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Overview of DCS Alarm Management (IC36PC)

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Length: 1 day
CEU Credits: 0.7
Course Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
(Except Morristown, NJ location classes are 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. and Columbia, IL location is 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.)

Description:

A properly designed alarm system provides an essential working tool for process operators. This seminar overviews the critical design concepts and the implementation technology that forms the basis of industry best practices for DCS alarm system design.

Benefits of Taking This Course:

• Recognize the importance of effective alarm management
• Gain a clear vision of the new technology for managing DCS alarms
• Be able to evaluate the need for alarm improvement at plant sites
• Understand the benefits of redesigning existing alarm systems
• Learn the key steps for the design for a state-of-the-art system
• Begin a plan for an alarm improvement project at your plant site
• Establish a framework for understanding alarm management
• Understand the underlying defining attribute of an alarm
• Appreciate best practices
• Recognize alarm flood and other alarm system problems
• Identify tools to assist alarm system redesign
• Learn the components of an alarm management improvement project
• Prepare for participation in an alarm improvement process

You will cover:

• Introduction to Alarm Management: A Typical “Event” | Symptoms of Alarm Problems | Brief History of Alarm Management | Other Alarm Issues
• Abnormal Situation Management (ASM): Impact of Poor Practices | ASM Consortium | ASM Best Practices
• Strategy for Alarm Management: What is an Alarm? | Alarm Flood | Alarm Characteristics
• Alarm Management Improvement Process: Goals | Roadmap | Tasks
• Alarm Performance Review: Steps | Data and Analysis | Metrics and Interpretation
• Additional Topics Overview: Alarm Management Philosophy | Alarm Rationalization | Enhanced Alarming Techniques | Situation Awareness | Project Development | Life-cycle Assessment

Lab and Classroom Exercises:

• Manual analysis of alarm activation data
• Demonstration of commercial tools for analysis of alarm activation data

 If you wish to register offline, download the Training Registration Form, complete, and return to ISA with your payment.

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A pre-instructional survey is available for you to evaluate your level of understanding of the course material and to show you the types of questions you'll be able to answer after completing the course.