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Safety of Chemical and Biological Products and of Chemical Processes (B-KUL-H08K0A)

4 ECTSEnglish42 Second term
Bernaerts Kristel (coordinator) |  Bernaerts Kristel |  Vercruysse Geert
POC Safety Engineering

Aims

General aim of the course: 
1.       Identify and judge risks with respect to your own work/the work of the people you supervise when working in the chemical industry or when designing    products in which chemicals play an important role.
2.       To determine the necessary measures to exclude or to reduce risks to an acceptable level.
 
Specific aims: 
The student can identify and assess hazards of chemical and biological products, separately and in the context of a process.
The student understands the hazard vectors of chemical and biological products.
The student can retrieve information on the hazards of products, e.g., from databases, from legal entities.
The student understands and can interpret the information on hazardous products (e.g., (e)SDS) .
The student knows the classification and labeling of chemical and biological products.
The student knows the principles of REACH.
The students knows the differences between chemical and biological product safety.
The student knows different methods for risk analysis (e.g., HAZOP, QRA) and risk prevention (e.g., LOPA) and can apply these methods to a chemical (production) process.

During seminars, practical illustration and applications are given on the content of the course and some specific aspects are worked out in further depth (e.g., extended SDS).

Is included in these courses of study

Activities

1.5 ects. Safety of Chemical Processes: Lecture (B-KUL-H08N5a)

1.5 ECTSEnglishFormat: Lecture11 Second term
Vercruysse Geert
POC Safety Engineering

Content

Introduction to the course: Incidents that define process safety

PART 1: Safety of chemical and biological products 

  • Intrinsic hazards of chemical products (e.g., toxicity, flammability, etc.) and biological product (e.g., pathogenicity) 
  • Classification & Labelling (e.g., CLP)
  • Preventive measures (e.g., PPE)
  • REACH for hazardous chemicals (e.g., legislation, chemical safety assessment)
  • Safety testing of (new) chemical compounds 

PART 2: Safety of Chemical Processes 

  • Basic and technical design of a process unit (Introduction on reading P&IDs)
  • Hazard evaluation and risk assessment methods: principles and examples (e.g. DOW FEI, FMEA, HAZOP)
  • Safety aspects during project engineering and execution (e.g., safety functions, prevention and mitigation (LOPA), safety integrity level (SIL))

Course material

Study cost: 1-10 euros (The information about the study costs as stated here gives an indication and only represents the costs for purchasing new materials. There might be some electronic or second-hand copies available as well. You can use LIMO to check whether the textbook is available in the library. Any potential printing costs and optional course material are not included in this price.)

Presentation slides.

0.5 ects. Safety of Chemical Processes: Seminar (B-KUL-H08N6a)

0.5 ECTSEnglishFormat: Practical10 Second term
Vercruysse Geert
POC Safety Engineering

Content

During the seminars, practical illustrations and applications are given in relation the course lecture. Part of the seminars are given at a company. A company visit will be organized (typically 1-day visit). 

Topics related to process safety are, e.g., sensors and analyzers in a safety environment, process safety and project engineering illustrations at a plant site, design of pressure relief devices.

If, for reasons of force majeure, the company visit can not be organized. The seminars will organized online or on the campus.

 

Course material

Slides.

1.5 ects. Safety of Chemical and Biological Products: Lecture (B-KUL-H08K1a)

1.5 ECTSEnglishFormat: Lecture11 Second term
Bernaerts Kristel
POC Safety Engineering

Content

Introduction to the course: Incidents that define process safety

PART 1: Safety of chemical and biological products 

  • Intrinsic hazards of chemical products (e.g., toxicity, flammability, etc.) and biological product (e.g., pathogenicity) 
  • Classification & Labelling (e.g., CLP)
  • Preventive measures (e.g., PPE)
  • REACH for hazardous chemicals (e.g., legislation, chemical safety assessment)
  • Safety testing of (new) chemical compounds 

PART 2: Safety of Chemical Processes 

  • Basic and technical design of a process unit (Introduction on reading P&IDs)
  • Hazard evaluation and risk assessment methods: principles and examples (e.g. DOW FEI, FMEA, HAZOP)
  • Safety aspects during project engineering and execution (e.g., safety functions, prevention and mitigation (LOPA), safety integrity level (SIL))

Course material

Slides and notes with the slides are available via Toledo.

0.5 ects. Safety of Chemical and Biological Products: Seminar (B-KUL-H08P3a)

0.5 ECTSEnglishFormat: Practical10 Second term
Bernaerts Kristel
POC Safety Engineering

Content

During the seminars, practical illustrations and applications are given in relation the course lecture and more in-depth information is given on particular aspects of chemical product safety.

Part of the seminars are given at a company. A company visit will be organized (typically 1-day visit). 

Topics related to product safety are chemical safety assessment & extended safety data sheets, classification and labelling of mixtures (including testing methods), industrial hygiene, occupational medicine.   

If, for reasons of force majeure, a company visit is not possible. Seminars will be organised online or on the campus. 

Evaluation

Evaluation: Safety of Chemical and Biological Products and of Chemical Processes (B-KUL-H28K0a)

Type : Partial or continuous assessment with (final) exam during the examination period
Description of evaluation : Written, Paper/Project

Explanation


The final grade of the course consists out of two parts. One part evaluates the course content on product safety (PART 1 of the course) and one part evaluates the course content on process safety (PART 2 of the course). For the evaluation of product safety, each student prepares a report which is handed in before the exam period. For the evaluation on process safety, the student participates to the written exam during the regular exam period. This written exam is an open book exam, during which the student may use his/her course material, information on the specific case study/process related to the report, and personal notes with the course. 

The product safety assignment counts for 40% (8 out of 20) of the final score. The written exam on process safety counts for 60% (12 out of 20) of the final score. The scores of the report and the written exam are summed up to give the final score. 

It is mandatory to participate in both exam parts to pass the course. Students who submit their assignment too late without valid reason (doctor certificate, or approval by the course responsible for any other reason) are excluded for the exam.

Information about retaking exams

Students that have to take a second exam chance will only be evaluated by a written exam (open book), but this exam will now include both product and process safety questions.