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This document describes an oil vaporizer process and provides tasks to analyze risks. The vaporizer heats oil with a heating coil in a furnace fired by natural gas. Sensors monitor flows and temperatures. The tasks are to: 1) Identify deviations and perform a HAZOP analysis, 2) Conduct a fault tree analysis to rank hazards, and 3) Perform a risk assessment using HIRARC.

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Assignment 2 Q2

This document describes an oil vaporizer process and provides tasks to analyze risks. The vaporizer heats oil with a heating coil in a furnace fired by natural gas. Sensors monitor flows and temperatures. The tasks are to: 1) Identify deviations and perform a HAZOP analysis, 2) Conduct a fault tree analysis to rank hazards, and 3) Perform a risk assessment using HIRARC.

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Health, Safety and Environment

CGE653
Assignment 2
Problem 2: Risk analysis of an oil vaporiser
Process description

The oil vapouriser shown in Figure 1 consists of a furnace containing a heating coil and
burners, which are fired by natural gas. The oil enters the heating coil as a liquid and leaves the coil as
a superheated vapour upon heating through the furnace. The natural gas entering the burners
combines with external air and burns in a hot flame. The combustion gases leave through the stack.
The oil flow is controlled by a set of flow control devices which includes: a flow control valve,
FCV, a flow element, FE (that measures the oil flow), a flow controller, FC, and a low flow alarm, FAL
(which alarms if the oil flow reduces below a set point).
The natural gas flow passes through a self-actuating pressure-reducing valve, PRV, to the main
burner control valve, TCV, and a pilot valve, PV. The main burner control valve is actuated by the
temperature controller, TC (which receives the signal from the temperature element, TE (which
measures the oil vapour discharge temperature).
The high/high pressure switch, PSHH on the natural gas line is interlocked, via I-4 to close the
main burner control valve, TCV, if the gas pressure is too high. There is also a high temperature switch,
TSH, on the vapourised oil outlet to close the main burner control valve, TCV, if the oil is superheated
above a maximum temperature.

Figure 1 Oil vaporiser


Your task

1. Identify five (5) deviations from a design intent described above and perform HAZOP. For each of
the deviations, propose the possible causes, consequences and actions required (if any).
2. HAZOP only provides qualitative analysis. In order to rank the identified hazards, HAZOP analysis
is combined with a quantitative analysis method such as fault tree analysis. Assume the top event
is “no vapor produced from the vapouriser”, calculate the probability of the top event to occur.
Perform literature search to look for failure rate data for non-process components failure rate
data or assume a logical value based on your search.
3. Combine both the HAZOP and the relevant probability of faults, conduct risk assessment by using
HIRARC. Include a filled HIRARC form and provide a short discussion on the risk assessment
conducted.

Report format

1. Font type: Calibri; Size: 11


2. Line spacing: 1.5
3. 8 < number of pages < 15
4. Provide captions for all tables and figures. Make sure these citations are referred to in the written
paragraphs.
5. Provide references
6. Correct spelling and grammar
7. Convert the file to pdf before submission
8. Due date 24 June before 11.59 pm

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