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  • Chemical Process Safety
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Course Introduction Information

Code - Course Title KMH4502 - Chemical Process Safety
Course Type Area Elective Courses
Language of Instruction Türkçe
Laboratory + Practice 3+0
ECTS 4.0
Course Instructor(s) DOKTOR ÖĞRETİM ÜYESİ MURAT TAMER
Mode of Delivery Face to face
Prerequisites This course has no prerequisites or co-requisites.
Courses Recomended
Required or Recommended Resources Crowl, D. A., & Louvar, J. F. (2001). Chemical process safety: fundamentals with applications. Pearson Education.
Recommended Reading List
Assessment methods and criteria 1 Midterm, 1 Final, 1 Assignment
Work Placement
Sustainability Development Goals

Content

Weeks Topics
Week - 1 Introduction and Safety Programs (Safety culture, engineering ethics, acceptable risk, accident statistics)
Week - 2 The Nature of Accidents and Intrinsic Safety Approach (Accident processes, intrinsic safety, public perception, major industrial accidents (Flixborough, Bhopal, Seveso etc.))
Week - 3 Toxicology I - Routes of Entry and Distribution of Toxic Substances in the Body (Intake via digestion, skin, respiratory system; elimination pathways)
Week - 4 Toxicology II - Effects, Dose-Response and Limit Values (Dose-response curves, LD50, TLV, PEL, REL concepts)
Week - 5 Industrial Hygiene I - Legislation and Hazard Identification (OSHA, EPA, MSDS, risk management plans)
Week - 6 Industrial Hygiene II - Assessment and Control Techniques (Monitoring methods, respirable dusts, gases, vapors, ventilation and respirators)
Week - 7 Source Models I - Liquid and Gas Flow (Flow through holes, flow through pipes, flashing, evaporation)
Week - 8 Source Models II - Worst Case Scenarios and Approaches (Realistic and conservative scenarios, 2-K method, vapor-explosion models)
Week - 9 Dispersion Models (Pasquill-Gifford models, wind effect, dense gas dispersion, toxic effect criteria)
Week - 10 Fires and Explosions (Fire triangle, flash/burn limits, vapor cloud explosions, BLEVE, flaring)
Week - 11 Fire and Explosion Prevention Designs (Inerting, static electricity, grounding, ventilation, XP equipment)
Week - 12 Pressure Relief Systems (Relief valves, discs, scenario determination, installation, equipment (knockout drum, flare, scrubber etc.)). ))
Week - 13 Risk Assessment and Hazard Identification Methods (HAZOP, checklist, fault tree, event tree, QRA, LOPA)
Week - 14 Accident Investigations and Case Studies (Layered analysis, case examples (reaction accidents, tank explosions, human error), lessons learned)

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  • Follow ethical and moral rules
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  • Environmental awareness

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