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Chemical Process Safety 

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Chemical Process Safety
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Overview

Gain a comprehensive overview of the Chemical Process principles and concepts

Duration

12 weeks

Mode of learning

Online

Credential

Certificate

Chemical Process Safety
 at 
NPTEL 
Highlights

  • Earn a certificate upon completion
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Chemical Process Safety
 at 
NPTEL 
Course details

Who should do this course?
  • For All Chemical Engineering students
More about this course
  • The course focuses on understanding the important technical fundamentals of chemical process safety
  • The emphasis on the fundamentals will help the student to understand the concepts and apply them accordingly
  • This application requires a significant quantity of fundamental knowledge and technology

Chemical Process Safety
 at 
NPTEL 
Curriculum

Week 1: Introduction to Process safety, Accidents and Loss statistics

Week 2: Toxicological Studies

Week 3: Fire and Explosion

Week 4: Prevention of Fire and Explosion

Week 5: Source model and dispersion

Week 6: Relief and relief Sizing

Week 7: Hazard Identification, HAZOP analysis

Week 8: Risk Assessment

Week 9: QRA and LOPA

Week 10: Process of Accident Investigation

Week 11: Reliability Engineering

Week 12: Economics of loss prevention

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Chemical Process Safety
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Faculty details

Shishir Sinha
Prof. Shishir Sinha is presently working as Professor and Head in the Department of Chemical Engineering at IIT Roorkee. He has been teaching the courses related to Process Utilities and Safety, Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics and safe Operation to Petroleum industries to undergraduate and postgraduate students for more than 12 years.

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