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MURDOCH-S1-INT-2018-2024

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Learning outcomes

1.

Communicate the fundamentals of process control, safety policies, and safety systems.

2.

Discuss on aspects associated with various parts of the design, specification, and implementation of a process control system with appropriate safety measures.

3.

Establish the concept and practical importance/applications of hazard and operability study (HAZOP), process and functional safety, and layers of protection analysis (LOPA).

4.

Review and assess the technical and economic issues involved in the design, operation and control of process industries.

5.

Develop and apply the knowledge, technologies and approaches acquired in this unit in designing and conducting relevant process control, safety policies, and safety system engineering projects.

6.

Develop leadership, group work, and communication skills.

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Unit content:

This unit builds upon the previous studies in the area of instrumentation and control and four major topics within the area of process control and safety systems. These include HAZOPS – Hazard and Operability study include the computer based version cHAZOPS; Process and Functional Safety including personal and process safety, risk management, bow tie analysis, Australian standards, lifecycle analysis; LOPA – Layers of Protection Analysis including practical application, calculation and probability and protection analysis and philosophical, methodical and economic perspectives of designing, commissioning and operating an industrial control system.