ChBE 4140 –Chemical Engineering Process Safety – Fall 2018

Date Discussion Topic Reading Due Homework

M Aug 20 Intro – Case History – Seveso dioxin release (1)

Form
W Aug 22 Four Pillars of Safety (2)
Groups
Group
F Aug 24 Inherently Safer Design (3) 20 – 23
Topics
M Aug 27 Laboratory Safety (4)
Syllabus
W Aug 29 Deadly Practices (5)
online quiz
Online Quiz
F Aug 31 Accident & Loss Statistics(6) and quiz 4 – 12 1(1, 2, 4, 21, 25)

M Sep 3 No Class – Labor Day

Online quiz
W Sep 5 Meteorology and quiz (7) No Lecture
Literature
F Sep 7 Toxicology (8) 37 – 59 Search 2(2, 3, 4, 13, 30)

M Sep 10 Industrial Hygiene, Exposure Evaluation & Control 65-109 3(15, 21, 24
4(1, 2, 7, 13)
W Sep 12 Source Models (10) 119 – 173
4(17ab, 19, 32)
F Sep 14 Dispersion Models (11) 185 - 208 5(4, 10, 11)

M Sep 17 CAMEO(12), Dispersion online PP and quiz 209 – 234

W Sep 19 Reactive Materials (13) 245 – 260

F Sep 21 Fires and Explosions (14) 245 – 260

260 – 270 App C

M Sep 24 LOC & Flammability Diagrams online PP and quiz 6(2, 3c, 4a, 5)

W Sep 26 Static Electricity online PP and Quiz 333 - 363 7(13)

Spiral to Disaster (15)– a Case Study

F Sep 28 First Exam – Chapters 1 – 6 UMSL Con

6(15, 32)
M Oct 1 Jason McHaneyExplosions – Definitions and 275 - 292
Characterization (16)

W Oct 3 Dust Explosions(17) 280 - 281 Term Paper

F Oct 5 Purging (18) 317 – 333 Course Survey 7(5, 7)

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M Oct 8 Chemical Reactivity Identification (19) 381 - 397 8(4)

W Oct 10 Reactive Hazards (20)

F Oct 13 Introduction to Relief Systems and Examples (21) 429 – 452 9(9,11)

Date Discussion Topic Reading Due Homework

M Oct 15 Relief Sizing for Liquids and Vapors (22) 459 – 472 10(1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
all b
W Oct 17 Risk Assessment (24) 472 – 495
No class
F Oct 19 Runaway reactions(23)& Vent sizing on-line PP quiz
ABET
Peer
M Oct 22 Work on Case Study Paper/Project (no class) 505 – 530 11( 4, 16, 25)
Review
W Oct 24 Failure Rate & Reliability PP Quiz 549 – 564 No class
F Oct 26 Dow F&EI, HAZOP(25)
No class
M Oct 29 Work on Case Study Paper/Project
No class
W Oct 31 Work on Case Study Paper/Project

F Nov 2 Event Trees (26) 564 – 569

M Nov 5 Fault Trees (27) 569 – 577 12(1, 2, 3, 9)

Final Paper
W Nov 7 Safety Procedures & Design (28) 597 – 617

F Nov 9 Safety Work Permits: Hot Work(29)

M Nov 12 Safety Work Permits: Confined Space Entry(30)

W Nov 14 Hazards of Static Electricity(31) Submit Video

F Nov 16 Review videos No class 13(1, 2, 3)

Nov 19-23 Thanksgiving Vacation No class

M Nov 26 Review Case-Study videos No class

W Nov 28 Review for Exam 2 and Review Case-Study videos

Video Block
F Nov 30 Second Exam – Chapters 6 - 12 1

M Dec 3 Review Case-Study videos No Class

W Dec 5 Review Case-Study videos & Final Class Meeting

F Dec 7 Final Comprehensive Exam Video Block

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F Dec 14 Review Case-Study videos Video Block

3