Reliability, Safety, and
Electrical
Alarm Management has become a very important topic in the safety area. The press
continues to report plant incidents caused by poorly designed alarms, alarm
flooding, and alarms being bypassed. Every automation professional should
understand the basic concepts of this topic.

A basic knowledge of Reliability is fundamental to the concepts of safety and safety
instrumented systems. Process Safety and Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) is an
increasingly important topic. Safety is important in all industries—but especially in large
industrial processes such as petroleum refineries, chemicals and petrochemicals, pulp
and paper mills, and food and pharmaceutical manufactur-
ing, for example. Even in areas where the materials being
handled are not inherently hazardous, personnel safety
and property loss are important concerns. SIS is simple in
concept, but requires a lot of engineering to apply well.
The topic on Electrical Installations underscores the reality
that the correct installation of electrical equipment is
required to design and implement almost any automation
system. This is a very large topic with rigid codes; admittedly,
we can only scratch the surface here.

While the safety of electrical installations is closely related
to correct electrical installations in general, electrical safety is
treated separately here to ensure that sufficient emphasis is
placed on the safety aspects of these installations.

A Guide to the Automation Body of Knowledge, 2nd Edition Vernon L. Trevathan, Editor This 2nd edition gives you comprehensive information about all major topics in the broad field of automation. Edited by Vernon Trevathan with contributions from over 30 leading experts from all aspects of automation, this book defines the most important automation concepts and processes. You will turn to this book again and again as the ultimate source on what is encompassed by automation.

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