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Application of chain of events analysis to process safety management
Author(s) -
Triplett Timothy L.,
Zhou Yifeng,
Mannan M. Sam
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
process safety progress
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.378
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1547-5913
pISSN - 1066-8527
DOI - 10.1002/prs.10026
Subject(s) - process (computing) , process safety management , table (database) , computer science , process safety , control (management) , reliability engineering , linkage (software) , risk analysis (engineering) , engineering , hazardous waste , systems engineering , work in process , data mining , operations management , artificial intelligence , medicine , biochemistry , chemistry , gene , operating system , waste management
Process industries rely on process control and safety instrumented systems (SIS) to minimize the potential and consequence of hazardous incidents. As the computer‐based systems become more complex, there is the potential for inaccuracies and errors in program logic to introduce new causes of process deviations (abnormal situations) to the process plant. Finding these errors requires extensive review of the software utilizing traditional document tools. The novel chain‐of‐events analysis provides an effective aid in this process by extracting the linkage information from the system and creating an interaction table from which displays and reports may be generated to illustrate the influencing relationships among process control and SIS entities (points and their parameters). This method is also useful for routine maintenance and operation of a facility. It also provides assistance in analyzing alarms for abnormal situation management. © 2004 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Process Saf Prog 23: 132–135, 2004