The Alarm Management Handbook - Second Edition
eBook - ePub

The Alarm Management Handbook - Second Edition

A Comprehensive Guide

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  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Alarm Management Handbook - Second Edition

A Comprehensive Guide

About this book

The Second Edition of the most complete best practices book available for designing and maintaining an effective alarm management system. Investigation reports on industrial accidents often point to faulty alarm systems as a contributing factor. Properly designed and maintained alarm systems significantly improve plant safety, reliability, and profitability. The Alarm Management Handbook provides a field-proven methodology for improving the performance of industrial facility's alarm systems. It derives from over a decade of research and the lessons learned from hundreds of successful alarm improvement projects. The implications of the new ANSI/ISA-18.2-2009 Management of Alarm Systems for the Process Industries are also detailed in the book. Companies have achieved breakthrough results by following the principles contained in this book. Whatever the nature of your alarm system, The Alarm Management Handbook is a necessary part of your operational excellence and other business improvement initiatives. This book will help you make a long-lasting mark in your organization by providing you with strategies to improve your company's bottom line.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. In Memoriam
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Foreword
  9. Introduction
  10. Chapter 1 Alarm Management Best Practices: Highly Condensed
  11. Chapter 2 The History and Nature of the Alarm Problem
  12. Chapter 3 How Do You Justify Alarm Management?
  13. Chapter 4 Common DCS and SCADA Alarm Display Capabilities ā€“ and Their Misuse
  14. Chapter 5 Step 1: The Alarm Philosophy
  15. Chapter 6 Step 2: Baseline and Benchmarking of Alarm System Performance
  16. Chapter 7 Step 3: Alarm Bad Actor Analysis and Solution
  17. Chapter 8 Step 4: Alarm Documentation and Rationalization (D&R)
  18. Chapter 9 Step 5: Alarm Auditing and Enforcement
  19. Chapter 10 Step 6: Advanced, Real-Time Alarm Solutions
  20. Chapter 11 Step 7: The Control and Maintenance of Alarm System Improvements
  21. Chapter 12 Understanding and Applying ANSI/ISA-18.2: Management of Alarms for the Process Industries
  22. Chapter 13 The Future of Alarm Management
  23. Appendix 1 Ā The Death of the Lightbox
  24. Appendix 2 Ā Alarm Data Types
  25. Appendix 3 Ā An Example Alarm Philosophy
  26. Appendix 4 Ā Operator Effectiveness
  27. References
  28. Index of Terms