1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

to specifically study the operation of small scale batch plant
as used in many Australian industries.
Content
Reactor design a review of chemical reaction kinematics,
flow kinematics of various reactor types including batch,
tubular and CSTR, temperature and pressure effects on
reactor performance. Adiabatic and isothermal operation.
Gas and liquid phase reactions. Heterogeneous operations.
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Batch processes - unsteady state operation of chemical
plant with examples including batch distillation, batch
drying, batch filtration, batch reactors and batch leaching
and absorption, solvent extraction, ion exchange, semibatch
operation.
Recommended readings
Coulson, J.M., Richardson, J.F. and Backhurst, J.R., Chemical
Engineering, vol. 2.4th edn, Pergamon Press, 1991
Denbigh, K.G. and Turner, J.C.R., Chemical Reactor Theory An
Introduction. 3rd edn, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press,
1984
Levenspiel, O., Introduction to Reaction Engineering
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MM810 Risk Engineering science( ( G cia
6 credit points 2 hours per week Hawthorn Instruction:
lectures and tutorials Assessment: assignments
A second year subject in the Graduate Diploma of Risk
Management
Ob jedive
To introduce scientific principles concerning the interaction
of humans with their environment and the performance of
physical materials, as contributing factors to situations of risk.
Content
Ergonomic principles; physical environment influences on
human performannce due to noise and lighting; cognitive
psychology: concepts, displays and controls; error and
reliability, workplace design requirements: basic
anthropometry, human anatomy and physiology, injury
causation due to material handling, slips, trips and falls.
Material science principles nature and property of metal and
~olvmer materials: fundamentals of corrosion: material
iailirre due to oveiload, fatigue and corrosion; mechanisms
of wear and principles of lubrication.
Energy principles the nature of fire; brief introduction to
F terminology of force, stress, pressure; application to fluid flow.
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g Environmental principles.
0 Recommended reading
2. - Cote, A.E. and Bugbee, P.L., Principles of Fire Protection. Quincy,
Mass. National Fire Protection Association, 1988
Galer, I., Applied Ergonomics Handbook. 2nd edn, London,
Butterworths, 1987
Sanders, M.S. and McCormick, E.J., Human Factors in
Engineering & Design. 7th edn, New York, McGraw-Hill, 1993
Sarkar, A.D., Wear ofMetals. Oxford, Pergamon Press, 1976
Sarkar, A.D., Friction and Wear. London, Academic Press, 1980
Schultz, N., Fire and Flammability Handbook. New York, Van
Nostrand Reinhold, 1985
Stewart, D. and Tulloch, D.S., Principles of Corrosion &
Protection. London, Macmillan, 1968
2 2,
MM811 Management Practices (Health and
Safety)
6 credit points 2 hours per week Hawthorn Instruction:
lectures and tutorials Assessment: assignments
A second year subject in the Graduate Diploma of Risk
Management
Obiedives
Tto provide an introduction to the terminology and
principles influencing the practice of risk management in
practical areas of health and safety.
Content
The syllabus will comprise a common subject applicable to
all three streams of health and safety, plant and practice, and
maintenance, followed by a subject covering specific
management practice topics applicable to health and safety.
Common subject loss forecasting and estimation; the
structure of losss data management systems; review of risk
identification principles: data surveys, work-group input,
computerised data bases; data interpretation and reporting;
review of risk interpretation techniques. Management
program audit and assessment processes.
Management practice applied to health and safety historical
precepts of injury control; examples of application of
Victorian legislation: acts, regulations and codes. Health and
safety program principles, design and strategies; introduction
to H&S program evaluation techniques.
Recommended reading
Allianz Handbook of Loss Prevention. 2nd edn, Berlin, Allianz
Versicherungs AG, 1987
Hammer, W., Occupational Safety Mamgement and Engineering.
4th edn, Englewood Cliffs, N.J. Prentice Hall, 1989
Lees, F.P., Loss Prevention in the Process Industries. London,
Butterworths, 1980
Ridley, J., Safery at Work. 4th edn, London, Butterworth-
Heinemann, 1994
Other literature to be advised
MM812 Risk Management Practices (Plant and
pro~erty)
6 credit points 2 hours per week Hawthorn Instruction:
lectures and tutorials Assessment: assignments
A second year subject in the Graduate Diploma of Risk
Management
Objectives
To provide an introduction to the terminology and
principles influencing the practice of risk management in
practical areas of property and production.
Content
The syllabus will comprise a common subject applicable to
all three streams of health and safety, plant and practice, and
maintenance, followed by a subject covering specific
management practice topics applicable to health and safety.
Common subject loss forecasting and estimation; the
structure of loss data management systems; review of risk
identificatioon principles: data surveys, work-group input,
computerised data bases; data interpretation and reporting;