Fundamentals of Process Safety - April-2013

Assess and Quantify Risks

As a chemical engineer, your job is to assess and quantify the risks inherent in the processes you design, manage and operate.

To do so, you need a clear understanding of the fundamentals of process safety. In this CCPS course you’ll hear from process safety expert Brian Kelly for an up-to-date look at the causes and contributors to major incidents in the process safety industry and the latest engineering solutions.

Process safety – The Basics 

In two interactive days, you’ll learn how to analyze and address hazards and failure modes to avoid loss of containment. You’ll examine hazard release scenarios illustrating leaks, spills, fires and explosions and their toxic effects. You’ll also consider inherently safer concepts in process design, common equipment failure modes, human error considerations in design and operation, and much more. Throughout the course, you’ll take part in numerous case studies and breakout exercises that highlight the latest engineering applications related to layout and spacing, system isolation, grading and drainage, relief and blowdown, electrical area classification, fire protection, instrumentation, human factors and facility siting.