Course detail

Process and Power Engineering and Legislation

FSI-KELAcad. year: 2015/2016

Design of process and power systems requires knowledge of both current and upcoming legislative limitations. The legislative requirements apply to, for instance, construction of an industrial complex, occupational health and safety, and sanitary conditions. A part of the course is devoted to liability of a process designer.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Petr Stehlík, CSc., dr. h. c.

Department

Institute of Process Engineering (ÚPI)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will learn essential legislation related to design and operation of process units. They will learn to apply legislative requirements in engineering practice. Students will measure and statistically evaluate typical process and energy parameters.

Prerequisites

Mass and heat balance calculations, mechanisms of pollutant emissions formation, design of process and power systems, statistics.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course is taught through lectures explaining the basic principles and theory of the discipline. Exercises are focused on practical topics presented in lectures.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Active participation in practical seminars is obligatory. Course is conducted by final exam, which is conditioned by a presentation of semestral work. In justified case, the teacher may present an alternative condition. Final grade is a weighted sum of semestral work and written exam assesments by 40% and 60%, respectively.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The objective is to introduce essential legislation related to design, construction and operation of an industrial process complex.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Participation in the seminar is regularly checked. In justified cases, seminar may be substituted by an individual project (in the form of practical case study).

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Zákon č. 406/2000 Sb., o hospodaření s energií (CS)
Zákon č. 165/2012 Sb., o podporovaných zdrojích energie a o změně některých zákonů (CS)
Zákon č. 224/2015 Sb., o prevenci závažných havárií (CS)
Zákon č. 201/2012 Sb., o ochraně ovzduší (CS)
Zákon č. 254/2001 Sb., vodní zákon (CS)
Vyhláška 415/2012 Sb., o přípustné úrovni znečišťování a jejím zjišťování (CS)
Zákon č. 100/2001 Sb., posuzování vlivů na životní prostředí (CS)
Vyhláška č. 480/2012 Sb., o energetickém auditu a energetickém posudku (CS)
Zákon č. 183/2006 Sb., stavební zákon (CS)
Zákon č. 22/1997 Sb., o technických požadavcích na výrobky (CS)
Zákon č. 527/1990 Sb., o vynálezech a zlepšovacích návrzích (CS)
Zákon č. 121/2000 Sb., autorský zákon (CS)

Recommended reading

GREEN, Don W., SOUTHARD, Marylee Z. Perry's Chemical Engineer's Handbook, 9th Ed., McGraw-Hill Education, New York, 2018, 2272 pp., ISBN 978-0071834087 (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme M2I-P Master's

    branch M-PRI , 2. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Petr Stehlík, CSc., dr. h. c.

Syllabus

1. Basic terms from the area of security engineering, an overview of current legislation, the SEVESO II directive, risk analysis procedure.
2. Huge world and local industrial accidents – conclusions, the necessity of preventive approach.
3. Chemical substances and mixtures characteristics.
4. The consequences of serious accidents – toxic dispersion, particular types of fires and explosions.
5. The screening method IAEA TECDOC 727.
6. Identification of the sources of risk – the Fire and Explosion Index method. Determination economic consequences.
7. Identification of sources of risk by the Index of chemical danger method. Determination of consequences of the toxic substance danger.
8. Identification of the sources of risk of serious accident by the CPR 18E selective method.
9. Detailed analysis of sources of risk of a serious by the HAZOP method, assumptions, application possibilities.
10. Evaluation of initiation events by the ETA method.
11. The breakdown tree and its application possibilities, development of the top event.
12. Modelling of the consequences of a serious accident. The acceptability of social risk.
13. Environmental risk analysis.

Exercise

13 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Petr Stehlík, CSc., dr. h. c.

Syllabus

1. Semester papers assignment.
2. Proposal for categorization of an object or equipment into groups A or B according to the Prevention of Serious Accidents Act.
3. Security lists of chemical substances and preparations, REACH legislation.
4. Determining of the BLEVE effect consequences.
5. Evaluation of fixed and mobile sources by the IAEA TECDOC 727 method.
6. The Fire and Explosion Index, evaluation of general and specific factors.
7. The Index of chemical danger, toxic substance leak scenarios, hazardous distances, ERPG.
8. The sources of risk of serious accident identification by the CPR 18E selective method in industrial complex.
9. HAZOP – team work in sources of risk identification.
10. ETA – the event tree for a chosen practical scenario.
11. FTA – generating of a breakdown tree, engineering approach.
12. Modelling of the consequences in the ALOHA program. Determination of the acceptability of the social risks.
13. Semester papers presentations.