On the 10th anniversary of the BP Texas City Refinery explosion, let’s pause to reflect on one of the lessons learned from this disaster. The process had multiple layers of protection, including operating procedures, BPCS control and alarms, independent alarms, and relief devices. There was additional instrumentation…
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Entries tagged with: Independent Protection Layer
- by Denise Chastain Knight, P.E., CFSE, CCPSC
- Tuesday, March 24, 2015
- Functional Safety
Challenge the LOPA - 10th anniversary of the BP Texas City Refinery explosion
- by Rick Smith
- Thursday, September 22, 2016
- Alarm Management
The Crossroads of Alarm Management and Process Safety
Recently I was reading The Manufacturing Operations Technology Viewpoints blog and came across an interest post on Alarm Management that cites exida’s Alarm Management cheat sheet. The blog post entitled The Crossroads of Alarm Management and Process Safety is a great summary for any one…
- by Todd Stauffer
- Tuesday, May 28, 2013
- Alarm Management
When is an Independent Protection Layer (IPL) Not a Safeguard?
We are going to continue discussing the results from exida’s recently published industry benchmark survey on the practices for the use of alarms as safeguards and IPLs. Over 200 safety practitioners from around the world provided responses. This entry will discuss the relationship between alarms identified as safeguards and…