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5 Steps for an Effective Fire & Gas System Philosophy
n FGS philosophy for a process facility that is not fit for purpose or does not have a firm auditable basis can increase nfpa gas detection
The Purpose of Performing a PHA - 2 Minute Topic
The ISA/IEC 61511 Safety Life Cycle starts with a Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) and a Risk Assessment. What is a PHA? Why do we do it?...
aeSolutions becomes Alliance Partner of Schneider Electric
aeSolutions is proud to announce we recently became an Alliance Partner of Schneider Electric in order to bring more value to our clients...
Is That Really Why Control Systems Go Wrong? - Video Presentation
Presented by Greg Hardin - Senior Principal Specialist, aeSolutions Why Do Control Systems Go Wrong? The British HSE publication “Out of...
Linking PSM, NFPA, and ISA/IEC 61511 for Fired Equipment: The Wynnewood Refining Co. Case
OSHA contended that the boiler was interconnected to a covered process through the refinery fuel gas system and steam header. The 10th Circu
aeSolutions Introduces aeAlarm™ to Drive Efficient Client Alarm System Performance
Greenville, SC – October 28, 2021 – aeSolutions, a consulting, engineering, and systems integration company, is excited to announce the...
ISS Source: AeSolutions Earns Safety Certification
“In earning this second certification, maintaining its status of Siemens Process Safety Specialist and continuing to execute successful...
For the Second Time, aeSolutions Earns Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 Safety Specialist Certification
Greenville, SC –August 11, 2021 -- aeSolutions®, a consulting, engineering, and systems integration company that provides industrial...
aeSolutions Industrial Cybersecurity Division, aeCyberSolutions Acquired by Deloitte
aeSolutions Sharpens Focus on its Process Safety and Automation Business Greenville, SC – Aug. 5, 2021 – aeSolutions, a consulting,...
Adapting to the Unexpected: Process Safety Management from Afar
When the COVID-19 pandemic began, many plant sites minimized on-site staff to essential personnel, and restrictions prevented in-person...
Panel Discussion : The New Engineering Business
Join some of the aeSolutions team as we hold a panel discussion on the New Engineering Business, held as part of Engineers Week 2021. ...
Challenging Safety Metrics in Process Industries: A Bayesian Perspective on Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA)
The process industry uses Layer Of Protection Analysis (LOPA) to document extremely small probabilities for catastrophic events....
How Can I Effectively Place My Gas Detectors
Instrumentation, Reduction of Risk, Risk Assessment, Protection, Detection System, Alarms and Operator Interventions, Detector, Gas Detecti
Does Your Facility Have the Flu? Use Bayes Rule to Treat the Problem Instead of the Symptom
Is our industry addressing the problems facing it today? We idealize infinitesimally small event rates for highly catastrophic hazards, yet are we any safer? Have we solved the world’s problems? Layers of protection analysis (LOPA) drives hazardous event rates to 10-4 per year or less, yet industry is still experiencing several disastrous events per year. If one estimates 3,000 operating units worldwide and industry experiences approximately 3 major incidents per year, the tr
How to Design for Effective Situation Awareness and Operator Response to Abnormal Situations
Kahneman has written about fast and unconscious thinking (a.k.a. system 1), versus conscious and slow thinking (a.k.a. system 2). We use...
Designing Operator Tasks to Minimize the Impact of Heuristics and Biases
This paper proposes a combined approach of discussing the cognitive psychology behind System 1 and System 2 thinking, the types of heuristic
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