Courses – Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu

Subject: Safety of chemical hazards, fire and explosion (17.ZR504A)

Native organizations units: Department of Environmental Engineering and Occupational Safety and Health

Type of studies	Title
Master Academic Studies	Occupational Safety Engineering (Godina: 1, Winter)

General information:

Category	Professional-applicative
Scientific or art field	Environment Protection Engineering
Interdisciplinary	No
ECTS	7

Educational goal:

Improvement of existing and acquiring new knowledge about explosive, flammable and toxic characteristics of matter and chemical compounds that are produced, used or stored in the work processes and thus can cause serious consequences to the health of employees, work injuries, occupational diseases or threats for the environment.

Educational outcome:

Acquiring the knowledge of basic modalities which are manifested in mechanical, thermal and toxic effects of different chemical compounds. Knowing the conditions under which certain substances will be explosively decomposed with the release of flame, considerable amounts of energy or different degradation products. Theoretical and practical knowledge about the proper selection of the appropriate extinguishing media depending on the type of combustible matter, not only in terms of fire protection, but also in terms of health and safety at work and environmental protection. Knowing the degree of toxicity of individual chemical compounds and implementation of adequate safety measures in handling them.

Course content:

Theoretical classes: Direct effects of harmful substances (modes of action of toxic substances, toxicity assessment, poisons and degree of toxicity, risk and hazard classification of harmful substances). Indirect effects of harmful substances (fire and categories of fire, risk assessment of chemical fire, risk of fire and explosion). Transportation of hazardous materials. Storage and packaging of dangerous materials. Working with hazardous and harmful substances. Safety measures. Hazardous waste materials. Practical classes: During practical classes, practical application and experiments illustrate topics covered in lectures, thus contributing to better visualization and understanding of the themes elaborated at the theoretical classes.

Teaching methods:

Teaching process is carried out through lectures, auditory and laboratory exercises. Lectures are caried out with PowerPoint presentations, video attachments and animations. During the semester it is obligatory to attend lectures, as well as auditory and laboratory exercises, which is part of pre-exam obligations. Within the framework of pre-exam obligations on the course is also term paper. The consultations in this course are group or individual. After successfully completed pre-exam obligations, students take practical part of the exam, and after that the oral part of the exam.

Literature:

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language
Phillip Carson, Clive Mumford	Hazardous Chemicals Handbook	2002	Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford	English
Dennis P. Nolan	Handbook of Fire and Explosion Protection Engineering Principles	2011	Gulf Professional Publishing, Elsevier Inc	English
Stojanović, D., Stojanović, N., Kosanović, Đ.	Štetne i opasne materije	1984	Rad, Beograd	Serbian language
Мihајlоvić, E., Мlаđаn, D., Јаnkоvić, Ž.	Prоcеsi i srеdstvа zа gаšеnjе pоžаrа	2009	Fаkultеt zаštitе nа rаdu, Niš	Serbian language
Arsenijević, S.	Organska hemija	2001	Partenon, Beograd	Serbian language
Guan Heng Yeoh and Kwok Kit Yuen	Computational Fluid Dynamics in Fire Engineering	2009	Butterworth-Heinemann	English
Filipović, I., Lipanović, S.	Opća i anorganska kemija I, II (odabrana poglavlja)	1995	Školska knjiga, Zagreb	Serbian language

Knowledge evaluation:

Course activity	Pre-examination	Obligations	Number of points
Exercise attendance	Yes	Yes	5.00
Written part of the exam - tasks and theory	No	Yes	40.00
Lecture attendance	Yes	Yes	5.00
Term paper	Yes	Yes	20.00
Oral part of the exam	No	Yes	30.00