Advanced Process Risk Analysis

Advanced Process Risk Analysis

OBJECTIVES

• To provide participants with a technical and managerial understanding of Process Risk Analysis
• Learn practical ways of using the results of risk analysis to effectively reduce risk by minimizing the consequences and impacts of chemical accidents involving highly hazardous chemicals on people and environment
• Use risk analysis results as one of the inputs in the decision-making process
• Appreciate the strengths, limitations, and possible uses of process risk analysis to support Process Safety Management

COURSE OUTLINE

Overview of Process Risk Analysis approach

• Techniques and benefits of Process Risk Analysis studies
• Understanding the ALARP concept
• Basic elements of Process Risk Analysis
• Layers of Protection Approach to Process Risk Analysis
• Identification of Initiating Event
• Concept of Independent Protection Layer
• Concept of Probability of Failure on Demand
• Selection of Safety Measures

Hazard spotting – Identifying Vulnerable Sections of a plant

Use of Hazard Identification Techniques

• Analyzing the Workplace
• Problem Solving
• Monitoring the Results
• Strategy for Hazard Assessment
• Hazard Identification Process
• General Techniques of Hazard Identification
• Ranking Methods
• Use of Historical Frequencies in analysis
• Selection of Techniques
  • The HAZOP Technique
  • The What-If Technique
  • Fault Tree and Event Tree Analyses
  • Evaluation of HAZOP results through Quantification techniques

Reliability Analysis for Instrument and Human failures

• Factors contributing to degradation of equipment and performance
• Development of LOPA Scenario
• Risk Reduction & Control
• Process Control – Abnormal Situations, Detection and Recovery
• Safety Instrumented Systems
• Safety Integrity Level
• Human Error Failure ratesComponent Failure Rate assessment
  • Techniques of Human Error prediction
  • Task Risk Assessment
• Assessment of Reliability of Protection Systems

 Quantification of Risk – Employing HAZAN technique

• Loss of containment calculations
• Case Studies of Accident Scenarios
• Identification of hazard prone areas
•  Results from Hazard Quantification procedures
• Vulnerability analysis
• Short listing of Events and Follow up

Process Safety Management

• Risk Evaluation
• Acceptance of risk levels
• Risk management and loss control
• Risk-based decisions & communication
• Building Process Safety Management System
• Safety, health and environmental auditing