Introduction to Process Safety and Risk Analysis

This course is part of Chemical Hazards and Process Safety Specialization

Instructor: Jason White

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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Intermediate level

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9 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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Intermediate level

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9 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

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Taught in English

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This course aims to provide process safety experience for engineers, particularly relevant to chemical engineering but applicable to any field involving process operations. This course introduces you to the important, practical, value-added skills and information that will aid your career, or preparation for a career, in chemical process engineering. These skills include an understanding of how to identify, evaluate, assess, and mitigate hazards or risks in the chemical process industry. You will gain insight and skills as you study mistakes of the past and discover how risk and safety will become a bigger and more important part of your decision-making process, both at work and at home.

After this module, you will be able to recognize and understand the importance of the study of process safety in the chemical process industry. You will be able to examine and become familiar with important historical events that have shaped the study of chemical process safety and you will be equipped with important resources necessary for the study of chemical process safety.

What's included

5 videos1 reading1 assignment4 discussion prompts

5 videos Total 16 minutes

Course Introduction 3 minutes
Module 1 Introduction 2 minutes
The Chemical Industry & History 3 minutes
Hazards Present in the Chemical Process Industry 3 minutes
Process Safety Culture & the CCPS Model 5 minutes

1 reading Total 10 minutes

A Note From UC Davis 10 minutes

1 assignment Total 30 minutes

Module 1 Quiz 30 minutes

4 discussion prompts Total 80 minutes

Learning Goals 10 minutes
The Bhopal Disaster 20 minutes
Alcoa Case Study 20 minutes
Applying Your Knowledge 30 minutes

At the end of this module, you will be identify risk involved in various activities related to the chemical process industry, as well as evaluate this risk using checklist analysis. You will be able to manage risk using safeguards and continue to use lessons from past chemical process safety incidents to inform the implementation of safer solutions and work practices.

What's included

6 videos2 readings1 assignment2 discussion prompts

6 videos Total 50 minutes

Module 2 Introduction 2 minutes
Understanding Risk 9 minutes
Managing Risk 11 minutes
Analysis Methods & Checklist Analysis 8 minutes
HAZOP 7 minutes
HAZOP Example 12 minutes

2 readings Total 40 minutes

Try It Problem (Suggested Activity) 30 minutes
Possible Solutions 10 minutes

1 assignment Total 30 minutes

Module 2 Quiz 30 minutes

2 discussion prompts Total 40 minutes

Piper Alpha Case Study 20 minutes
Blocked In Case Study 20 minutes

At the end of this module, you will be able to apply probability theory to estimate the failure frequencies of equipment and safeguards. You will be able to construct event trees and make calculations for the probabilities of result occurrences. You will also continue to use lessons from past chemical process safety incidents to inform the implementation of safer solutions and work practices.

What's included

4 videos1 reading1 assignment1 discussion prompt

At the end of this module, you will be able to construct fault trees and make calculations for the probabilities of event occurrences and be able to identify independent layers of protection. You will be able to use layer of protection analysis to perform risk assessment and apply inherently safer design principles.