Advanced safety Systems in Industry detailed syllabus for Safety & Fire Engineering (SFE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the SFE students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Safety & Fire Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit SFE 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-I scheme and its subjects refer to SFE Professional Elective-I syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of advanced safety systems in industry is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
SAFETY SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT IN INDUSTRY 9
Domino incident investigation- technique, logic diagram, input requirements, output, example Unavailability analysis of protective systems-technique, logic diagram, input requirements, example.
Reliability analysis of automatic control systems-PES safety system development logic diagram system analysis, calculation of fractional dead time, application, strengths and weaknesses.
Unit II
PROTECTION ANALYSIS IN INDUSTRY 9
Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA) – Overview of relevant standards and guidelines, risk tolerance criteria. Preparation of LOPA – LOPA methodology, the LOPA team.Scenario development -components, inherently safe considerations. Initiating causes/effects -identification, estimation of frequencies. Independent protection layers – IPL criteria, allocation of IPL credit – basic process control systems, operator response, pressure relief device, safety instrumented system, safety instrumented function.
Unit III
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Unit IV
SAFETY SECURITY IN PROCESS INDUSTRIES 9
Site security for process industries – Essential elements – threat analysis, security counter measures, mitigation and emergency response. Specific security measures – information security, cyber security, physical security, policies and procedures, training, mitigation and response, inherently safer processes. Case study.
Unit V
SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS 9
Behavior- Based Safety (BBS) – Fundamentals of BBS Management – people based safety, BBS experience, Outcomes of BBS work, psychology of BBS, Implementation problems in BBS, Behavioral safety Observation Process. Mangers role in developing BBS culture.BBS steering committee. Main steps of True BBS approach.Safety Management Systems: SHEMS, OHSAS 18001 and OSHA’s PSM – Policy, planning, training, implementation, management control and review.
Text Books:
- Centre for Chemical Process Safety, AICHE: Guidelines for Chemical Process Quantitative Risk Analysis, second edition, 2000.
- ACC: Site Security Guidelines for the U.S Chemical Industry, American Chemistry Council, Washington DC, 2001.
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