The Safety and Chemical
Engineering Education
(SAChE) Program
By: Shaimaa Soarkati, Jason Park, Thomas Proctor
CHBE446
SECTION: 0301
What is the SAChE program?
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The Safety and chemical engineering
education program enriches engineers
with the process safety knowledge
necessary to safely and efficiently work
in plants and laboratories
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It is composed of nine independent units
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Each unit can be taken individually or all
together
The Benefits of SAChE

Certificates are valued in the
engineering job industry

Education decreases chances of
possible work injury and liability
Requirements to enrolling in the
program?
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Must be an undergraduate
student in chemistry or
chemical, Mechanical, and
industrial engineering
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Must be an AIChE member
What topics are covered?
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Chemical reactivity Hazards
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Runaway Reactions
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Inherently safer design
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Nitrogen’s role in safety
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Chemical process safety in chemical Process industries
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Risk assessment
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Calculating the size of relief valves
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Computing sources from ruptured vessels or pipelines
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Calculating downwind compositions of chemicals
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Understanding the flammable and explosive characteristics of chemicals and dusts
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Dust explosion control
Runaway Reactions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C561PCq5E1g
Dust Explosions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jg7mLSG-Yws
Sources
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"SAChE Certificate Program." SAChE Certificate Program. N.p., n.d. Web. 02
Feb. 2015.
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"SAChE - Certificate of Safety Achievement." SAChE. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Feb.
2015.
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"Safety Books." RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Feb. 2015.
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"North Carolina Lawyers Weekly." North Carolina Lawyers Weekly. N.p., n.d.
Web. 04 Feb. 2015.
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USCSB. "Inferno: Dust Explosion at Imperial Sugar." YouTube. YouTube, 5 Oct.
2009. Web. 05 Feb. 2015.
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USCSB. "Runaway: Explosion at T2 Laboratories." YouTube. YouTube, 21 Sept.
2009. Web. 05 Feb. 2015.