The course is structured around the operational and maintenance aspects of alarm systems. It begins with an introduction to Alarm Management, covering key concept. such as alarm rationalization, basic alarm design, HMI design, dynamic alarming, and designed alarm suppression. The course then delves deeply into operational and maintenance tasks, including alarm shelving and implementing alarm response procedures.
Examples are shown from generic type systems.
Introduction
- Establishing objective criteria for determining what a valid alarm vs. an alert, prompt, or message.
- How to rationalize alarms to ensure every alarm is meaningful to the operator and results are documented in a Master Alarm Database (cause, consequence, corrective action, time to respond)
- Effective alarm prioritization based on potential consequences of inaction and allowable time to respond
- Establishing alarm setpoints based on design constraints, operating boundaries, process dynamics, and safe operating limits
- Effective use of alarm classification for administration, reporting, testing, performance evaluation, and MOC
- How to treat system / instrument diagnostic alarms and alerts
- How to apply alarm deadband and on / off delays to prevent nuisance alarms
Advanced Focus
- Keys to effectively implement / suppress alarms (alarm shelving)
- How to evaluate alarm system performance vs KPIs
- How to identify and resolve common alarm management issues (e.g., nuisance alarms and alarm floods)
- Implementing an effective and useful management of change process
- Alarm system maintenance
Who Should Attend
- Operators and their supervisors
- Maintenance technicians & engineers
- Reliability engineers
Course Length: 1.0 day