COURSE MODULE = III


TITLE: Learning from Chemical Process Incident Investigations

CONTENTS:

  • Case Histories of Select Major Accidents in the Process Industry

  • Lessons from Analysis of Major Process Accidents

  • Case Histories of Select Small-scale Accidents in the Process Industry

  • Investigating Process Upsets and Accidents: Evolving a Structured Approach

  • Predicting Consequence and Impacts of Accidents involving Hazardous Substances

  • Selection of Realistic and Worst Case Accident Scenarios for Consequence Estimation

  • Case Studies in Accident Consequence Analysis for Release of Toxic, Flammable and Explosive Substances

  • Software for Prediction of Accident Consequences and Impacts

  • Common Modes of Failures of Various Process Equipments

  • Common Causes for Loss of Containment from Process Equipments

  • Using Quantitative Techniques for Accident Investigation

  • Case Studies in Process Accident Investigation

  • Accident Consequence Analysis and Emergency Planning

  • Estimating Process Accident Costs