Dynamic Alarm Management

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Eliminate alarm flooding and unnecessary alarms with Agileops

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February 22 2024

Alarm Philosophy Services means that Emerson performs both company and site Alarm Philosophy assessments. The Alarm Management standard requires customers to have a documented record of processes that defines the objectives of the alarm system and governing of the work process and standards for alarming.

Emerson can perform alarm assessments by analyzing alarm data and identifying areas for improvement for the customer. A report is available based on customer data and provides recommendations based specifically on the site alarm performance. The customer’s event chronicle data is processed to produce an alarm analysis. From that analysis, Emerson creates a report of the customer's current alarm performance and compares the site's alarm KPI’s against the industry standards (KPI’s as defined by ISA 18.2). The report identifies areas for improvement and provides methodologies to remediate poor alarm performance e.g. alarm rationalization and nuisance alarms elimination.

Alarm Management ensures that the correct alarms responses are announced to the operator at all times. This includes all modes of process operation. With effective Alarm Management and a well-maintained alarm system, customers can avoid alarm floods and change the alarm system from being a nuisance during process upsets to a valuable tool to the operations staff. Alarm information can be presented to the operator in ways that aid the operator to correctly respond to alarms and thus, reducing operator fatigue and errors.

 

Pros & Limitations
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Control System Independent, able to connect to multiple sources
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Eliminate nuisance alarms
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Alignment with established standards and guidelines
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Comply with legal and insurance obligations
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Minimize rework and product loss due to operator overload alarms / overloads
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Desire for a solution that is sold and supported by Emerson rather than a third party
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Reduces the time taken in the rationalization stage by 60% subsequently reducing the amount of time process engineers and operators need to devote to an alarm project
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Alarm rationalization and management requires time investment from multiple stakeholders
Specification
Specification Title Specification Description
Areas of application
Alarm Philosophy Services: the objectives of the alarm system and governs the work process and standards for alarming | Alarm Assessments: identify areas of improvement for the customer | Alarm Rationalization: designing an alarm system.
Automation
Monitors the control system for changes, detects new and deleted alarms, and drives the work process for rationalizing new alarms.
Certifications / licenses
Alarm standards in industrial processes are defined by Industry standards.
Compliance
ISA 18.2 and IEC 62682.
Integration
Any DCS system.
Monitoring
Monitors the integrity of the safety system. Degraded components can be easily identified and repaired before the SIF operation becomes unsafe. Generates and emails reports on scheduled basis or event triggered.
Reporting
The Agileops EventKPI product allows us to approach customers with multiple control systems at a site or in an organization and have a single Alarm KPI solution across the enterprise. Agileops EventKPI provides powerful dashboarding capabilities.
Risk based
During critical modes of operation like startup and shutdown, the alarm system is optimized, improving situation awareness of the operator and reducing the risk of missed alarms.

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