systems, VCH 1993, New York
- D. A. Crowl;J. F. Louvar: Chemical process safety, Prentice Hall, Inc., 2002, New Jersey
Source: BTU's module description · retrieved 29 Sep 2026Original