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Identifying Required Safety Instrumented Functions for HIGH-TECH & SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING
This paper will discuss the issues, decisions, and challenges encountered when attempting to initially apply the concepts of the Safety Life


IPL/CMS- Integrity Management of Non-SIS Independent Protection Layers after the LOPA
This paper discusses the identification, selection, implementation and management of Non-SIF IPLs through the process lifecycle.


Implementing Safety Instrumented BMS: Challenges and Opportunities
Implementing a Safety Instrumented Burner Management (SI‐BMS) can be challenging, costly, and time consuming. Simply identifying design shor


How Taking Credit for Planned and Unplanned Shutdowns Can Help You Achieve Your SIL Targets
Achieving Safety Integrity Level (SIL) targets can be difficult when proof test intervals approach turnaround intervals of five years or mor


Case Study of a Safety Instrumented Burner Management System (SI-BMS)
This paper will cover:
the development of a SIS front end loading package
the project cost savings realized attributed to following the saf


Burner Management System Upgrade Challenges and Opportunities in Brownfield Installations
by aeSolutions Technical Team A two‐prong templatized approach to multiple brownfield burner management system upgrades can result in significant cost savings. The first step requires coming up with an equivalent design for the safety instrumented burner management system following the ISA 84 safety lifecycle , as allowed in current NFPA standards. The second step utilizes a templatization approach for multiple units with common functionality that will allow an organizatio


Breathing Life into the Alarm Management Lifecycle
‘Evergreen’ and ‘lifecycle’ have become two common buzz words in our industry. They are thrown around in a variety of topics, processes, and


Can we achieve Safety Integrity Level 3 (SIL 3) without analyzing Human Factors?
Incorporate quantitative Human Factors into a SIL analysis. Representative operating units at various stages of maturity in human factors an


Stopping the Swirl: Facilitation Tools that Improve PHA Results and Efficiency
Effective Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) facilitators combine soft skills with technical knowledge to guide PHA teams through a thorough iden


Understanding Overpressure Scenarios and RAGAGEP
Introduction to Using RAGAGEP for Overpressure Risk Mitigation
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