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An Emergency Shutdown System (ESD) is a safety system designed to rapidly shut down processes or equipment in response to unsafe conditions, such as a gas leak or fire. ESD systems are crucial for preventing accidents, limiting damage, and protecting personnel. Acronyms & Terms Glossary <- More Definitions Emergency Shutdown System (ESD) An Emergency Shutdown System (ESD) is a safety system designed to rapidly shut down processes or equipment in response to unsafe conditions, such as a gas leak or fire. ESD systems are crucial for preventing accidents, limiting damage, and protecting personnel. Our Services Processing Magazine: The Need for a Control System Migration: Building the Case to Upper Management Check out our article in Processing Magazine where Tom McGreevy discusses tips to earn the support of leadership when proposing a control system migration. Chemical Processing: How They Made It Work: aeSolutions' FGS 1300 Fire and Gas Alarm Controller Check out our coverage in Chemical Processing's "How They Made It Work" series. PHA Revalidations | Beyond Checking Boxes Keep your facility safe and compliant — don’t let your PHA become a “check-the-box” task. Regular, well-executed PHA revalidations identify evolving risks and turn findings into action, ensuring lasting protection for your people, assets, and operations.

Fire and Gas Mapping is the placing of detection devices throughout a facility to assess the flame and gas risks. This “mapping” is used to optimize the number of detectors required to satisfy the specified coverage of the facility. Acronyms & Terms Glossary <- More Definitions Fire and Gas Mapping Fire and Gas Mapping is the placing of detection devices throughout a facility to assess the flame and gas risks. This “mapping” is used to optimize the number of detectors required to satisfy the specified coverage of the facility. Our Services Processing Magazine: The Need for a Control System Migration: Building the Case to Upper Management Check out our article in Processing Magazine where Tom McGreevy discusses tips to earn the support of leadership when proposing a control system migration. Chemical Processing: How They Made It Work: aeSolutions' FGS 1300 Fire and Gas Alarm Controller Check out our coverage in Chemical Processing's "How They Made It Work" series. PHA Revalidations | Beyond Checking Boxes Keep your facility safe and compliant — don’t let your PHA become a “check-the-box” task. Regular, well-executed PHA revalidations identify evolving risks and turn findings into action, ensuring lasting protection for your people, assets, and operations.

A system that responds to input signals from the equipment under control and/or from an operator and generates output signals that cause the equipment under control to operate in the desired manner. It gathers process data, generates alarms, and provides a structured view of a facility system with the capability to control the operation. aeSolutions helps the client's process engineers take advantage of the multivariable control capabilities found in the latest generation of DCS systems. These offer real time performance with multivariable models available at the controller's function library level. Acronyms & Terms Glossary <- More Definitions Distributed Control System (DCS) A system that responds to input signals from the equipment under control and/or from an operator and generates output signals that cause the equipment under control to operate in the desired manner. It gathers process data, generates alarms, and provides a structured view of a facility system with the capability to control the operation. aeSolutions helps the client's process engineers take advantage of the multivariable control capabilities found in the latest generation of DCS systems. These offer real time performance with multivariable models available at the controller's function library level. Our Services Processing Magazine: The Need for a Control System Migration: Building the Case to Upper Management Check out our article in Processing Magazine where Tom McGreevy discusses tips to earn the support of leadership when proposing a control system migration. Chemical Processing: How They Made It Work: aeSolutions' FGS 1300 Fire and Gas Alarm Controller Check out our coverage in Chemical Processing's "How They Made It Work" series. PHA Revalidations | Beyond Checking Boxes Keep your facility safe and compliant — don’t let your PHA become a “check-the-box” task. Regular, well-executed PHA revalidations identify evolving risks and turn findings into action, ensuring lasting protection for your people, assets, and operations.

A process condition outside of established design limits, safe operating limits, or standard operating procedures. Acronyms & Terms Glossary <- More Definitions Deviation A process condition outside of established design limits, safe operating limits, or standard operating procedures. Our Services Processing Magazine: The Need for a Control System Migration: Building the Case to Upper Management Check out our article in Processing Magazine where Tom McGreevy discusses tips to earn the support of leadership when proposing a control system migration. Chemical Processing: How They Made It Work: aeSolutions' FGS 1300 Fire and Gas Alarm Controller Check out our coverage in Chemical Processing's "How They Made It Work" series. PHA Revalidations | Beyond Checking Boxes Keep your facility safe and compliant — don’t let your PHA become a “check-the-box” task. Regular, well-executed PHA revalidations identify evolving risks and turn findings into action, ensuring lasting protection for your people, assets, and operations.

The probability that a system will fail to perform a specified function on demand (i.e., when challenged or needed). Independent Protection Layers (IPLs) are assigned a PFD based on industry or site-specific data. Refer to Safety Integrity Level (SIL) Calculations and Risk Reduction Factor definition. Acronyms & Terms Glossary <- More Definitions Probability of Failure on Demand (PFD) The probability that a system will fail to perform a specified function on demand (i.e., when challenged or needed). Independent Protection Layers (IPLs) are assigned a PFD based on industry or site-specific data. Refer to Safety Integrity Level (SIL) Calculations and Risk Reduction Factor definition. Our Services Processing Magazine: The Need for a Control System Migration: Building the Case to Upper Management Check out our article in Processing Magazine where Tom McGreevy discusses tips to earn the support of leadership when proposing a control system migration. Chemical Processing: How They Made It Work: aeSolutions' FGS 1300 Fire and Gas Alarm Controller Check out our coverage in Chemical Processing's "How They Made It Work" series. PHA Revalidations | Beyond Checking Boxes Keep your facility safe and compliant — don’t let your PHA become a “check-the-box” task. Regular, well-executed PHA revalidations identify evolving risks and turn findings into action, ensuring lasting protection for your people, assets, and operations.

Achieving a High-Risk Systems Overhaul on an Accelerated Schedule When TGES America, Ltd. needed a critical overhaul of the complex control system and instrumentation for the central utilities plant (CUP) of a specialty materials manufacturing plant, they turned to aeSolutions, a Siemens Solution Partner. Subsequently, due to the need to complete the project four months early, the planned cold cutover to the new systems had to be done as a hot cutover without disrupting production. TGES America, aeSolutions, and Siemens made it happen, much to the delight of the customer. Challenge Unreliable, legacy controls disrupting production, undermining customer trust, and triggering financial penalties. Solution Engage an expert partner to design, engineer, and install fully modern and ultra-reliable systems for CUP controls and monitoring. Results Improved margins and a repeatable reference model for TGES America — with reliable plant utilities and customer trust restored. Read more about aeSolutions' comprehensive hydrogen risk management and hazard mitigation services Previous Story Next Story

A process control loop is a system of sensors, controllers, and actuators that work together to maintain a process variable, such as temperature or pressure, at a desired setpoint. Control loops are fundamental to automated process control in industrial settings. Acronyms & Terms Glossary <- More Definitions Process Control Loop A process control loop is a system of sensors, controllers, and actuators that work together to maintain a process variable, such as temperature or pressure, at a desired setpoint. Control loops are fundamental to automated process control in industrial settings. Our Services Processing Magazine: The Need for a Control System Migration: Building the Case to Upper Management Check out our article in Processing Magazine where Tom McGreevy discusses tips to earn the support of leadership when proposing a control system migration. Chemical Processing: How They Made It Work: aeSolutions' FGS 1300 Fire and Gas Alarm Controller Check out our coverage in Chemical Processing's "How They Made It Work" series. PHA Revalidations | Beyond Checking Boxes Keep your facility safe and compliant — don’t let your PHA become a “check-the-box” task. Regular, well-executed PHA revalidations identify evolving risks and turn findings into action, ensuring lasting protection for your people, assets, and operations.

Burner management systems definition (BMS) is a system used for ensuring safe startup, control and monitoring of temperature, and shutdown of a heated vessel that can include interlocks, trips, flame monitoring, ignition systems, etc. aeSolutions' family of products includes industrial BMSs in several packages. The pre-engineered packages are configurable to meet the client's safety requirements and all prescriptive and performance standards for dependable protection of people and property, during startup, shutdown, and operation. The safety BMS is often supplied as an integrated Combustion Management System (CCS) package. Acronyms & Terms Glossary <- More Definitions Burner Management Systems Burner management systems definition (BMS) is a system used for ensuring safe startup, control and monitoring of temperature, and shutdown of a heated vessel that can include interlocks, trips, flame monitoring, ignition systems, etc. aeSolutions' family of products includes industrial BMSs in several packages. The pre-engineered packages are configurable to meet the client's safety requirements and all prescriptive and performance standards for dependable protection of people and property, during startup, shutdown, and operation. The safety BMS is often supplied as an integrated Combustion Management System (CCS) package. Our Services Processing Magazine: The Need for a Control System Migration: Building the Case to Upper Management Check out our article in Processing Magazine where Tom McGreevy discusses tips to earn the support of leadership when proposing a control system migration. Chemical Processing: How They Made It Work: aeSolutions' FGS 1300 Fire and Gas Alarm Controller Check out our coverage in Chemical Processing's "How They Made It Work" series. PHA Revalidations | Beyond Checking Boxes Keep your facility safe and compliant — don’t let your PHA become a “check-the-box” task. Regular, well-executed PHA revalidations identify evolving risks and turn findings into action, ensuring lasting protection for your people, assets, and operations.

A relative importance assigned to each alarm indicating the urgency of response, typically using an allowable response time and consequence severity. aeSolutions can supply expertise at all stages of alarm management including consulting, training, and facilitating rationalization teams, followed by full design and implementation services. Acronyms & Terms Glossary <- More Definitions Alarm Priority A relative importance assigned to each alarm indicating the urgency of response, typically using an allowable response time and consequence severity. aeSolutions can supply expertise at all stages of alarm management including consulting, training, and facilitating rationalization teams, followed by full design and implementation services. Our Services Processing Magazine: The Need for a Control System Migration: Building the Case to Upper Management Check out our article in Processing Magazine where Tom McGreevy discusses tips to earn the support of leadership when proposing a control system migration. Chemical Processing: How They Made It Work: aeSolutions' FGS 1300 Fire and Gas Alarm Controller Check out our coverage in Chemical Processing's "How They Made It Work" series. PHA Revalidations | Beyond Checking Boxes Keep your facility safe and compliant — don’t let your PHA become a “check-the-box” task. Regular, well-executed PHA revalidations identify evolving risks and turn findings into action, ensuring lasting protection for your people, assets, and operations.

The cause of failure is the specific reason or condition that leads to the malfunction or breakdown of a system, component, or process. Identifying the cause of failure is essential for implementing corrective actions and improving reliability. Acronyms & Terms Glossary <- More Definitions Cause of Failure The cause of failure is the specific reason or condition that leads to the malfunction or breakdown of a system, component, or process. Identifying the cause of failure is essential for implementing corrective actions and improving reliability. Our Services Processing Magazine: The Need for a Control System Migration: Building the Case to Upper Management Check out our article in Processing Magazine where Tom McGreevy discusses tips to earn the support of leadership when proposing a control system migration. Chemical Processing: How They Made It Work: aeSolutions' FGS 1300 Fire and Gas Alarm Controller Check out our coverage in Chemical Processing's "How They Made It Work" series. PHA Revalidations | Beyond Checking Boxes Keep your facility safe and compliant — don’t let your PHA become a “check-the-box” task. Regular, well-executed PHA revalidations identify evolving risks and turn findings into action, ensuring lasting protection for your people, assets, and operations.

A PSM covered process is one that has any activity involving a highly hazardous chemical including any use, storage, manufacturing, handling, or the on-site movement of such chemicals, or a combination of these activities. According to OSHA, the PSM standard mainly applies to manufacturing industries – particularly those pertaining to chemicals, transportation equipment, and fabricated metal products. aeSolutions has the knowledge and experience to assist with all elements of PSM development and implementation required by the OSHA PSM Standard, 29 CFR 1910.119, from high level gap and applicability assessments to complete PSM site program development, including drafting procedures and creating mechanical integrity programs. Acronyms & Terms Glossary <- More Definitions PSM (Process Safety Management) Covered Process A PSM covered process is one that has any activity involving a highly hazardous chemical including any use, storage, manufacturing, handling, or the on-site movement of such chemicals, or a combination of these activities. According to OSHA, the PSM standard mainly applies to manufacturing industries – particularly those pertaining to chemicals, transportation equipment, and fabricated metal products. aeSolutions has the knowledge and experience to assist with all elements of PSM development and implementation required by the OSHA PSM Standard, 29 CFR 1910.119, from high level gap and applicability assessments to complete PSM site program development, including drafting procedures and creating mechanical integrity programs. Our Services Processing Magazine: The Need for a Control System Migration: Building the Case to Upper Management Check out our article in Processing Magazine where Tom McGreevy discusses tips to earn the support of leadership when proposing a control system migration. Chemical Processing: How They Made It Work: aeSolutions' FGS 1300 Fire and Gas Alarm Controller Check out our coverage in Chemical Processing's "How They Made It Work" series. PHA Revalidations | Beyond Checking Boxes Keep your facility safe and compliant — don’t let your PHA become a “check-the-box” task. Regular, well-executed PHA revalidations identify evolving risks and turn findings into action, ensuring lasting protection for your people, assets, and operations.