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Safety Instrumented System (SIS)

Comprehensive training on Safety Instrumented Systems, Safety Integrity Level (SIL), and IEC 61511 implementation. Provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS), their design, implementation, and maintenance.

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Participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS), including functional safety concepts, Safety Integrity Level (SIL), lifecycle management, verification, validation, proof testing, and maintenance practices in accordance with IEC 61511.

A Safety Instrumented System (SIS) is a system comprising sensors, logic solvers and actuators whose purpose is to take a process to a safe state when normal predetermined set points are exceeded, or safe operating conditions are violated. The course will cover relevant standards, concepts, and practical applications in various industries.

Syllabus

DAY 1

1. Introduction

  • Standards – IEC 61508, IEC 61511, ISA 84.01
  • Philosophy of Safe Design
  • Introduction to the Safety Lifecycle
  • What are Safety Instrumented Systems?
  • Basic Ideas about SIS
  • Functional Safety
  • Instrumented Systems & Safety Instrumented Systems
  • BPCS and SIS
  • Safety Instrumented Function
  • Typical architecture
  • Integrated BPCS & SIS
  • Differences between BPCS & SIS

2. Safety Lifecycle

  • Safety Lifecycle phases
  • Activities within each phase
  • Documentation requirements

DAY 2

1. Hazard and Risk Management

  • Tolerable Risk
  • Components of Risk
    Consequence
  • Likelihood
  • Risk Matrix and Risk Graph
  • Risk Reduction

2. Process Risk

  • Incidents – Causes & Consequences
  • Preventative Controls (reduce frequency)
  • Mitigative Controls – (reduce consequence)
  • Bow-Tie Diagrams

3. Analysis Phase

  • Determination of Tolerable Risk
  • Hazard Identification
  • Risk Analysis (frequency and consequence)
  • Identifying Safety Instrumented Functions (SIF)
  • Determining the Safety Integrity Level (SIL) using Layer of Protection
  • Analysis (LOPA)
  • Writing the Safety Requirement Specification
  • Other Design Considerations

DAY 3

1. Realization Phase 1

  • System Technologies – Relay, Solid State, Programmable
  • Subsystems – Sensor, Logic Solver, Final Element
  • Architectures – 1oo1, 1oo2, 2oo2, 2oo3
  • Sensor Subsystem
  • Logic Solver Subsystem
  • Final Element Subsystem
  • Effects of Field Devices on SIF Performance
  • Common Cause – Separation, Diversity, Physical Environment

2. Reliability

  • System Reliability Engineering
  • Metrics / Parameters: Failure Rate, MTTF, MTTR, MTBF
  • Failure Databank
  • Reliability Block Diagrams
  • Redundancy and Reliability
  • Fault Tree Analysis
  • Fault Tree Analysis Example- 1
  • FTA and RBD

DAY 4

1. Realization Phase 2

  • SIL Verification – PFDavg and Architectural Constraints
  • Factory Acceptance Testing
  • Commissioning
  • Analysis Models

2. Operation Phase

  • Maintenance
  • Decommissioning
  • Documentation
  • Management of Change
  • Calculate failure rate update from the actual failure data

3. Analysis Tool (Software)

  • Overview of Software
  • Functionality of Software
  • Database