In our continuing look at elements in the IEC 61511 process safety lifecycle, I uncovered an excellent presentation, Safety Instrumented Systems - Considering the Whole Loop, by Emerson's Andy Crosland. You may recall Andy from a recent process safety seminar series...
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Safety Validation in the IEC 61511 Process Safety Lifecycle
A few weeks ago, I posted Safety Instrumented Function-Focused Approach. It summarized a presentation by Emerson's Russell Cockman and Andy Crosland on the role of an SIS integrator in the implementation phase of an IEC 61511 process safety project. Russell and Andy...
Safety Instrumented Function-Focused Approach
Update and Bump: Here's information on Russell's and Andy's UK Safety Seminar Series. Emerson process safety experts Russell Cockman and Andy Crosland recently presented at the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) North West Members Group in the United Kingdom....
Technology Trends in Process Safety
Emerson's Mike Boudreaux shared a Control Engineering Asia article written by the renowned process safety expert, Paul Gruhn. The article, Providing Process Safety, analyzes some of the latest trends in safety instrumented systems (SIS) designs for the process...
More Thoughts on Executing IEC 61511 Process Safety Projects
Last Friday I highlighted thoughts from Emerson process safety expert, Len Laskowski in the post, Executing IEC 61511 Process Safety Projects. He shared more than I could fit in a single post, so today's post will share the balance. One of the points made by the...
Executing IEC 61511 Process Safety Projects
ControlGlobal.com has an excellent article on the global process safety standard, IEC 61511. The article, IEC 61511 Implementation - The Execution Challenge, shares the experiences of two Mustang Engineering process automation project veterans. I turned to one of...
Similarities and Differences in Fired Heater Safety Standards
We discussed the energy efficiency and other opportunities with fired heaters in past posts. I caught wind of a presentation that Emerson's safety specialist, Chuck Miller will be giving at the upcoming March 21-25 AIChE Spring National Meeting and Global Congress on...
Modular Safety for Marine and Offshore Oil and Gas Production
Emerson's Wim van Loon and Rafael Lachmann presented Modular Safety Concept (MSC) for Marine & Offshore projects and the Value Proposition at Emerson Exchange. Their abstract: The current demands from the Marine and Offshore industry require low CAPEX, high amount...
Start with API RP 556 for Flame Detection Guidance
Some questions on flame detector reliability came my way the other day from a blog reader in the refining industry. I ran the questions by Emerson's Gary Hawkins, a refining industry consultant. Gary's first response was to point to the authoritative source for fired...
Comparing and Contrasting Process Safety and Cyber Security
Automation World has a great article, Security and Safety Follow Parallel Paths, which compares and contrasts process safety and cyber security, from a risk management perspective. In an earlier post, I described the ISA99 Working Group 7 (WG7) efforts to look at the...
The Question of Common, Integrated, and Interfaced Safety Instrumented Systems
The question of integration with respect to safety instrumented systems (SIS) and basic process control systems (BPCS) continues unabated. Emerson's Mike Boudreaux alerted me to a great article, The Question of Integration, in the June issue of Control Engineering...
Guest Bloggers and Early Bird Special Reminder
I just wanted to drop a quick note that I'll be out on vacation next week, but that two great Emerson folks, Aaron Crews and Mike Boudreaux, have graciously agreed to do guest posts. For those of you that use or have tried Twitter, you definitely want to include Aaron...
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