Process Safety and Risk Management
CHEN4001

Year 4, Sem 1 Core Technical Competence Engineering Application Experience Personal and Professional Skills Integrated Engagement with Professional Practice

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Code CHEN4001
Credits 25
Graduate Attributes

Introduction

Welcome to the Process Safety and Risk Management (PSRM) unit. The unit will introduce students to risk management in process industries (e.g., chemical engineering, renewable energy, decarbonisation, etc), including hazard identification (HAZID) methods (e.g., FMEA, HAZOP, LOPA, etc), risk analysis on both likelihood and consequence and risk mitigations. Both qualification and quantification of hazards and risks will be detailed. After taking this unit, students will have a clear understanding of the hazard and risk aspects in industries, how the risk is managed, and how to identify hazards and assess both likelihood and consequence to obtain risk levels both qualitatively and quantitatively. To ensure the learning outcome, the unit will use the Problem-Based Learning (PBL) format which can help develop skills such as problem-solving, teamwork, self-directed interdependent learning and self-assessment. These skills are essential to the practice of risk management in industries, where multiple perspectives, stakeholder engagement, group discussions, and systems thinking are part of the working process.
Lecture 1 x 2 Hours Weekly 
Workshop 1 x 3 Hours Weekly 

Unit Learning Outcomes

  • 1 apply discipline knowledge, principles, and concepts to analysing hazard and risk in process industries, GC1, GC3, GC6
  • 2 think critically, creatively, and reflectively in identifying hazards, evaluating and mitigating process risks, GC1, GC2, GC4, GC6
  • 3 communicate effectively using technical knowledge and information while managing process risk and safety, CG1, GC3, GC4, GC5, GC6
  • 4 perform risk management by using problem-solving skills and demonstrating engineering judgement (professional practice), GC1, GC2, GC4, GC6
  • 5 extend discipline knowledge to emerging engineering factors, such as renewable energy, environmental management, sustainability, ethics, and societal aspects, GC1, GC2, GC4, GC6

Course Learning Outcomes

  • 3 Make decisions related to the design and implementation of solutions to engineering problems in a safe, ethical, and climate-responsible manner adhering to legal and professional standards and through respectful partnerships with local First Peoples and other diverse cultures as globally responsible citizens
  • 4 Apply systems thinking for innovative solutions to global chemical engineering challenges, discern knowledge and undertake applied research in a discipline of chemical engineering,

Assessment Breakdown

Recent Unit Changes & Response to Student Feedback

Students are encouraged to provide feedback through student surveys (such as Insight and the annual Student Experience Survey) and interactions with teaching staff.

Listed below are some recent changes to the unit as a result of student feedback.

  1. The course materials have added contents on hazard and risk management of renewable energy and sustainability sectors.
  2. Equipment safety design has been added to Lecture 5, including pressure vessel general design.
  3. More practical examples are added to different lecture sessions to help students understand both concepts and methods in process risk management.