The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) will hold their 2013 annual meeting next week, just down the road from here in San Antonio Texas. This March 17-19 conference assembles key executives, decision-makers, and technical experts from refining...
IEC 61511
Help with API 2350 Overfill Protection Compliance
Earlier this week, we highlighted an updated thermowell installation standard. Today let's talk about the 4th version of API 2350 Overfill Protection standard. This standard applies to petroleum storage tanks associated with marketing, refining, pipeline, terminals...
Radar Level Gauges in Tank Overfill Prevention Safety Applications
Bulk liquid storage tanks are found in many industrial processes including refineries, tank terminals, pipeline terminals, petrochemical and LNG plants, and aviation fuel depots to name a few. There are two predominant requirements from a process safety and control...
Redundancy and Diagnostics in Safety Instrumented System Sensors
This past Emerson Exchange conference has a treasure trove of presentations as it does every year. I've gone into the trove and mined this presentation, Measurement Diagnostics in Safety Instrumented Systems, by Emerson's Mark Menezes. The presentation is based on an...
What is in a SIL Safety Certification
exida's Dr. William Goble and Emerson's Afton Coleman presented, What's is in a SIL Safety Certification?, at the 2012 Emerson Exchange conference. Their abstract:How is a product "certified" for use in a safety instrumented system? What does this mean, and how do I...
Q and A on Digital Valve Controllers and Solenoids in Safety Applications
A reader emailed some great questions to an earlier post, Clarifications on the Use of the DVC6000 SIS in Safety Applications. The post, featuring the thoughts of Emerson's Riyaz Ali, addressed misconceptions about the use of digital valve controllers and solenoids in...
Safety Instrumented System Diagnostics to Prevent, Not Initiate Safety Trips
Emerson's Mike Boudreaux pointed me to a great blog post by exida's Principal Partner, Dr. William Goble. The post, I Don't Want No D*** Diagnostics! describes how automatic diagnostics in a safety-rated transmitter led to a false trip, much to the displeasure of the...
Sharing Devices between Control and Safety Instrumented Systems
Emerson's Mike Boudreaux alerted me to a discussion in the Oil and Gas Instrumentation Club LinkedIn group. The thread referenced an earlier post on this blog, Field Device Sharing Between Control and Safety Systems that Mike had written. Mike quoted Emerson certified...
Additional Clarifications on Digital Valve Controllers in Safety Applications
A few months ago, I attempted to clear up some misconceptions about the use of digital valve controllers in safety applications in a post, Clarifications on the Use of the DVC6000 SIS in Safety Applications. It addressed misconceptions about references to the obsolete...
Centralized, Distributed, and Hybrid Safety Instrumented Systems
Emerson's Mike Boudreaux alerted me to a great article comparing safety instrumented system architectures. The ISA InTech article, Centralized or distributed process safety compares and contrasts centralized, distributed, and hybrid safety systems. Centralized systems...
Clarifications on the Use of the DVC6000 SIS in Safety Applications
I had the chance to catch up with Emerson's Riyaz Ali at the Emerson Exchange last month in Nashville. You may recall Riyaz from many process safety-related posts. In his conversations with process automation and safety professionals, he has been encountering some...
The Changing Global Energy Mix
Emerson's Thomas Snowdon, a member of the Power & Water Solutions team, shares his thoughts on the changing global energy mix. A recent Power Magazine article, Global Gas Glut, made much of the prediction that shale gas production and its use is likely to grow...
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