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ALARM PHILOSOPHY
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Date:
16-Sep-2011
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CONTENTS
Approval.............................................................................................................................................................................. 5
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Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................ 6
1.1 Background........................................................................................................................................................... 6
2
Purpose and Use of the Alarm Philosophy ................................................................................................................. 7
2.1 Alarm Management Lifecycle............................................................................................................................... 7
2.2 Relation to HAZOP Studies & LOPA Reviews ...................................................................................................... 10
2.3 Roles and responsibilities ................................................................................................................................... 11
3
Terminology & References ....................................................................................................................................... 12
3.1 Definitions .......................................................................................................................................................... 12
3.2 Acronyms............................................................................................................................................................ 16
3.3 References.......................................................................................................................................................... 17
3.3.1
Industry Standards and Codes .................................................................................................................. 17
3.3.2
Company Standards and Practices............................................................................................................ 17
3.3.3
Other Documents & References ............................................................................................................... 17
4
Alarm Identification .................................................................................................................................................. 18
4.1 Alarm Identification Methods ............................................................................................................................ 18
4.2 Alarm Identification and Alarm MOC Process .................................................................................................... 19
5
Alarm Documentation and Rationalization .............................................................................................................. 20
5.1 Alarm Rationalization Methodology................................................................................................................... 20
5.2 Alarm Priority Determination and Assignment .................................................................................................. 21
5.3 Maximum Time for Response and Correction.................................................................................................... 22
5.4 Alarm Limit Setting ............................................................................................................................................. 22
5.5 Alarm Documentation ........................................................................................................................................ 23
5.6 Alarm Classification ............................................................................................................................................ 24
6
Alarm Design Principles ............................................................................................................................................ 25
6.1 Alarms that Prevent Harm to Personnel and Environment................................................................................ 25
6.1.1
Flammable and Toxic Gas Detector Alarms .............................................................................................. 25
6.1.2
Safety Shower and Eyebath Activation alarms ......................................................................................... 25
6.2 Alarms for Redundant Sensors and Voting Systems .......................................................................................... 25
6.3 Process Optimization Alarms.............................................................................................................................. 25
6.4 Building Related Alarms ..................................................................................................................................... 26
6.5 Instrument Diagnostic Alarms ............................................................................................................................ 26
6.6 External Device Health and Status Alarms ......................................................................................................... 26
6.7 ESD Systems ....................................................................................................................................................... 26
6.8 Maintenance Override Switches - MOS (ESD Bypasses)..................................................................................... 26
6.9 Duplicate Alarms ................................................................................................................................................ 26
6.10
Consequential Alarms.................................................................................................................................... 26
6.11
Deviation Alarms ........................................................................................................................................... 27
6.12
Pre-Alarms and Trip (Cut-Out) Alarms........................................................................................................... 27
6.13
Alarm Handling for Programs ........................................................................................................................ 27
6.14
Alarms to Initiate Manual Tasks .................................................................................................................... 27
6.15
Control System Diagnostic Alarms................................................................................................................. 27
6.16
Point, Interlock and Program References to Alarms ..................................................................................... 27
6.17
Common Alarms ............................................................................................................................................ 27
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Alarm Human Machine Interface ............................................................................................................................. 28
7.1 Role of the Operator .......................................................................................................................................... 28
7.2 Responsibilities Related to and in Response to Alarms...................................................................................... 29
7.3 Considerations for alarms routed to multiple operators / locations ................................................................. 29
7.4 Alarm Summary Display Characteristics and Usage ........................................................................................... 29
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