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...
The Flow Control magazine website has a great Safety Instrumented Systems Primer interview with Emerson's Mike Boudreaux. You may recall Mike and his views on process safety and safety instrumented systems in earlier posts. If you're not already steeped in the...
Recently at the International Health, Safety, Environment, and Loss Prevention Conference in Kuwait, Emerson's David Walker had the opportunity to present on the topic of process safety. His presentation, Using a Smart Safety Instrumented System (SIS) to Make Better...
InTech magazine has a web exclusive on the importance of safety valves in a safety instrumented system. The article, Valve failure: Not an Option, describes methods of implementing partial stroke testing (PST) to reduce the probability of failure upon demand, average...
Update: A blog visitor asked about the volume tank sizing calculations, Here's a link to the Fisher Type 377 Trip Valve Bulletin which includes volume sizing calculations on page 8. I saw a great process safety article in InTech magazine titled, When failsafe isn't...
Emerson's Dale Perry alerted me to a great article on safety-certified sensors in the November 2008 issue of Control Engineering magazine. Dale manages the Emerson's pressure measurement line of products. The article, Practice Safe Sensing; Safety-certified sensors...
I'm lucky enough to receive a copy of Andrew Bond's Industrial Automation Insider newsletter each month through an Emerson subscription agreement. Andrew covers the happenings among the automation suppliers and standards bodies. You can also find some of Andrew's...
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