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UENM / C054A
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Course description
Department/Unit / Abbreviation
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UENM
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C054A
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Academic Year
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2019/2020
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Academic Year
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2019/2020
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Title
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Safety Engineering
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Form of course completion
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Examination
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Form of course completion
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Examination
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Accredited / Credits
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Yes,
5
Cred.
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Type of completion
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Combined
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Type of completion
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Combined
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Time requirements
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Lecture
2
[HRS/WEEK]
Seminar
1
[HRS/WEEK]
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Course credit prior to examination
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No
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Course credit prior to examination
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No
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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No
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Included in study average
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YES
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Language of instruction
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English
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Occ/max
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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No
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Summer semester
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0 / -
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0 / -
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0 / -
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Included in study average
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YES
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Winter semester
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0 / -
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0 / -
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0 / -
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Timetable
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Yes
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Semester taught
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Summer semester
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Semester taught
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Summer semester
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Minimum (B + C) students
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not determined
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Optional course |
Yes
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Optional course
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Yes
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Language of instruction
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English
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Internship duration
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0
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No. of hours of on-premise lessons |
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Evaluation scale |
A|B|C|D|E|F |
Periodicity |
každý rok
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Periodicita upřesnění |
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Fundamental theoretical course |
No
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Fundamental course |
No
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Fundamental theoretical course |
No
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Evaluation scale |
A|B|C|D|E|F |
Substituted course
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None
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Preclusive courses
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N/A
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Prerequisite courses
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N/A
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Informally recommended courses
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N/A
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Courses depending on this Course
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N/A
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Histogram of students' grades over the years:
Graphic PNG
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XLS
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Course objectives:
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Hazard identification and risk assessment: Examples of accidents, accident investigation, safety and inherently safer design. Human factor, safety management. Hazard identification methods, risk indices, risk matrices. HAZOP, FMEA. Rapid risk ranking. Event tree, Fault tree. Consequence analysis: Source term definition - discharge rate models, calculation of evaporation. Dispersion models - plume, puff, jet, heavy gas. Explosions and fires - VCE, flash fire, explosions in buildings, BLEVE, pool and jet (flare) fire. Physical effects on human and constructions.Safety of chemical reactors: Chemical reactors and their characteristics. Classification of chemical reactions from the thermodynamical viewpoint. Adiabatic temperature increase Tad, classification of the process according Tad. Exothermal process - kinetics. Methods of reactors cooling. Mathematical modeling of chemical reactors. Introduction in quantitative risk analysis: Risk analysis procedure, Illustration of QRA method.Safety regulations: European directive SEVESO and SEVESO II, British COMAH, U.S. Process Safety Management. Czech regulations.
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Requirements on student
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Requirements on students: Examination by written project 100 %
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Content
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Černobyl - introductory case. Frequency of accidents. Kletz`s model of accident investigation. Safety. Industrial safety. System with hazards. Safety and inherently safer designs. Hazards. Realizations of hazards. Causations, initiation, failures. Passive hazards. Mechanical energy releases. Incident scenarios and hazards. Frequency of human errors. Hazard identification. HAZOP a FMEA techniques. Rapid risk ranking. Analysis of incident scenarios. Event tree technique. System analysis. Estimation of incident scenarios frequencies. Test of knowledge. Examination project assignment. Basic terminology in a consequence analysis. Transmission paths and attenuation. General principles. Atmosphere as a transmission path. Water as a transmission path. Soil as a transmission path. Barriers. Pressure energy action. Releases of dusts and liquids. Releases of liquefied gases or vapors, BLEVE scenario. Implosion. Releases of pressurized and liquefied gases. Thermal energy action. Mechanism of heat transmission. Releases of hot liquids and gases. Pool fire. Fireball. Releases of cold materials. Deflagration and detonation. General principles. Chemical energy action - unconfined deflagrations. Confined deflagrations. Harm to receptors. General principles. Injury and damage. Concept of dose. Relation between dose and harm. Harm to people. Harm to equipment and buildings. Harm to the environment from acute emissions. Colloquium of students - Process Safety Progress Chemical reactors. Chemical energy releases. General principles. Classification of chemical reactions according to emission of energy. Runaway reactions. Adiabatic temperature rise Tad, process classification according to Tad. Kinetic aspects of exothermic process safety. Hazards characterization and evaluation. Risk analysis - terms and concepts. Risk analysis procedures. Quantitative risk analysis. Control of process hazards. Tactics and strategy in hazard control. Acceptability of risks. Management role in loss prevention. Process safety management. Human factor. Legislation role. European directive SEVESO 2, American PSM, laws of Czech Republic.
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Activities
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Fields of study
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Guarantors and lecturers
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Literature
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Basic:
Marshall V. and Ruhemann S. Fundamentals of Process Safety.
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Basic:
Crowl D.A, Louvar J.F. Chemical process safety: Fundamentals with applications, 1990 Prentice Hall, Eaglewood Cliffs, N.J..
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Basic:
Kletz T.:. Learning from Accidents, 1993, Buterworth-Heinemann, Oxford.. Buterworth, 1993.
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Basic:
Lees F.P. Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, second edition 1996, Buterworth-Heinemann, Oxford.. Buterworth, 1980.
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Prerequisites - other information about course preconditions |
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Competences acquired |
Graduate understands basics of risk analysis and knows principles, how they are applied in order to increase effectivity of industrial safety management systems. He/she is prepared to take part in risk analysis and in relevant improvement of safety management systems. |
Teaching methods |
- Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
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Assessment methods |
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