Workshop Overview
Chemical and processing industries, including pharmaceuticals, soaps and detergents, plastics and rubber, agrochemicals and petrochemical sectors, are facing tougher safety, environmental and mechanical integrity regulations, as well as challenges associated with the need for both cost and leak reduction to improve safety and availability. As plants strain to increase capacity, they must ensure that safety systems are adequate to avoid risk.
Most disasters start with small, seemingly unimportant issues. Runaway reactions in batch type reactors occur frequently due to various operational mistakes. Heat of reaction is the most frequent ignition source of runaway reactions and emergency relief.
Developing safe processes is of paramount importance to any chemical company. Results of thermal runaways in chemical reactions include violent loss of containment, possibly explosion and the release of flammable or toxic materials to the environment. Chemical manufacturers are bound by legislation to ensure safety.
This 3-day highly interactive and practical course will demonstrate that it need not be time-consuming or expensive to assess the risks of chemical processes and to implement adequate safety measures. It will demonstrate how to carry out a suitable and sufficient assessment and that the systems in place reduce the risk of runaway to a level that is as low as reasonably practicable.
Workshop Facilitator Profile
The course facilitator is a Director of a consultancy which offers technical & commercial services in chemical process development, project management, manufacturing support, plant troubleshooting and material sourcing. He has over 25 years experience in the areas of chemical process development, experimental production, production and project management. This experience covers fine & speciality chemicals for polymers, oilfield chemicals, water-treatment, agrochemicals, pharmaceuticals and veterinary products. He is familiar with GMP, ISO9001/2, TQM, IPC, COSHH and Responsible Care.
Prior to consulting, he was responsible for Witton Chemical’s production, engineering and materials management functions. His past experiences also include Baker Performance Chemicals, Imperial Chemical Industries plc (now Zeneca) and Roche Products Limited and his roles have included manufacturing functions, pilot-plant operations, definitions of chemical processes required for the design of new manufacturing plants and for chemical aspects of commissioning plants.
The course facilitator has a B.Sc. (Hons) and Ph.D. in Chemistry from Liverpool University. As a fellow of The Royal Society of Chemistry, he is also a Chartered Chemist and is a member of the Chemical & Engineering Consultants Network CECN.
Key Benefits for attending this course
- MASTER a structured approach to safe chemical processes management
- IDENTIFY inherently safer ways of operating when developing a process
- LEARN the principles and practices associated with heats of reaction for chemical reactions
- INCREASE knowledge on assessing the risks of your processes
- APPLY new procedures for assessing the safe operating limits of your process
- IMPROVE compliance, safety and environmental performances
Who Should Attend
Chemical engineers | Research and development chemists | Process technologists and development chemists | Pilot plant chemists | Inspection engineers | Maintenance engineers | Mechanical engineers | Mechanical integrity, equipment reliability and inspection teams | Maintenance management | Operations management | Process specialists | Plant engineers | Non-destructive testing engineers | Materials and corrosion engineers | Planning engineers responsible for safety of critical plant site inspections | Others involved in industrial risk assessment details
