B.E. (Chemical Engineering) Industrial Safety Lab Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
The University has moved this degree onto NEP 2020 one year at a time. The first, second and third years are on NEP 2020; the final year is still on the REV-2019 'C' Scheme, which is what the University sets for it this year.
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Syllabus for Industrial Safety Lab
Module 1: Fundamentals of Fire & Explosion
- Fire triangle, combustion process, flash point, fire point, flammability limits of gases, types of fires, fire extinguishers and their applications.
Module 2: Industrial Safety & Process Safety
- Importance of industrial safety, plant safety practices, safety culture, roles of manpower, safety procedures, introduction to process safety
Module 3: Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment
- Hazard identification techniques, risk assessment methods, safety audit formats, risk matrix, MSDS study
Module 4: Fire, Explosion & Exposure Indices
- Fire and explosion indices, chemical exposure indices, data interpretation, consequence analysis
Module 5: Safety Analysis Techniques (Case Studies)
- HAZOP, Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Event Tree Analysis (ETA), LOPA, real industrial case studies
Module 6: Industrial Applications & IT Tools
- RAST and CHEF tools, scenario development, emergency response planning, industrial visits/guest lectures, electrical safety awareness
Reference Books
- 1 Incidents that define process safety; Centre for Chemical Process Safety, AIChE,Wiley
- 2 More incidents that define process safety; Centre for Chemical Process Safety, AIChE, Wiley, 2020
- 3 Chemical Process Safety Learning from Case Histories; 3rd Edition; Roy E. Sanders; Elsevier Butterworth–Heinemann 2005
- 4 Chemical Process Safety: Fundamentals with Applications; Crowl, D. A. and Louvar, J.P.; Prentice Hall, Englewood
- 5 Chemical Process Industry Safety; K. S. N. Raju, McGraw Hill Education
- 6 Avoiding Greenhouse Gas Emissions The Essential Role of Chemicals 17 Case Studies; International Council of Chemical Associations.
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.E. (Chemical Engineering) under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2026-27. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.
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