Browsing by Author "Summers, Angela"

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    • Bridging the Safe Automation Gap 
      Summers, Angela (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2001)
      Industry is rapidly approaching the 10th anniversary of the OSHA Process Safety Management regulation. This regulation requires the use of generally accepted good engineering practices as demonstrated by a series of ...
    • Evolutionary Themes from ISA 84 to ISA 61511 
      Roche, Eloise; Summers, Angela (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2018)
      ANSI/ISA 84.00.01 was the second edition of ISA standard to address safety instrumented systems for the process industry sector and was recognized by OSHA as a good engineering practice within process safety management. ...
    • Measuring the Reliability of Safety Controls, Alarms, and Interlocks 
      Summers, Angela (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2016)
      The risk analysis assumes a level of risk reduction provided by each of the safeguards, including safety controls, alarms, and interlocks (SCAI). After installation, SCAI equipment must be proven to meet the assumptions ...
    • A Practical Approach to Preventing Systematic Error in the Maintenance of Instrumented Safeguards 
      Roche, Eloise; Summers, Angela (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2019)
      Instrumentation and electrical (I&E) maintenance is typically managed using site-wide policies, practices, and procedures. Since I&E equipment is part of the control system and nearly every other layer of protection, the ...
    • Regulations, Standards, and Safety Instrumented Systems 
      Summers, Angela (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 1999)
    • TECHNIQUES FOR IMPROVING OPERATOR RESPONSE TO ABNORMAL OPERATIONS 
      Roche, Eloise; Summers, Angela; Dupont, Watson (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2017)
      Safety alarms are among the most commonly identified instrumented safeguards implemented to reduce the risk of hazardous events. Unlike safety interlocks or permissives, alarm safeguards are entirely dependent on operator ...