Explosion prevention and technology

Type of study	Bachelor
Language of instruction	English
Code	040-0711/01
Abbreviation	EPaT
Course title	Explosion prevention and technology
Credits	4
Coordinating department	Department of Occupational and Process Safety
Course coordinator	Ing. Petr Lepík, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Explosion prevention legislation - ATEX
2. The principle of forming an explosive mixture and combustion conditions - gases and vapors
3. The principle of forming an explosive mixture and combustion conditions - dust
4. Explosions - division and their effects
5. Fire technical characteristics of flammable substances
6. Parameters influencing explosiveness
7. Inertization
8. Ignition sources
9. Technical elements of explosion prevention
10. Explosion protection documentation
11. Determination of explosive zones - dust
12. Determination of explosive zones - gases and vapors
13. Case study - examples from practice

E-learning

studenti mají materiály k dispozici v systému LMS

Literature

BABRAUSKAS, Vytenis. Ignition handbook: principles and applications to fire safety engineering, fire investigation, risk management and forensic science. Issaquah, WA: Fire Science Publishers, c2003, viii, 1116 p.ISBN 09-728-1113-3.
ECKHOFF, Rolf K. Dust explosions in the process industries. 3rd ed. Boston: Gulf Professional Pub., c2003, xxi, 719 p. ISBN 0-7506-7602-7.
EU. ATEX GUIDELINES on the Applicationof Directive 94/9/EC. 4.th ed– September, 2012. [on-line]. http://www.lcie.fr/medias/atex_directive_94-9-ec_guidelines.pdf

Advised literature

MANNAN, Sam. Lee's loss prevention in the process industries: hazard identification, assessment, and control. Fourth edition. Amsterdam: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2012. ISBN 978-0-12-397189-0.

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