The discipline of Alarm Management has grown in importance as companies realize its impact on operational excellence, process safety, and the bottom line. This book, by one of the world’s leading experts on industrial alarm systems, will provide A to Z coverage of designing, implementing, and maintaining an effective alarm system. It will provide detailed explanations on the key methodologies that alarm practitioners should follow to create an effective alarm system. Applicable to both new and existing systems, this book describes how to overcome the key challenges of alarm management, including their root causes and typical solutions.
The book will offer guidance on:
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Analyzing and Improving Alarm Performance
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Alarm System metrics and benchmarking
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Key Concepts for creating an Alarm Philosophy
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Techniques for Alarm Rationalization to ensure that each alarm is necessary and prioritized correctly
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How to correctly identify and address “abnormal situations”
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Global Standards for Alarm management, including OSHA (USA), ISA18, HSE (UK) and NAMUR (Germany)
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HMI Design for Operator Situational Awareness
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Planning and managing a new Alarm System Project
Praise for Alarm Management
"Rothenberg's book is a complete and yet very detailed look at a very important part of engineering control systems for use in critical infrastructure protection, as well a just everyday manufacturing in the process industries." -- Walt Boyes, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of ControlGlobal.com (Douglas H. Rothenberg, 2009, Hard Cover, 610 pg., published by Momentum Press)
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