Alarm Management for Process Control

No modern industrial enterprise, particularly in such areas as chemical processing, can operate without a secure, and reliable, network of automated monitors and controls. And those operations need alarm systems to alert engineers and managers the moment anything goes wrong or needs attention. This book, by one of the world’s leading experts on industrial alarm systems, will provide A to Z coverage of designing, implementing, and maintaining an effective alarm network. It will show the reader how to understand alarm systems, the rationale for their design, and how to understand problems that can occur with such systems, along with the root causes and typical solutions. The book will offer guidance on:

• Analyzing and Managing Alarm Performance
• How to correctly identify “abnormal situations”
• Global Standards for Alarm management, including OSHA (USA), ISA18, HSE (UK) and NAMUR (Germany)
• Alarm System metrics and benchmarking
• Setting up Alarm System Permissions protocols
• Planning and managing a new Alarm System Project

About the Author
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Credits
Introduction

Part I : The Alarm Management Problem
Chapter 1 : Meet Alarm Management
Chapter 2 : Abnormal Situations
Chapter 3 : Strategy for Alarm Improvement
Chapter 4 : Alarm Performance

Part II : The Alarm Management Solution
Chapter 5 : Permission to Operate
Chapter 6 : Alarm Philosophy
Chapter 7 : Rationalization
Chapter 8 : Enhanced Alarm Methods

Part III : Implementing Alarm Management
Chapter 9 : Implementation
Chapter 10 : Life Cycle Management
Chapter 11 : Project Development
Chapter 12 : Situation Awareness

Appendix 1 : Definitions of Terms, Abbreviations, and Acronyms
Appendix 2 : Twenty-Four Hours of Alarms
Appendix 3 : Operator Alarm Usefulness Questionnaire
Appendix 4 : Alarm Philosophy from Honeywell European Users
Appendix 5 : Overview of Alarm Management for Process Control
Appendix 6 : Alarm Response Sheet
Appendix 7 : Metrics and Key Performance Indicators
Appendix 8 : Alarm Management Pioneers
Appendix 9 : Qualitative Risk Method for Priority Assignment
Appendix 10 : Manufacturing Modalities and Alarm Management
Appendix 11 : Notifications Management
Index