Failure and Accident Investigation Coursework Part 2

Failure and Accident Investigation Coursework: Part 2 There is one question worth 67 marks, attempt all parts. This assignment MUST be completed by you and you alone. Your assignment will be checked for any signs of plagiarism or collusion. 1. The assignment is “open book”, meaning that you may freely use the material contained in this assignment brief and in any notes that have been issued to you. Any other material MUST be referenced. 2. Your assignment MUST be prepared and submitted as a Word document using embedded graphs as appropriate. You are strongly advised to check the size of your file well in advance of submission as the inclusion of unnecessarily high-resolution images may result in rejection of your submission by the portal. 3. If you think that any information is missing in any question, make an assumption, and state clearly what assumption you have made. Safety Design Activity – Chemical Processing Plant Background It is proposed to build a small-scale pilot plant for producing fertilizer, (ammonium nitrate). Note this is a chemical that will explode under certain conditions and is also a self-heating chemical. It does not represent a credible fire hazard other than via the self-heating route. The site is given below, see Figure 1. There is only one entrance to the site, and it is surrounded by a security fence. It is proposed to use natural gas as the source of energy to power the chemical plant, taken from a natural gas