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Objectives
During the 4-day course the participants will have the opportunity
- to get familiar with risk aspects and methods for hazard identification applied in petrochemical industries
- to learn how to perform probability and consequences analysis and risk assessment
- to recognize what are the health, safety and environment issues related to petrochemical industries
Target Attendees / Participants
Engineers, managers at all levels, inspectors, legislators and other professionals dealing with risk and safety in petrochemical industry as well as students, will profit from the course by
- increasing their understanding of strengths and weaknesses of different approaches and
- extending their knowledge on current risk based approaches for petrochemical plants.
Course Content by Units
Unit 1: Risks aspects in petrochemical industry
- overview
- links to the applied methods, standards and codes
- HSE (Health, Safety, Environment) analyses and studies as a support to design and operation
Unit 2: Brief introduction to "Risk"
- origin, measure
- the "Risk Analysis" document
Unit 3: Hazard identification in petrochemical industry
- HAZOP analysis
- Brief examples of application
Unit 4: Probability Analysis
- Calculation of probability
- Elementary probability theory
- Fault Tree Analysis technique
Unit 5: Workshop - Application of Fault Tree Analysis
- identification of accident sequences
- calculation of probability of an accident
- ranking of sequences
Unit 6: The assessment of consequences of accidents
- „Source Term“ – Identification of release cases
- Evolution of a release: accident scenarios and Event Tree analysis
- Models for assessment of fires, dispersion, explosion
- Brief workshop - analysis of a typical accident by computer modeling
Unit 7: Assessment of risk
- Models to assess the vulnerability of people and equipment
- Qualitative and Quantitative risk criteria
Unit 8: Health, safety, environment issues
- environment impacts
- accident prevention
- implementation of HSE management system,
- regulatory expectations
Unit 9: Review of the course main issues and preparation for final exam
Unit 10: Exam
Teaching Methods
The course includes:
- ex cathedra lecturing
- number of examples illustrating important topics
- hands-on breakout sessions
- preparation for the exam by repetition of all course units and main issues
- exam
Literature
- Textbook:
Risk Analysis in Chemical/Petroleum industries, version 1, February 2009
- Transparencies:
Unit 1: Methods, Standards and Codes and HSE Activities
Unit 2: Risk Analysis - Principles and methods
Unit 3: Hazard Identification - HAZOP
Unit 4: Probability analysis
Unit 5: Application of Fault Tree Analysis
Unit 6: Consequences Analysis
Unit 7: Risk Analysis
Unit 8: Health, safety, environment issues
- Certification material, version 1, February 2009
- Additional material:
FAULT THREE HANDBOOK, NUREG 0-492
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