[(Practical Hazops, Trips and Alarms )] [Author: David Macdonald] [Sep-2004]

by David MacDonald

Do you have trips and safety interlocks in your plant? Are they good enough or are they perhaps over-designed and much more expensive than necessary? Are you or your company aware of how Hazard Studies should define risk reduction requirements? Are you actually using Hazard Studies at all?The answer is the integrated approach to safety management. New international standards combined with well-proven hazard study methods can improve safety management in your company.Practical Hazops, Trips and Alarms for Engineers and Technicians describes the role of hazard studies in risk management, and then proceeds with basic training in Hazop techniques.A number of practical exercises support the reference information and allow you to test your understanding of the material in the book.This book aims to bridge the discipline gap between hazard studies and the provision of safety-related alarm and trip systems. It provides training in hazard and operability methods (Hazops) and in the principles of safety instrumented systems as defined by international standard IEC 61508.1. Design an integrated safety management system to increase efficiency and reduce costs2. Learn how to carry out hazard and operability studies (Hazops) and find out how to convert Hazop outputs into safety requirements specifications3. Implement safety instrumented systems to the new IEC standards (IEC61508)

Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

David MacDonald was born and grew up in southern Ontario.

After studying English Literature at the University of Toronto, David became a writer and editor, specializing in books for young people. In addition to co-authoring A Native American Thought of It (2008), David has written several educational books for young readers, and has edited over 40 books for children, including picture books, fairy tale anthologies, biographies, and nonfiction on a wide variety of topics.

David lives in Toronto, Ontario.