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Ukončeno v akademickém roce 2023/2024

Prevention of major accidents

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction Czech
Code 040-0912/02
Abbreviation PZH
Course title Prevention of major accidents
Credits 10
Coordinating department Department of Occupational and Process Safety
Course coordinator prof. Dr. Ing. Aleš Bernatík

Osnova předmětu

The course is aimed at deepening the knowledge on prevention of serious accidents in selected technological processes. In relation to hazard identification and quantitative risk assessment, the emphasis is on approach to reducing risk - assessment of safety measures in various technological processes. Safety barriers can be divided into technical and organizational measures, from another point of view on the active, passive or requiring human action. The subject also includes assessing the reliability of the human factor when critical human errors cause accidents.

Povinná literatura

Guidelines for Quantitative Risk Assessment, “Purple Book”,CPR 18E , TNO, The Hague 1999
ARAMIS „Accidental Risk Assessment Methodology for IndustrieS in the framework of the SEVESO II
directive“, User Guide, December 2004, http://aramis.jrc.it
Lees´ Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, Hazard identification, assessment and control, Third Edition,
Edited by Sam Mannan, Elsevier 2005, ISBN: 0-7506-7555-1
Guidelines for Chemical Process Quantitative Risk Analysis - CPQRA, Center for Chemical Process Safety of
the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, New York, 1989, ISBN 0-8169-0402-2
Bernatík A.: Prevence závažných havárií I a II, SPBI, Ostrava, 2006, ISBN 80-86634-89-2 

Doporučená literatura

there are no other requirements for literature