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Table
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Acknowledgements
Preface
Table
of Contents
List of Figures
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List
of Tables ................................................
23 tables
Introduction
.................................................... 9 pages
Planning ........................................................ 27 pages
Risk
Assessment ............................................
35 pages
Design ........................................................... 69 pages
Engineering, Installation, Commissioning and Validation ......................................................
41 pages
Operational
and Mechanical Integrity ........... 26 pages
Continuous
Improvement
.............................. 11 pages
Definitions
................................................... . 28 pages
Protection
Layers
.......................................... 33 pages
Core
Attributes
................................................ 9 pages
Understanding
Failure
................................... 30 pages
Process
Equipment Reliability Database ........ 4 pages
User
Approved Equipment and Practices ...... 39 pages
References
..................................................... 5 pages
Acronyms
and Abbreviations
......................... 2 pages
Index
.............................................................. 9 pages
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Dr. Angela Summers P.E. is
the CEO and founder of SIS-TECH
Solutions and SIS-TECH Applications in Houston, Texas. Dr. Summers earned her
PhD
in Chemical Engineering at The University of Alabama and is a Licensed
Professional Engineer in the State of Texas.
She is the United States representative to IEC 61508/61511 committees
and she
chairs the ISA SP84 committee responsible for developing the guidance
documents
on safety integrity level verification calculations (TR84.02) and on
the
implementation of the ISA 84.01/IEC 61511 (TR84.04). In 2005, Dr.
Summers was
awarded ISA’s Albert F. Sperry Award “For
outstanding contributions and
leadership in the specification, development, and implementation of
safety
instrumented systems for the process automation industry.” In
2007, Dr. Summers was inducted into the Automation Hall of Fame.
She has published
more than 50 papers and articles and has contributed chapters for the Instrument
Engineers Handbook,
Lees’ Loss
Prevention in the Process Industry, and
Perry’s Handbook of Chemical
Engineering.
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