Title :
Management of alarm system for process industries
Author :
Takai, Tsutomu ; Kutsuma, Yasuhiro ; Ishihara, Hiroshi
Author_Institution :
Marketing Department, Advanced Automation Company, Azbil Corporation, Kanagawa, Japan
Abstract :
Alarm management efforts have recently intensified. There are regulations and standard behind the trend and many incidents in chemical plants triggered their establishment. The present efforts involve comprehensive management regarding alarm systems based on potential risk analysis of a plant, and work on all phases of the plant such as alarm system design, operation procedure making, performance measurement, maintenance and training in the life cycle of a plant. This paper introduces the need and overview of alarm management with a guideline EEMUA191 and a US standard ANSI/ISA18.2–2009, and the recent trend of IEC for setting an international standard.
Keywords :
IEEE Xplore; Portable document format; Abnormal Condition; Alarm Management; Human factor; International Standardization;
Conference_Titel :
SICE Annual Conference (SICE), 2012 Proceedings of
Conference_Location :
Akita
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2259-1
