Industry Acronyms & Terms Glossary
A
Alarm Priority
Alarm Rationalization
As Low as Reasonably Practicable (ALARP)
B
Basic Process Control Systems (BPCS)
Burn-In
Burner Management System (BMS)
C
Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS)
Code of Federal Regulation (CFR)
Combustion Control System (CCS)
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
Control Hazard and Operability Study (CHAZOP)
D
Distributed Control System (DCS)
E
Emergency Response Planning Guideline (ERPG)
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
F
Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT)
Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
Frequency
Functional Safety Assessments (FSA)
G
H
HAZOP (Hazard and Operability) Analysis
Highly Hazardous Chemical (HHC)
Human Reliability Analysis (HRA)
I
Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health (IDLH)
Independent Protection Layer (IPL)
J
L
Layers Of Protection Analysis (LOPA)
Lower Flammability Limit (LFL)
M
N
P
Probability of Failure on Demand (PFD)
Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)
PSM (Process Safety Management) Covered Process
Q
Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA)
R
Recognized and Generally Accepted Good Engineering Practice (RAGAGEP)
S
Safety Controls, Alarms, and Interlocks (SCAI)
Safety Instrumented Function (SIF)
Safety Instrumented System (SIS)
Safety Integrity Level (SIL) Calculations
Safety Integrity Level (SIL) Ratings
Safety Requirement Specification (SRS)
Sequential Function Chart (SFC)
Systems Theoretic Accident Model and Processes (STAMP)
Systems Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA)
U
Upper Flammability Limit (UFL)
V