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May 2007
IEC
61511 Guidelines Book Available
Written with guidance
from members of CCPS’s Guidelines
for
Safe and Reliable Instrumented Protective Systems
subcommittee, author and
safety standards expert Dr. Angela Summers explores the decision making
processes necessary for the management of the protection systems
commonly
applied throughout the process industry.
Based
on the framework defined in the harmonized ANSI/ISA
84.01/IEC 61511 standards, Dr. Summers provides readers with
much-requested guidance
in an easy to understand discussion that addresses IPS planning, risk
assessment,
design, engineering, installation, commissioning, validation,
operation, and
maintenance activities.
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SIS-TECH Products |
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May
2007
Dr. Summers inducted into Automation
Hall of Fame
Control
magazine recently honored Dr.
Angela E. Summers’ many contributions to the process industry
by inducting her into
its Automation Hall of Fame.
Dr. Summers
joins an impressive list of “who’s who in
automation” including such
notable past Automation Hall of Fame inductees as Bela Liptak, Greg
Shinsky,
Greg McMillan, Harold Wade, Terry Blevins, Richard Caro, Dr. Ted
Williams, Dr.
R. Russel Rhinehart, Edgar Bristol, Dick Morley, and many more.
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July 2007
Low-Cost,
High-Availability High Integrity Level Protection System
When designed, installed, operated, tested, and
maintained in accordance with IEC 61511 standards, the Diamond-SIS provides
>99.9% availability. It has been certified by Factory Mutual (FM) as fit for
use in high integrity protection system applications up to and including Safety
Integrity Level three (SIL 3).
June 2007
SIL-Solver
Revsion 4.1 released
SIL Solver is an advisory
software package
intended for use in verifying the Safety Integrity Level (SIL) of SIF
and other protective instrumented functions (PIF). SIL Solver uses globally
recognized calculation
methods defined in appropriate standards and methodologies
including:
ANSI/ISA 84.00.01-2004/IEC 61511
ISA TR84.00.02
CCPS Chemical Process Quantitative
Risk Analysis (CPQRA)
CCPS
Guidelines for Safe and Reliable Instrumented Protective Systems
July
2006
Diamond-SIS™
suitable for HIPPS applications
Diamond-SIS
is a cost effective,
stand-alone, logic solver that is easy to test, simple to maintain, yet
it
provides the high-availability required of HIPS applications. It has
been
certified by Factory Mutual (FM) as fit for use in HIPS applications up
to and including Safety Integrity Level three (SIL 3). |
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