ECTS credits ECTS credits: 3
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Hours of tutorials: 1 Expository Class: 10 Interactive Classroom: 16 Total: 27
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary subject Master’s Degree RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Chemistry Engineering
Areas: Chemical Engineering
Center Higher Technical Engineering School
Call: First Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable | 1st year (Yes)
To show the legal framework in Spain and Europe that regulates the field of risk assessment and industrial and environmental safety. To show the application of international standards in these areas. Present a well-organized structure for risk management in industrial processes and the integration of safety in them.
Compile and apply the most important technical basis in that subject to help the student apply them appropriately in different practical cases.
As established in the Master's report, the contents of the subject are related to:
- Legislation related to industrial risk assessment.
- Risk management: international standards. Standardization.
- Real modeling of loss of containment scenarios.
- Quantitative risk analysis.
- Instrumented safety systems. Calculation of safety integrity levels (SIL). Risk matrices.
- Layers of protection analysis (LOPA).
LECTURES.
Topic 1. Regulatory framework and standards related to risk analysis. Importance of internationalization in the development of engineering projects. Risk management in the industry.
Topic 2: Real modeling of loss of containment (LOC) scenarios. Gas and liquid leaks. Catastrophic failure.
Topic 3. Qualitative and quantitative risk assessment. Qualitative methods: HAZOP. TNO methodology for QRA.
Topic 4. Risk matrices. LOPA analysis. The risk matrix in the assessment of recommendations for making decisions related to risk management. The risk matrix in determining the SIL index. LOPA analysis.
Topic 5. Design of Safety Instrumented System (SIS). Safety feature specifications. Conceptual design of the SIS.
INTERACTIVE TEACHING. SEMINARS
Seminar 1. Legislation and standards. Online resources to locate and update information. Management of documents and guides.
Seminar 2. Loss of containment. Use of Chef Calculation Aid Software.
Seminar 3. Qualitative Risk Assessment. HAZOP.
Seminar 4. Quantitative Risk Assessment. TNO et al.
Seminar 5. Practical Case. LOPA analysis of a simple installation. Case study: Calculations, questions to remember and practical advice.
Seminar 6. Practical case. Functional safety design. Case study: Calculations, questions to remember and practical advice.
INTERACTIVE TEACHING. COMPUTER CLASSROOM
Modeling of loss of containment (LOC), liquids and gases scenarios. Use of rigorous TNO method. Preparation of practical case. Use of CHEF/RAST/ALOHA to prepare the group work that will be presented in the group tutorial.
Basic bibliography
FERNÁNDEZ, I. AND OTHERS. Functional safety in process facilities. Instrumented safety systems and SIL analysis (In Spanish). 1st Edition. Madrid: Ed. Díaz de Santos, 2012. ISBN 978-84-9969-210-4 (requested e-book)
Further reading
GRUHN, P.E. and CHEDDIE, H. Safety Instrumented Systems: Design, Analysis, and Justification 2nd Edition. United States of America: ISA Ed., 2006. ISBN-13 978-1-55617-956-3. (requested e-book)
CROWL, D.A. and LOUVAR J.F. Chemical Process Safety. Third Ed. Boston (USA): Prentice Hall. Pearson Education, Inc., 2011. ISBN-13: 978-0-13-138226-8
ECHA. Guidance on information requirements and chemical safety assessment Chapter R.16: Environmental Exposure Estimation. Guidance for the implementation of REACH. 2010. Available at: https://echa.europa.eu/documents/10162/23047722/draft_guidance_ir_csa_r…
Online resources for industrial and environmental risk analysis:
Due to the specificity of the subject, teaching material will be provided directly to students from various sources specific to the topic covered.
- WEBSITE OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SAFETY AND HYGIENE AT WORK (INSHT). Available at http://www.insht.es/portal/site/Insht/
- WEBSITE OF THE GALLEGO INSTITUTE OF WORKPLACE SAFETY AND HEALTH.
Available at http://www.issga.es/index.php
- EUROPEAN CHEMICAL BUREAU (ECB). EUSES Documentation – The European Union System for the Evaluation of Substances. National Institute of Public Health and Environment (RIVM), the Netherlands, available from European Chemical Bureau (EC/DGXI), Ispra, Italy; 1997.
Knowledge
(CN01) Possess and understand knowledge that provides a basis or opportunity to be original in the development or application of ideas, often in a research context.
(CN02) Acquire advanced knowledge and demonstrate, in a scientific and technological or highly specialized research context, a detailed and well-founded understanding of the theoretical and practical aspects and work methodology in one or more fields of study in Chemical Engineering.
(CN04) Acquire advanced knowledge for the design and holistic understanding of chemical processes, from both a fundamental and practical perspective.
Competence
(CP03) Design products, processes, systems and services of the chemical industry, as well as the optimization of others already developed, taking as a technological basis the various areas of chemical engineering, including transport processes and phenomena, separation operations and engineering. of chemical, nuclear, electrochemical and biochemical reactions.
(CP04) Design, build and implement methods, processes and facilities for the comprehensive management of supplies and waste, solid, liquid and gaseous, in industries, with the capacity to evaluate their impacts and risks.
(CP05) Direct and supervise all types of facilities, processes, systems and services in the different industrial areas related to chemical engineering.
Skills
(HD02) Adapt to structural changes in society motivated by factors or phenomena of an economic, energy or natural nature, to solve the resulting problems and provide technological solutions with a high commitment to sustainability.
(HD10) Develop capabilities associated with teamwork (cooperation, leadership, active listening), and lead and define multidisciplinary teams capable of resolving technical changes and management needs in national and international contexts.
(HD11) Master time management and critical situations.
During the teaching of the subject, use will be made of the USC Virtual Classroom through the Moodle application with the following objectives:
• Provide information about the subject (teaching schedule, schedules, exams, various announcements, etc.)
• Provide the necessary materials for classes (presentations of the topics, scientific articles, etc.).
• Serve as a communication tool with students through the news forum.
• Propose tasks.
• Pose evaluation tests.
• Include access to videoconference sessions through Teams (if applicable for individual tutorials).
Lectures: Master class with audiovisual support (slides and videos). They will be used to present the fundamental theoretical concepts.
CN01, CN02, CN04
Interactive teaching: With two formats: Seminar and work session in the Computer Classroom, where practical cases will be analyzed with the support of engineering documents, technical guides and computer tools.
CP03, CP04, HD02.
Group tutoring: It will be used to present the work done in groups. The work will consist of developing, based on a scenario of loss of containment of an industrial facility, a proposal for risk assessment and management to propose improvements in the industrial safety of the facility by applying the methodologies studied in the lectures and interactive classes. CP03, CP04, CP05, HD02, HD10, HD11
Students will carry out group work on which:
1. The corresponding reports that are part of the continuous evaluation will be delivered. Delivery will be done through tasks created in the subject's Virtual Classroom.
2. A presentation will be made using group tutoring in which the following will be observed: The quality of the presentation and design of the presentation (slides), as well as the content regarding Industrial Safety (depth, capacity for analysis and synthesis).
Rating distribution:
a) Exam 50%. Minimum to pass the exam 50%
b) Group work/memories 40% (20%;/20%). Minimum to pass the group work/memories section 50%.
c) Tutorials/Teacher's report 10%.
Attendance at computer classroom classes, group tutorials (oral presentation) is mandatory.
The distribution of grades for the first and second opportunities is the same. Therefore, the grades in sections b) and c) are kept for the second opportunity, that is, students who attend the second opportunity must take the exam again. The exam (in person) will consist of theoretical questions, numerical exercises and questions on practical cases developed in the seminars and Computer Class.
Evaluation by competencies:
-Evaluation by exam: CN01, CN02, CN04, CP03, CP04
-Group work evaluation: CP03, CP04, CP05, HD02, HD10, HD11
-Evaluation in Group Tutoring: HD10, HD11
The final exam will be a multiple choice questionnaire on the different contents taught, it may contain calculation questions with a choice of multi-option solution. The wrong answers subtract (two wrong answers subtract one correct one).
The group work report will be delivered prior to its oral presentation through the Virtual Classroom Tasks module of the subject.
In cases of fraudulent completion of exercises or tests, the provisions of the Regulations for evaluating the academic performance of students and reviewing grades will apply.
Activity – Contact hours
Lectures 10.0
Seminars 10.0
Computer classroom 6.0
Laboratory practices --
Group tutorials 1.0
Subtotal 27.0
Exam and Review 2.0
Total 29.0
Student work hours 46.0
• Attendance at practices in the Computer Class and group tutorials is mandatory. Attendance at lectures and interactive classes is highly recommended for good follow-up of the subject and as help for the preparation of evaluable activities.
• The use of the USC Virtual Campus application for the subject is recommended.
• The use of the teacher's individualized tutorial schedule is recommended to resolve doubts in relation to the content studied by the student.
• Follow the subject day by day.
• Actively participate in classes.
Classes are taught in Spanish. Many of the teaching materials are provided in English to promote this transversal competence since it is essential to communicate with professionals specialized in this subject.
As stated in the methodology, the virtual classroom will be Moodle.
Classes are taught in Spanish. Many of the teaching materials are provided in English to promote this transversal competence since it is essential to communicate with professionals specialized in this subject.
As stated in the methodology, the virtual classroom will be Moodle.
Enrique Roca Bordello
Coordinador/a- Department
- Chemistry Engineering
- Area
- Chemical Engineering
- Phone
- 881816774
- enrique.roca [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Professor
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| 01.15.2025 10:00-12:00 | Grupo /CLIL_01 | Classroom A6 |
| 01.15.2025 10:00-12:00 | Grupo /CLIS_01 | Classroom A6 |
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| 06.23.2025 10:00-12:00 | Grupo /CLIL_01 | Classroom A6 |
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