'Asset Protection, Applying Safety Life Cycle Methods'

摘要

Today's programmable electronic technology allows automation of chemical processes to anever increasing level of complexity. Benefits are being achieved in product manufacturing,throughput, and quality. However increased automation can result in complex functional safetyissues (I.e., safety-related process hazards). Functional safety issues are addressed byAmerican Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Center for Chemical Process Safety(CCPS) (1)(2)(8), Instrumentation Systems and Automation Society (ISA) (3)(6)(7), andInternational Electro-technical Commission (IEC) (4)(5).These resources [(1) through (8) inclusive] each utilize the functional safety life cycle as a toolto ensure all aspects of functional safety are addressed. Many safety issues have an assetdimension (e.g., loss of production, equipment damage) that has to be considered. This paperaddresses non-safety related asset issues (I.e., process hazards resulting in financial lossonly). This paper is based on how one chemical company addresses asset issues using thesafety life cycle as an asset protection life cycle (see Figure 1).