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White Papers: In depth research
| Title | Author | Date |
| Alarm Management Blueprint: Achieving Pacesetter Status | Matrikon Inc. | 05/07/2008 |
| The Purpose of This Document is to Provide an Overview of How Facilities Are Leveraging Their Investment in Alarm Management (AM) Technology for Maximum Benefit to Production, Productivity and Safety | ||
| Security Assurance Levels: A SIL Approach to Security | Dr. Nate Kube, PhD, and Bryan Singer, CISM, CISSP Wurldtech Security Technologies, Inc. | 04/01/2008 |
| This paper takes a critical look at the SIL concept, its overall strengths and weaknesses as applied to security, and proposes general models for use within the security arena. | ||
| RFID Helps Track Assets, Manage Safety | ABB | 03/12/2008 |
| In this paper we discuss a solution to implement this safety requirement using RFID technology and advanced location sensing algorithms. | ||
| Increased plant safety puts focus on tank gauging | Christian Skaug, TankRadar Rex, Emerson Process | 01/07/2008 |
| The demand for safety technology in bulk liquid storage plants is increasing world wide. This market trend can clearly be seen in tank gauging projects where Safety Integrity Level (SIL) requirements are now being incorporated. | ||
| Transient Surges and Surge Suppressor Technologies: Comparing Apples to Oranges | WAGO | 01/07/2008 |
| The suppressor to protect a specific point upon an electrical distribution system must be selected accordingly to its physical location. | ||
| The Challenge of Designing, Building and Shipping Robust and Secure Products | 08/13/2007 | |
| The Mu-4000 Security Analyzer has emerged to help QA integrate optimized negative testing without impacting productivity. It delivers metrics related to service availability and security, resulting in the vendor knowing it is shipping higher quality products. | ||
| Justification and ROI of Safety Programs and Machine Safety Investment | Rockwell Automation | 08/02/2007 |
| This papers talks about the cost of safety programs and systems that United States businesses have to pay. Learn about what would happen if your employees suffer accidents and there are inadequate safety measures in place? What if nothing happens? | ||
| Safety instrumented systems (SIS) used for non-safety applications | Premier Consulting Services | 05/30/2007 |
| This paper shows how combining safety and non-safety functions in a safety instrumented system (SIS) is acceptable, and indeed practiced, in many facilities worldwide, and suggests eight implementation and testing precautions to follow so that a safe and reliable application can be anticipated. | ||
| Integrating control and safety: Where to draw the line | Invensys Triconex | 04/19/2007 |
| Different vendors offer varied degrees of integration and solutions. The question is how to provide an integrated control and safety solution with advanced functionality and productivity, without compromising safety and security. So where do users draw the line? This white paper provides some answers. | ||
| The pitfalls of alarm design and benchmark analysis | Prosys | 01/16/2007 |
| This white paper approaches the process of alarm management from the unique perspective of a dynamic optimization problem. Process pitfalls and solutions are discussed, and suggestions are offered on how to formulate an approach to analysis and solution development that is not limited by static preconceptions and artificial restrictions. | ||
| Five techniques for preventing unplanned downtime | Siemens E&A | 09/11/2006 |
| Alarm management is one of the most undervalued and underutilized facets of process automation today. This White Paper demonstrates the five most important alarm management techniques that can help you prevent unplanned downtime. | ||
| The 10 truths of safety instrumented systems | Invensys Triconex | 07/17/2006 |
| Here are the 10 truths that will make you better able to engineer a new safety instrumented system, or to properly grandfather your existing system and better ensure your compliance with both the IEC standards and ANSI/ISA S84.00.01-2004. | ||
| IEC 61508 and Functional Safety System Selection | MTL | 05/08/2006 |
| This paper provides an introduction to IEC 61508, describes an illustrative application example using the MOST SafetyNet System, and offers parameters that should be considered when choosing a safety instrumented system. | ||
| Alarm reduction using Exaplog: A case study | GFS Consulting | 10/18/2005 |
| By reducing the number of alarms and enabling the audible alarming function of its control system, GFS Computing was able to restore audible alarming on half of its operator consoles, leading to tangible, measurable improvements in productivity, safety, and cost-reduction. | ||
| Alarm management blunders: Avoiding 12 costly mistakes | Matrikon | 10/01/2005 |
| If you’re thinking of undertaking an alarm management solution, or if you have already started one, the following information based on lessons learned, can help drive your project to success. | ||
| The pros and cons of alarm management projects | User Centered Design Services | 08/10/2005 |
| Although a lot of alarm management projects start and fail due to poor understanding of the scope of the probelm, lack of resources or money, loss of momentum, and no identifiable return on investment, the real key to success is to establish responsibility. | ||
| Initiatives in strategic alarm management | Matrikon | 08/10/2005 |
| The inability to effectively manage control system alarms has been a long tolerated issue in the continuous process industry. This White Paper provides detail behind a solution to the total alarm management problem that takes into account the key elements and directly targets the real issues. | ||
| A path forward for DCS alarm management | Plant Automation Services | 07/16/2005 |
| Despite the recent industry focus on higher-level solutions, substantive technical challenges still abound in DCS alarm management. The reasons, importance, and solutions for the problem of alarm management are the subject of this White Paper. | ||
| Improve your alarm systems | Energy Institue | 07/15/2005 |
| This safety information bulletin from the Energy Institute describes a practical approach that has been used to improve alarm systems at a petroleum refinery and to reduce the burden on operators caused by alarms. Guidance is available on the problems with alarms and what measures to take to improve alarm systems. | ||
| Achieving pacesetter status in the power industry | Matrikon | 04/20/2005 |
| This White Paper examines a five step process that transforms average utilities into performance leaders by clearly defining a roadmap to pacesetter status. | ||
| Alarms management: Priority, floods, tears or gain? | 04/12/2005 | |
| This “special to the web” White Paper explains how alarms historically have been viewed as an entity in and of themselves with little thought given to human factors, and how they might help an operator investigate the root cause of why irrelevant alarms obscure more critical alarms. | ||
| Reaping the rewards of strategic maintenance | 01/28/2005 | |
| The myths and facts behind cyber security risks for industrial control systems | 12/22/2004 | |
| Industrial network security | 11/22/2004 | |
| Intrusion prevention in a control systems environment | 11/04/2004 | |
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