PROCESS AND PRODUCT SAFETY IN THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY

Course objectives

Il corso mira a fornire una comprensione più approfondita delle proprietà e della natura pericolosa delle sostanze chimiche, effettuando l’analisi dei processi chimici. Il corso mira a raggiungere i seguenti tre obiettivi: - fornire agli studenti una panoramica delle statistiche sugli incidenti, gestire un incidente come processo dinamico e introdurre un approccio sistemico nei confronti degli incidenti - essere in grado di valutare i pericoli che sono proprietà intrinseche dei prodotti e pericoli legati alle condizioni fisiche dei materiali o dei processi, per avere familiarità con la classificazione dei prodotti pericolosi - essere in grado di valutare una strategia di prevenzione per l'uso di sostanze chimiche pericolose (in ambiente di laboratorio e industriale) e di adottare le misure di protezione adeguate contro gli incidenti

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PAOLA RUSSO Lecturers' profile

Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
-Introduction to Safety in Chemical Industry. Definitions of safety, danger and risk. Accidents and statistical surveys. The types of process accidents. Some significant accidents (Flixborough, Seveso, Bhopal). -Substances that are hazardous to health and the environment Classification, hazardous characteristics, safety data sheet. Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 (GHS CLP), REACH; Atex; Seveso Directive. -Toxicity of substances. Effects of toxic substances on biological organisms. Dose-response curves and related models; threshold limits. Industrial Hygiene: identification, assessment and control of exposure to toxic substances. Remediation of contaminated soils. -Reactivity and stability of the substances. Runaway reactions. Identification of unstable structures. Incompatibility. CHETAH Criteria. Examples of exothermic reactions of decomposition, isomerization, polymerization. -Fires and Explosions. Combustion reaction. The fire triangle, flammability limits, limiting oxygen concentration, flammability diagram, ignition sources and energies, auto-ignition temperature. Fire: ignition sources, heat dispersion from the fumes. Types of fire in industrial processes. Effects of fires on structures and people. Detonations and explosions, confined explosions, flammable vapor cloud explosions, physical explosion, airborne dust explosions. Effects of the pressure wave on people and structures. Designs to prevent fire and explosions.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of Chemistry and Organic Chemistry, Thermodynamics, Chemical Plants and Processes
Books
D. A. Crowl e J. F. Louvar, Chemical Process Safety, Fundamentals with Applications, 3rd ed., Prentice Hall, 2011 F. Stoessel, Thermal Safety of Chemical Processes: Risk Assessment and Process Design, Wiley 2008
Teaching mode
The course includes lectures and exercises
Frequency
Attendance to the course is mandatory
Exam mode
Oral exam
Lesson mode
The course includes lectures and exercises
PAOLA RUSSO Lecturers' profile

Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
-Introduction to Safety in Chemical Industry. Definitions of safety, danger and risk. Accidents and statistical surveys. The types of process accidents. Some significant accidents (Flixborough, Seveso, Bhopal). -Substances that are hazardous to health and the environment Classification, hazardous characteristics, safety data sheet. Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 (GHS CLP), REACH; Atex; Seveso Directive. -Toxicity of substances. Effects of toxic substances on biological organisms. Dose-response curves and related models; threshold limits. Industrial Hygiene: identification, assessment and control of exposure to toxic substances. Remediation of contaminated soils. -Reactivity and stability of the substances. Runaway reactions. Identification of unstable structures. Incompatibility. CHETAH Criteria. Examples of exothermic reactions of decomposition, isomerization, polymerization. -Fires and Explosions. Combustion reaction. The fire triangle, flammability limits, limiting oxygen concentration, flammability diagram, ignition sources and energies, auto-ignition temperature. Fire: ignition sources, heat dispersion from the fumes. Types of fire in industrial processes. Effects of fires on structures and people. Detonations and explosions, confined explosions, flammable vapor cloud explosions, physical explosion, airborne dust explosions. Effects of the pressure wave on people and structures. Designs to prevent fire and explosions.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of Chemistry and Organic Chemistry, Thermodynamics, Chemical Plants and Processes
Books
D. A. Crowl e J. F. Louvar, Chemical Process Safety, Fundamentals with Applications, 3rd ed., Prentice Hall, 2011 F. Stoessel, Thermal Safety of Chemical Processes: Risk Assessment and Process Design, Wiley 2008
Teaching mode
The course includes lectures and exercises
Frequency
Attendance to the course is mandatory
Exam mode
Oral exam
Lesson mode
The course includes lectures and exercises
  • Lesson code10589293
  • Academic year2025/2026
  • CourseSafety and Civil Protection Engineering
  • CurriculumIngegneria della Sicurezza e Protezione Civile - Industriale
  • Year2nd year
  • Semester1st semester
  • SSDING-IND/27
  • CFU6