7CH6.1-Bioprocess Engineering |
Units: I |
Introduction to Bioprocesses
Historical development of bioprocess technology, an overview of traditional and modern
applications of biotechnology industry, outline of an integrated bioprocess and the various
(upstream and down stream) unit operations involved in bioprocess, generalized process
flow sheets.
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Units: II |
Fire & Explosion : Fire and explosion hazards, causes of fire and preventive methods.
Flammability characteristics of chemical, fire and explosion hazards, rating of process plant.
Propagation of fire and effect of environmental factors, ventilation, dispersion, purifying
and sprinkling, safety and relief valves. |
Units: III |
Other Energy Hazards : Electrical hazards, noise hazards, radiation hazard in process
operations, hazards communication to employees, plant management and maintenance to
reduce energy hazards.
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Units: IV |
Risk Analysis : Component and plant reliability, event probability and failure, plant
reliability, risk analysis, HAZOP AND HAZAN, event and consequence analysis (vapour
cloud modeling) Designing for Safety, measurement and calculation of risk analysis.
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Units: V |
Hazard Assessment : Failure distribution, failure data analysis, modeling for safety, safety
training, emergency planning ad disaster management, case studies.
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Text/ Reference Books |
1. Crawl D.A. and Louvar J.A., “Chemical Process Safety fundamentals with
applications”, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi
2. Wentz, C.A. “Safety Health and Environmental Protection” McGraw Hill, 2001
3. Smith, B.D. “Design of Equilibrium State Process” McGraw Hill
4. Van Winkle, “Distillation”, McGraw Hill
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