Course

Technical Safety (RIS520)

The course describes the chain of events from leakage to fire/explosion.


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Fakta

Emnekode

RIS520

Vekting (stp)

10

Semester undervisningsstart

Autumn

Undervisningsspråk

English, Norwegian

Antall semestre

1

Vurderingssemester

Autumn

Timeplan

Vis timeplan

Litteratur

Søk etter pensumlitteratur i Leganto

Content

NB! This is an elective course and may be cancelled if fewer than 10 students are enrolled by August 20th for the autumn semester.

The course considers the scenario development from leakage of combustible substances to the emergence and development of fire or explosion. Experiments related to ignition, fire and explosions are presented and visualized, some are shown on video. Topics that are considered are:

  • Examples of accidents and events.
  • Important terms such as flash point, flammability limits, minimum ignition energy, etc.
  • Explanation of the physics and chemistry related to leakages, dispersion, ignition, fire and explosion.
  • Descriptions of consequences related to accident scenarios.
  • Measures and barriers against accidents.
  • Simple analytical techniques.

Learning outcome

After completing this course the student will have

  • general competence concerning flammable gases and liquids and selected characteristics relevant for safety work
  • knowledge about phenomena like leak, dispersion, ignition, fire and explosion
  • skills related to performing simple consequence analyses for the events described above

Forkunnskapskrav

Ingen

Anbefalte forkunnskaper

Basic knowledge in mathematics, physics and thermodynamics.

Exam

Form of assessment Weight Duration Marks Aid
Written exam 1/1 4 Hours Letter grades


The exam is based on using pen and paper.

The following documents referenced in the Curriculum overview are allowed to bring to and use at the exam:

* the paper by Kuchta,

* the Handbook for Fire Calculations in the Process Industries

* the Gas Explosion Handbook

Neither handouts (copies of lectures) nor exercises solved during the course can be used at the exam.

Bring a standard calculator.

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Mandatory assignments
One mandatory assignment must be approved in order to get access to the exam.

Fagperson(er)

Head of Department:

Tore Markeset

Course coordinator:

Jan Roar Bakke

Method of work

Four hours' lectures per week

Åpent for

Admission to Single Courses at the Faculty of Science and Technology
Computer Science - Master of Science Degree Programme Environmental Engineering - Master of Science Degree Programme Industrial Economics - Master of Science Degree Programme Industrial Economics - Master of Science Degree Programme, Five Year Robot Technology and Signal Processing - Master's Degree Programme Structural and Mechanical Engineering - Master of Science Degree Programme Industrial Asset Management - Master of Science Degree Programme Petroleum Engineering - Master of Science Degree Programme Risk Analysis - Master of Science Degree Programme Master's Degree Programme in Societal Safety, Specialisation in Technical Social Safety Risk Management - Master's Degree Programme (Master i teknologi/siviling.)
Exchange programme at Faculty of Science and Technology

Emneevaluering

There must be an early dialogue between the course supervisor, the student union representative and the students. The purpose is feedback from the students for changes and adjustments in the course for the current semester.In addition, a digital course evaluation must be carried out at least every three years. Its purpose is to gather the students experiences with the course.

Kontakt

Head of Department:

Tore Markeset

Course coordinator:

Jan Roar Bakke

Tilbys av

Faculty of Science and Technology

Department of Safety, Economics and Planning

The course description is retrieved from FS (Felles studentsystem). Version 1