SIS ENGINEERINGWhat is a Stage 1 FSA & How Can It Help Discover Critical SIS Flaws?Discover how a Stage 1 FSA can identify critical Safety Instrumented System (SIS) flaws early in the design process.
WHITEPAPERS - SISDecoding SIS: Are You Doing What’s Necessary to Prevent Disasters?What is hiding under the radar of a plant SIS? Risk assessments define hazard consequences with assumed initiating event frequencies.
SIS ENGINEERINGTaking credit for unplanned shutdowns as a Proof TestExploring the concept of taking proof test credit for an unplanned shutdown in order to delay a Safety Instrumented Function (SIF) proof tes
SIS ENGINEERINGKey Considerations Establishing Site or Corporate SIS GuidelinesKey considerations to developing SIS guidelines, with the SIS lifecycle generalized into three main sections: Concept Through Startup, Opera
SIS ENGINEERINGIs That Really Why Control Systems Go Wrong? - Video PresentationPresented by Greg Hardin - Senior Principal Specialist, aeSolutions The British HSE publication “Out of control - Why control systems go...
WHITEPAPERSDoes Your Facility Have the Flu? Use Bayes Rule to Treat the Problem Instead of the SymptomIs our industry addressing the problems facing it today? We idealize infinitesimally small event rates for highly catastrophic hazards,...
WHITEPAPERSImproving the Safety Instrumented System (SIS) Design Process with Graphic DiagramsExamples of the different types of graphic diagrams, methods in which the diagrams were utilized, and the benefits that each provided in th
WHITEPAPERSFGS 1400 MK II - Evolution of the traditional Fire panelTo develop the Fire and Gas system requirements needed by industry, we first needed to understand the regulatory requirements, applicable in
WHITEPAPERSMethodologies in Reducing Systematic Failures of Wired IPLsCommon sources of systematic failures and preventative or mitigative measures to prevent their occurrence are presented.
WHITEPAPERSCase Study of a Safety Instrumented Burner Management System (SI-BMS)This paper will cover: the development of a SIS front end loading package the project cost savings realized attributed to following the saf