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This document outlines the topics, schedule, assessments, and purposes for the CH4101 Chemical, Biological & Plant Safety module. The module runs from mid-August to early December and covers topics such as hazard identification methods, process reliability, toxicology, industrial hygiene, flammability, chemical release modeling, accident case histories, and sustainability. Students will be assessed through a hazards identification project, take-home quiz, and final examination. The goals of the module are to provide tools for safely designing, managing, and operating chemical plants by teaching fundamental analysis and a common sense approach to process safety.

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This document outlines the topics, schedule, assessments, and purposes for the CH4101 Chemical, Biological & Plant Safety module. The module runs from mid-August to early December and covers topics such as hazard identification methods, process reliability, toxicology, industrial hygiene, flammability, chemical release modeling, accident case histories, and sustainability. Students will be assessed through a hazards identification project, take-home quiz, and final examination. The goals of the module are to provide tools for safely designing, managing, and operating chemical plants by teaching fundamental analysis and a common sense approach to process safety.

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CH4101 Chemical, Biological & Plant Safety


Dr Foo Swee Cheng
Week Date TOPICS

1 15-Aug Introduction: Ethnics/ Accident statistics/ Accident processes/ Risk management principles
2 22-Aug Hazard Id: HAZOP/ Fault Tree/Event Tree/ Cause-consequence diagram/ Group: Project starts
3 29-Aug Process reliability: Probability theory/ failure rate/ reliability/ availability
4 5-Sep Process reliability; Toxicology: Safety & Health hazards/ consequences/ Industrial hygiene
5 12-Sep Industrial hygiene; Flammability: Fire & explosion hazards/ consequence/ Project Due 11 Sep 5 pm
6 19-Sep Prevention & modeling of Fire/ explosion consequences
7 26-Sep Chemical release & dispersion modeling/ Class quiz/ Take-Home Quiz starts
8 5-Oct RECESS
9 10-Oct Reliefs/ Take-Home Quiz due 9 Oct 5 pm
10 17-Oct Reliefs/ Accident case histories
11 24-Oct Accident case histories
12 31-Oct Accident investigation/ Sustainability
13 7-Nov Sustainability
14 14-Nov Course summing up
15 21-Nov READING WEEK
MODULE ASSESSMENT
• Continual Assessments: 50%
Hazards Identification project (group): 30%
Form project group of 6 members by 22-Aug
Report due: 11 Sep 5 pm CBE drop box
TAKE-HOME QUIZ (group): 20%
Group members: same as project group
Quiz due: 9 Oct 5 pm CBE drop box
• Final Examination: 50%
5 December 2014, Friday 9.00 am
Module Purposes

• To provide fundamental tools


 Design, manage & operate chemical plant safely
 Understanding, analysis and common sense approach
to safety
 Preparation for Final Design Project and future career
TEXTBOOK

Chemical Process Safety:


Fundamentals with
Applications,
International Edition, 3/e

Author : CROWL
LOUVAR
Publisher : Pearson
ISBN : 9780132782838
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