EX402A: Process Safety - Catalogue of Courses

EX402A: PROCESS SAFETY (2022-2023)

Last modified: 31 Jul 2023 11:19

Course Overview

To build on the introduction to safety provided in previous years and move towards developing a transcendence of knowledge regarding how the core process engineering fundamentals such as material and energy balancing, thermodynamics, heat transfer, mass transfer, fluid flow and reaction engineering underpin process safety from a systems perspective.

Course Details

Study Type	Undergraduate	Level	4
Term	First Term	Credit Points	10 credits (5 ECTS credits)
Campus	Aberdeen	Sustained Study	No
Co-ordinators	Dr Euan Bain

Qualification Prerequisites

Either Programme Level 3 or Programme Level 4

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

Either EG3504 Process Modelling (Passed) or EX3504 Process Modelling (Passed)
EG3599 Project and Safety Management (Passed)
Either EG3029 Chemical Thermodynamics (Passed) or EX3029 Chemical Thermodynamics (Passed)
Any Undergraduate Programme (Studied)
Either EG3030 Heat, Mass & Momentum Transfer (Passed) or EX3030 Heat, Mass & Momentum Transfer (Passed)
Either EG3501 Chemical Reaction Engineering (Passed) or EX3501 Chemical Reaction Engineering (Passed)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

EG402A Process Safety (Studied)

Are there a limited number of places available?

Course Description

The course will cover the following modules: HAZID, LOPA and ISD; Loss of Containment; Toxicology, Flammability and Dispersion; Fires and Explosions; Over Pressure Protection; Plant Layout; P&ID Development; Safety Critical Systems; Incidents that Define Process Safety; Chemical Reaction Process Safety.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers

Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 21st September 2026 for Term 1 and Full Year courses and 8th January 2027 for Term 2 courses.

Summative Assessments

First Attempt

1x Coursework (20%)
1x Online, Timed Open-Book Exam (80%)

[ The 20% Coursework is an accreditation requirement and must be passed. ]

Alternative Resit Arrangements

Resit of only the failed assessment component(s)