2006 Spring Meeting & 2nd Global Congress on Process Safety

(215a) Apriori Alarm Management during Project Feed Stage Using the Results from the Hazop

Authors

Stafford, E. M. - Presenter, Shawnee Engineers
West, H. - Presenter, Shawnee Engineers


1 ABSTRACT A recent Front End Engineering Design (FEED) on a major plant expansion included a significant effort in apriori alarm management which represents innovative engineering. This consisted in implementing alarm classifications directly after the HAZOP, using the results of HAZOP prioritization and grouping to suggest Alarm priorities