SIS ENGINEERINGKey Considerations Establishing Site or Corporate SIS GuidelinesKey considerations to developing SIS guidelines, with the SIS lifecycle generalized into three main sections: Concept Through Startup, Opera
SIS ENGINEERINGIs That Really Why Control Systems Go Wrong? - Video PresentationPresented by Greg Hardin - Senior Principal Specialist, aeSolutions The British HSE publication “Out of control - Why control systems go...
WHITEPAPERSDoes Your Facility Have the Flu? Use Bayes Rule to Treat the Problem Instead of the SymptomIs our industry addressing the problems facing it today? We idealize infinitesimally small event rates for highly catastrophic hazards,...
WHITEPAPERSImproving the Safety Instrumented System (SIS) Design Process with Graphic DiagramsExamples of the different types of graphic diagrams, methods in which the diagrams were utilized, and the benefits that each provided in th
WHITEPAPERSFGS 1400 MK II - Evolution of the traditional Fire panelTo develop the Fire and Gas system requirements needed by industry, we first needed to understand the regulatory requirements, applicable in
WHITEPAPERSMethodologies in Reducing Systematic Failures of Wired IPLsby Richard E. Hanner & Tab Vestal ​ The history of high consequence incidents in industry reveals that most accidents were the result of...
WHITEPAPERSCase 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
WHITEPAPERSA Database Approach to the Safety Life CycleA systematic database approach can be used to design, develop and test a Safety Instrumented System (SIS) using methodologies that are in co
PROCESS SAFETYReduce Process Risk by Addressing Systematic Failures[Updated to now include download of relevant whitepaper] Functional safety engineers are immersed in performance calculations involving...
FIRED EQUIPMENT/COMBUSTIONThe Significant Financial Benefits of Proper Front End Loading on a Burner Management System ProjectThe CII defines a front end loading package for a capital facility as “the process of developing sufficient strategic information for owners