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Applied Chemistry for HSE

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Course Unit Code040-0169/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *First Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites There are no prerequisites or co-requisites for this course unit
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
DAN40prof. RNDr. Pavel Danihelka, CSc.
RAS03Ing. Pavel Raška
Summary
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Student understands basic terms, processes and theories in chemistry linked to environment and industrial safety, will be abla to identify principal hazards originated from chemical reactions and compounds endangering health and safety of employees, process safety and environment quality.
Student will be able to communicate EHS with experts in chemistry.
Course Contents
1. Introduction to the chemistry and relation to safety and environment; terminology and basic concept
2. Matter structure, interaction between atoms (bonds), relation to the safety, basic rules of general chemistry
3. Chemical reactions (redox, acido-basic, coordination a radical), influence to health and safety, chemical equilibria
4. Termodynamic a kinetic of chemical reactions, catalysis and inhibition, run-away reactions
5. Oxidation and reduction in chemical processes, burning and extinguishing, chemical explosions, corrosion
6. Phase transformations and their manifestations, phase equilibria
7. Importance of phase transformations in safety
8. Chemistry of construction, building and other materials. Nanomaterials
9. Processes and equipment in chemical technology I
10. Processes and equipment in chemical technology II
11. Principal chemical productions
12. Major chemical accidents and their impacts
13. Chemical processes in environment, safety, health and environmental services. Environmental fate of compound. Transformation and accumulation of substances.
14. Chemical analyses in HSE management and their interpretation
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
https://www.ilo.org/safework/areasofwork/chemical-safety-and-the-environment/lang--en/index.htm
Hocking M.B., Handbook of chemical technology and pollution control. 3rd ed. 2005, San Diego: Academic
CHEMICKÁ TECHNOLOGIE Vybrané kapitoly, Kamil Wichterle, VŠB-TUO 2010,
Bruno Kostura: CHEMIE I (Obecná chemie), VŠB-TU Ostrava 2008, dostupné na http://homen.vsb.cz/~wih15/technologie/chem_tech.pdf
Chemie životního prostředí, Doušová Barbora, Bůzek František, VŠCHT Praha (1. vydání, 2016), ISBN 978-80-7080-979-2
Hocking M.B., Handbook of chemical technology and pollution control. 3rd ed. 2005, San Diego: Academic
Recommended Reading:
Environmental Chemistry, Gary W. VanLoon, Stephen J. Duffy, ISBN: 9780198749974 Oxford University Press 2017
Bakac A., Physical inorganic chemistry : reactions, processes, and applications. 2010, Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley
Holoubek: Persistentní organické polutanty. V: Aktuální otázky znečištění ovzduší (M. Braniš, ed.), UK Praha 2004, Kap. 6, 76-89.
TECHNOLOGICKÁ RIZIKA A PRŮMYSLOVÁ BEZPEČNOST, Petr Skřehot, Vilém Sluka, Jan Bumba, Miloš Paleček, Šárka Vlková, dostupné na http://www.portalbozp.cz/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Prevence-nehod-a-havarii_2.dil_Kapitola-5.pdf
Bakac A., Physical inorganic chemistry : reactions, processes, and applications. 2010, Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Seminars, Individual consultations, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit30 16
        ExaminationExamination70 35