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Terminated in academic year 2012/2013

Management of Fire and Explosion Risks

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction Czech
Code 050-0907/01
Abbreviation MRPV
Course title Management of Fire and Explosion Risks
Credits 10
Coordinating department Department of Civil Protection
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Karol Balog, Ph.D.

Course aims

The goal of the course is to obtain the ability to cope with engineering tools
for the assessment of fire and explosion hazards and risks primarily in
industries, storage management and in hazardous material handling. Knowledge
attained is applicable to a wide area of risk analysis and management.

Literature

Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS). Guidelines for Evaluating Process Plant Buildings for External Explosions and Fires. Wiley-AIChE, 1996, 189 s. ISBN 978-0816906468 .

Advised literature

Mannan, S. Lees' Process Safety Essentials: Hazard Identification, Assessment and Control. Butterworth-Heinemann, 2013, 570 s. 978-1856177764