Practical industrial safety, risk assessment and shutdown systems for industry

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Macdonald, Dave, 1942- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Burlington, Massachusetts: Elsevier, c2004.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Hazards and risk reduction
  • 3. Hazard studies
  • 4. Safety requirements specifications
  • 5. Technology choices and the conceptual design stage
  • 6. Basic reliability analysis applied to safety systems
  • 7. Safety in field instruments and devices
  • 8. Engineering the safety system : hardware
  • 9. Engineering the application software
  • 10. Overall planning : IEC phases 6, 7 and 8
  • 11. Installation and commissioning (IEC phase 12)
  • 12. Validation, operations and management of change (IEC phases 13, 14 and 15)
  • 13. Justification for a safety instrumented system