44404 - Process- and Plant Safety Modulübersicht

Module Number: 44404 - module is no longer offered from SS 2017
Module Title:Process- and Plant Safety
  Prozess- und Anlagensicherheit
Department: Faculty 2 - Environment and Natural Sciences
Responsible Staff Member:
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Witt, Werner
Language of Teaching / Examination:English
Duration:1 semester
Frequency of Offer: Every summer semester
Credits: 6
Learning Outcome:At the end of the module the student are able to evaluate prevention and mitigation of reaction-, fire- and explosion hazards in process plants, storage tanks/silos an during transport of hazardous materials. They can apply the safety characteristics in accordance with national and international standards (EU, UN) that be valid to the storage and transportation of hazardous materials.
Contents:
  1. Theory of heat explosion, fire protection, explosion prevention, reaction safety, theory of pressure relief
  2. Basics of experimental determination of safety data and pressure relief devices
  3. Experimental development of safety data used for the determination of storage and transport conditions according to national and international standards (EU, UN) , case study (team work)
  4. Determination of pressure relief devices according to national and international standards base on experiment, case study (team work)
Recommended Prerequisites:Strongly recommended: 
  • Fundamentals of mathematics
  • Physics (thermodynamics, heat- and mass-transfer)
Mandatory Prerequisites:None
Forms of Teaching and Proportion:
  • Lecture / 2 Hours per Week per Semester
  • Exercise / 2 Hours per Week per Semester
  • Practical training / 2 Hours per Week per Semester
  • Self organised studies / 90 Hours
Teaching Materials and Literature:
  1. Lecture notes
  2. Power Point, video, simulation tools via Internet/Intranet/My BTU
  3. Literature: see lecture notes 
Module Examination:Prerequisite + Final Module Examination (MAP)
Assessment Mode for Module Examination:Prerequisite:
  • Successful completion of the exercises and the laboratory case study report within the practical training
Final module examination:
  • Written examination, 90 min.
Evaluation of Module Examination:Performance Verification – graded
Limited Number of Participants:None
Part of the Study Programme:
  • no assignment
Remarks:None
Module Components:
  • 440503 Lecture Safety technology in process industries/Process and Plant Safety 
  • 440531 Exercise/Practical Training Safety technology in process industries/Process and Plant Safety
  • 841133 Examination Process and plant safety
Components to be offered in the Current Semester:
  • no assignment