Angela Summers, recent inductee into the Process Automation Hall of Fame, sent me a copy of her new book Guidelines for Safe and Reliable Instrumented Protective Systems, which you can buy on Amazon.com.
She's the principal author, ably assisted by a committee that reads like the Who's Who of Safety Instrumented Systems:
- Dave Deibert, Chair; Air Products and Chemicals Inc.
- Arthur Schwartz; Bayer (retired)
- Doug Cates; Celanese
- Bob Roubion; Degussa
- Greg Schultz; The Dow Chemical Company
- Helmut Bezecny; also from Dow
- Richard Dunn; Dupont
- Jan Windhorst; Novachem
- Dallas Green; Rohm and Haas
- Randy Freeman; Safety and Property Protection Consulting, and
- Adrian L. Sepeda; Center for Chemical Process Safety liason