Overview of methods for chemical plants and petroleum refineries
Assist the practicing engineer in risk assessment, management, and mitigation
The purpose of this short course is to provide an overview of the methods used for risk assessment, management, and reduction. This will be accomplished using descriptions of methods with examples and exercises. This short course is designed to aid the practicing engineer who has responsibilities for risk assessment, management and reduction in chemical plants and petroleum refineries. It is hoped that this information will lead to improved and wider applications of methods for risk assessment and management. However, the authors of this short course and their employers disclaim making or giving any warranties or representations, expressed, or implied with respect to fitness, intended purpose, use or merchantability and/or correctness or accuracy of the content of the information presented in this document. The user of this document accepts any legal liability or responsibility whatsoever for the consequences of its use or misuse.
This course has fourteen sections beginning with an introduction to risk assessment and risk management to assist the practicing engineer in risk assessment, management, and mitigation. The Introduction is followed by twelve sections on detection, prevention, and mitigation of risks and one on quantified risk assessment. These sections can be studied in any sequence if the person has some background in this subject. However, proceeding through the topics in order is recommended. It will take about three hours to cover the material presented here.
1. Introduction
2. Risk Management Programs
3 Screening Analysis Techniques
4. Checklist Reviews
5. Preliminary Hazard Analysis
6. Safety Audit
7. What-If Analysis
8 Failure Modes and Effects Analysis
9. Hazard and Operability Studies
10 Fault Tree and Event Tree Analysis
11 Chemical Plume and Dispersion Analysis
12 Explosion and Fire Analysis
13 Assessment of Health Effects
14 Quantified Risk Assessment
Closure,
Information Sources and Acknowledgements