Introduction to Process Safety
Course Information:
Venue: | Duration: | Date: | Price: |
---|---|---|---|
Online | 15 hours | Flexi-date | £1,950.00 |
In-House | Agreed with client | Flexible | POA |
London | 4 days | 28-Feb | £3,650.00 |
London | 4 days | 27-Jun | £3,650.00 |
London | 4 days | 14-Nov | £3,650.00 |
Who should attend?
- Technical, commercial and management staff that require a high level technical overview of process safety in the hydrocarbon processing industry
- Personnel within the industry
- Technical support staff entering the industry
- Technical staff who want to expand their understanding of the industry
- Anyone who would like to develop a broad understanding of process safety
Accreditations
Outcomes
- Define process safety and the human, environmental and business consequences of poor process safety
- Apply a simple model for analysing process safety incidents
- Describe process safety hazards and risk
- Describe the elements of a modern process safety management system and how such systems are organised
- The final objective at the end of the course is to create a broad understanding of the tools and problem solving techniques used in process safety. The delegates should achieve the following four key learning outcomes
COURSE TOPICS:
Hazards of Hydrocarbon
- Hazards of the Loss of Containment of Liquid Hydrocarbons
- Hydrocarbon Gas Leaks – Dispersion and Detection
- Hydrocarbon Ignition
- Hydrocarbon Fires
- Hydrocarbon Explosions
Importance of Process Safety
- Importance of process safety
- Process safety in design
- Asset integrity
- A review of some of the major process safety incidents in the industry and Lessons learned
- Using incident data to make risk-based decisions
Process Safety Protection systems
- Inherently Safe Design (ISD)
- Active protection systems
- Passive protection systems
- Procedural protective systems
- Layers of Protection
Process Monitoring and Control
- Fire and Gas Detection
- Alarm systems
- SIL levels and safety instrumented systems
- Control loops e.g. anti-surge control
- Shutdown and Suppression systems