Gas, Vapour and Dust Explosion Hazards Protection, Mitigation and Prediction
2013 Dates to be confirmed
15% discount for IFE Members - CPD 34hrs

Course details

In chemical process plants and oil and gas installations (either onshore or offshore) equipment, pipework arrays, support structures, etc. result in highly congested volumes of complex geometrical configuration.  Congestion and system geometry can increase the severity of an explosion through a feedback mechanism of accelerating turbulent combustion.  The disasters at Flixborough and Piper Alpha drew attention to the damage likely to arise from an explosion in a typical industrial layout and the inadequacies of previous practices to predict and minimise the consequences. 

These disasters have spurred the major industrial and academic research centres to address this problem and as a result the field of explosion prediction and mitigation is continuously developing with new recommendations and findings being published and further areas of uncertainty being identified.

However major industrial accidents still do happen (e.g. Texas City Oil Refinery and Hemel Hempstead Buncefield Disaster), highlighting the importance of continuing learning in this particular area.

Course objectives
To review recent experimental and theoretical research, with particular emphasis on information relating to the explosion development in obstacle-congested volumes and process vessels on confined and partially confined configurations.

2013 programme

The 2013 programme and online booking will be available to view approximately 3 months prior to the course date. You can, however, download the 2012 programme and course brochure from the left hand column for your information.

Who should attend

This course is suitable for engineers and scientists involved in both the offshore sector and the onshore chemical process and nuclear industries.  More specifically, the course will be of benefit to:

• - explosion safety consultants and engineers;
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  - research and development scientists/engineers;
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  - loss prevention and facilities managers;
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  - risk and insurance assessors;
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  - civil engineers / designers of process plant;
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  - designers and manufacturers of explosion protection systems;
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  - those newly appointed to any of the above areas.
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Accreditation

The Explosion Hazards CPD course, Leeds, has been approved for 33 CPD hours in total by the Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE).

The Energy Institute has approved Leeds University – Faculty of Engineering as an Approved Training Provider.

Venue

The course venue will be the School of Process, Environmental and Materials Engineering, the Houldsworth Building of the University of Leeds. The University campus is ten minutes by foot from Leeds city centre. Limited car parking is available on the University campus at an approximate cost of £5.00 per day.

How to Book

For further information and to book please contact:

Jo Robinson
CPD, Conference & Events Co-ordinator
CPD, Conference & Events Unit
Engineering Research & Innovation Service

Faculty of Engineering,
School of Civil Engineering, Room 209,
University of Leeds, LEEDS, LS2 9JT, UK.
t: + 44 (0)113 343 2494
f: + 44 (0)113 343 2511
e: cpd@engineering.leeds.ac.uk