Safety in Petroleum and Petrochemical Industries 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-IV scheme and its subjects refer to SFE Professional Elective-IV syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of safety in petroleum and petrochemical industries is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
PETROLEUM REFINERY 9
Simplified Flow diagrams of a typical refinery – distillation unit, catalytic cracker, reformer, treating unit (hydro forming, gas purification, Sulphur recovery, lubricating oil unit) Simplified Flow diagrams of Petrochemical Industry – steam cracking, butadiene extraction, ethane recovery, butyl rubber polymerization.
Unit II
PETROLEUM HAZARDS 9
Potential fire hazards in petroleum and petrochemical industries (ignition by local sources, spark, flame, hot surface, ignition of oil mists and fumes.). Storage tank farms of petroleum and petrochemical industries – Identification of Hazards, Type of Tanks, Design, Layout, Fire prevention measures including lightning protection. Fire protection arrangements in large tank farms, Design concepts of various fixed fire protection systems like Foam- Water Systems, Halogen & DCP systems. Lock out procedures. Salient features of codes / standards: NFPA, API, OISD and SHELL.
Unit III
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Unit IV
PETROLEUM WELL DRILLING OPERATION 9
On- Shore and Off- shore drilling. Classification of wells.Drilling method.Rotary drilling.Drilling equipment.Ground and offshore structures for drilling.Offshore platforms and drilling vessels.Drilling mud – functions, classification and properties.Blow-off, well kicks, Blow out preventer.Shallow gas.Directional drilling. Well killing procedure. Emergency shutdown, Methods of Rescue & Fire Fighting.Petroleum and Natural Gas (Safety in Offshore Operations) Rules, 2008.
Unit V
OIL & GAS RULES AND REGULATION 9
Petroleum and Oil & Gas rules and regulations in India, The Oil fields regulations and development Act, New Exploration Licensing Policy (NELP), Functions of directorate general of hydrocarbons, Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board.
Course Outcomes:
Students able to
- Identify the various processes employed in petroleum refining andpetrochemical industries
- Attain ability to design fire protection systems for storage tank farms
- Attain ability to design fire protection facilities in oil refineries, depots andterminals
- Demonstrate an ability to recognize the hazards involved in on- shore and off-shore drilling
- Know the oil and gas explorations rules and regulations in india
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- GopalRao, M. andSittig, M (Eds).”Dryden’s outlines of chemical technology for the 21st century”. (Third edition). Affiliated East West Press, New Delhi,2010.
- Sam Mannan (Editor). “Lee’s loss prevention in the process industries” (fourth edition). Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd., UK,2012.
- DavorinMatanovic. NedilikaGaurina- Medjimurec. And Katarina Simon.”Risk analysis for prevention of hazardous situations in petroleum and natural gas engineering”. Engineering Science Reference, Hershey PA,2014.
- Aven, T. and Vinnem, J.E. “Risk management with applications from the offshore petroleum industry”. Springer-Verlag, U.K,2007.
- John C. Reis,”Environmental Control in Petroleum Engineering”, Gulf Publishing Company, 1996.
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Safety & Fire Engineering 5th Sem, visit SFE 5th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
For all Safety & Fire Engineering results, visit Anna University SFE all semester results direct link.