DESIGN OF SAFETY DOCUMENTS FOR ENG 205 INSTRUCTIONAL LABORATORY EH

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DESIGN OF SAFETY DOCUMENTS FOR ENG 205
INSTRUCTIONAL LABORATORY EHS
ENGINEERINGADVISOR DR. A. DIAZMAY 10, 2002BY
MARIN HANZEK
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PRESENTATION OVERVIEW

• Project Objective
• General Laboratory Safety
• Experimental Work Station Safety
• Results
• Conclusion

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OBJECTIVE

• Design of two Safety Documents for ChemE 161L to
  improve and promote Safe Laboratory Practice
• 1. General Laboratory Practice Safety Documents
• 2. Laboratory Safety Documents for Packed Bed
  Experiment

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ENG 205 INSTRUCTIONAL LABORATORY AT SJSU

• Home of two senior level courses
• Students work in small groups
• Several experiments operate concurrently
• Tight physical arrangement

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ENG 205 LABORATORY SCHEMATIC SAFETY EQUIPMENT
WORKBENCH
WORKBENCH
LOCKER
LOCKER
SOFA
COMPUTER STATION
BENCH
DESK
26.5 FEET
DESK
DESK
HOOD

WORKBENCH
HOOD
40 FEET
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ENG 205 LABORATORY SCHEMATIC EXPERIMENT
WORKSTATIONS AND EQUIPMENT
WORKBENCH
WORKBENCH
LOCKER
LOCKER
16
4
18 17
5 7 8 9 10
SOFA
1
3
2
COMPUTER STATION
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BENCH
DESK
13
14
DESK
DESK
15
11
HOOD

WORKBENCH
HOOD
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10-ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETER 11-ADIABATI
C CALORIMETER 12-FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED
SPECTROMETER 13-PACKED BED EXPERIMENT 14-PERMIABLE
MEMBRANE SEPARATION UNIT 15-ELECTRICALLY HEATED
WATER TANK UNIT 16-LABORATORY OVEN 17-DIODE ARRAY
SPECTROPHOTOMETER 18-FALLING NEEDLE VISCOMETER
1-WET WALL ABSORPTION COLUMN 2-DOUBLE PIPE HEAT
EXCHANGER 3-MASS TRANSFER IN CIRCULAR TUBE 4-FILM
AND DROPWISE CONDENSATION EXPERIMENT 5-FLUIDISATIO
N AND FLUID BED HEAT TRANSFER 6-DIFFUSION
COEFFICIENT DETERMINATION 7-FOURIER TRANSFORM
INFRARED SPECTROMETER 8-TERNARY GRADIENT LIQUID
SPECTROMETER 9-GAS CROMATOGRAPH
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MAJOR HAZARDS

• Chemical Release and Exposure
• Fire
• Electrical Shock
• Equipment Failure
• ChemE 161 Lecture
• Pink Safety Sheet
• Green Sheet
• Frequency of Laboratory use
• Complexity of Laboratory Environment
• Exposure to different types of Hazards
• Student Innocence

CURRENT SAFETY TRAINING
NEED FOR SAFETY
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GENERAL LABORATORY SAFETY Table of Contents

• General Laboratory Safety Practice
  List.......page 2
• Material Safety Data Sheet Considerations.....p
  age 6
• General Emergency Response and Evacuation
• Procedure Form.............page
  12
• Laboratory Safety Checklist.....page 17
• Sample OSHA Material Safety Data
  Sheet...Appendix A
• Laboratory Schematic.....Appendix B
• Emergency Phone Number Form....Appendix C
• Eng Building 2nd Floor Evacuation
  map...Appendix D References...
  Appendix E

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PACKED BED EXPERIMENT

• Students investigate effects of packed bed
  particle size on fluid for laminar and turbulent
  flow regimes
• Students obtain relationship between pressure
  drop and flow rate for water and air

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PACKED BED EXPERIMENT SCHEMATIC
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PACKED BED EXPERIMENT

• HAZARDS
• Balance Loss
• wet floor around water collection bucket
• Electrical Shock
• electrical extension cords and water on floor
• Mercury Exposure
• moving objects and manometer location
• Chemical Exposure
• hazardous waste collection station directly
  behind workstation
• other laboratory workers transporting chemicals
  to waste collection station.

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PACKED BED EXPERIMENT SAFETY Table of Contents

• Introduction...page 2
• Packed Bed Experiment Safety List..page 3
• Packed Bed Experiment Emergency Shutdown
  Procedure Form....page 4
• Packed Bed Pre-Lab Safety Questionnaire.page 5
• Laboratory Safety Practice Questionnaire..page
  6
• Packed Bed Experiment Schematic......Appendix
  A

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INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

• Document Information in form of
• Listings
• Tables
• Diagrams
• Schematics
• Document lends itself for use as overhead slides

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QUESTIONNAIRE

• Sample
• List all safety equipment and their
  location.
• What are the major components of an MSDS
  (Material Safety Data Sheet)? List one example
  from each major component.
• Describe some potential earthquake hazards in
  the laboratory.
• Describe precautions to be taken when using an
  open flame in the laboratory.
• Pick one experiment in this room. Briefly
  explain and discuss any safety concerns
  associated with equipment and materials used for
  this experiment.
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CONCLUSION

• General Laboratory Safety Practice Document
  Developed
• Packed Bed Experiment Safety Document Developed
• Instructional Materials Developed
• Questionnaire for Students Developed

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LITERATURE RESOURCES

• Hall, Stephan K., Chemical Safety in the
  Laboratory.CRC Press Inc., Boca Raton, Florida,
  2000.
• IUPAC,UNEP,ILO,WHO, Chemical Safety Matters.
  Cambridge University Press,Cambridge,1992.
• IUPAC,Safety in Chemical ProductionProceedings
  of the First IUPAC Workshop on Safety in Chemical
  Production, Basle, Switzerland, Blackwell
  Scientific Publications,Oxford,London,1990.
• Stricoff, Scott R., Handbook of Laboratory Health
  and Safety, John Wiley and Sons Inc., New York,
  1995.
• Wentz, Charles A., Safety, Health, and
  Environmental Protection, McGraw Hill Companies
  Inc., New York, 1998.
• Woodside G., Kocurek D., Environmental, Safety,
  and Health Engineering, John Wiley and Sons,
  Inc., New York, 1997

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