Safety Engineering (FSI-9BEI)

Academic year 2022/2023
Supervisor: Ing. Luboš Kotek, Ph.D.  
Supervising institute: ÚVSSR all courses guaranted by this institute
Teaching language: Czech or English
Aims of the course unit:

Main goal - understanding of the loss prevention philosophy. Major industrial accidents in all world represent consequences of human errors on a different level of management.
This object/course uncovers a set of today's methods for hazard identification and risk assessment in the process and related industries.
Learning outcomes and competences:

Advanced knowledge about safety engineering and loss prevention domain, application of the fundamental methods and methods of safety engineering, environmental and economic aspects of safety engineering.
Prerequisites:

The prerequisite to study this subject is knowledge of the basic principles of mathematics, physics, and thermodynamics.
The course is intended for students who have completed basic security engineering courses during their studies.
Course contents:

Safety engineering, connected with environment protection and quality management.
Major risk sources selection, rules for selection, types of effects (fire, explosion toxicity).
Detailed analyzing, systematical risk sources identification.
Consequences modeling, properties of tools used for modeling.
Scenarios of the major accident, identification, and accident sequence.
Estimation of the primary events frequencies.
Risk acceptability and assessment.
The subject is based on an approach developed by CCPS and AIChE.
Teaching methods and criteria:
The course is taught through consultations explaining the advanced principles and methods of the discipline.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes:
Individual solution of case studies, oral exam.
Controlled participation in lessons:

The subject consists of consultations, the students’ attendance shall be checked.
Type of course unit:
    Lecture  10 × 2 hrs. optionally                  
Course curriculum:
    Lecture Major industrial accidents and disasters, consequences, prevention as a basic approach.
Review of methods for hazard identification and risk assessment.
Major risk sources identification methods- systematical, index and rapid methods..
Hazard and Operability Study HAZOP, systematic approach to hazard identification.
Societal risk assessment of industrial processes.
Estimation of uncertainty of undesirable events, the uncertainty in the methods of risk analysis.
Risk assessment, risk acceptability criteria, individual and societal risk.
Literature - fundamental:
1. Mannan, Sam, Lees’ Loss Prevention in the Process Industries. 4th Edition. Texas, USA : Elsevier 2012. ISBN 978-0-12-397189-0
2. CROWL, D. A., LOUVAR, J. Chemical Process Safety. Prentice Hall. Englewood Cliffs.
3. Manual for the classification and prioritization of risks due to major accidents in process and related industries. International Atomic Energy Agency. Vienna 1996. 61 s. ISSN 1011-4289.
4. Smith, D., J. Reliability, Maintainability and Risk - Practical Methods for Engineers (7th Edition). 2005. Elsevier.
Literature - recommended:
1. Center for Chemical Process Safety (1993). Guidelines for Auditing Process Safety Management Systems. Center for Chemical Process Safety/AIChE.
2. Center for Chemical Process Safety (2010). Guidelines for Process Safety Metrics. Center for Chemical Process Safety/AIChE.
The study programmes with the given course:
Programme Study form Branch Spec. Final classification   Course-unit credits     Obligation     Level     Year     Semester  
D-KPI-K combined study --- no specialisation -- DrEx 0 Recommended course 3 1 S
D-KPI-P full-time study --- no specialisation -- DrEx 0 Recommended course 3 1 S