Description
The Safety Critical Systems Handbook: A Straightforward Guide to Functional Safety: IEC 61508 (2010 Edition), IEC 61511 (2015 Edition) and Related Guidance, Fifth Edition presents the latest guidance on safety-related systems that guard workers and the public against injury and death, also discussing environmental risks. This comprehensive resource has been fully revised, with additional material on risk assessment, cybersecurity, COMAH and HAZID, published guidance documents/standards, quantified risk assessment and new worked examples. The book provides a comprehensive guide to the revised IEC 61508 standard as well as the 2016 IEC 61511.This book will have a wide readership, not only in the chemical and process industries, but in oil and gas, power generation, avionics, automotive, manufacturing and other sectors. It is aimed at most engineers, including those in project, control and instrumentation, design and maintenance disciplines.- Provides the only comprehensive guide to IEC 61508 and 61511 (updated for 2016) that ensures engineers are compliant with the latest process safety systems design and operation standards- Presents a real-world approach that helps users interpret the standard, with new case studies and best practice design examples using revised standards- Covers applications of the standard to device design
Table of Contents
Part A. 1. The Meaning and Context of Safety Integrity Targets2. Meeting IEC 61508 Part 13. Meeting IEC 61508 Part 24. Meeting IEC 61508 Part 35. Reliability Modeling Techniques6. Failure Rate and Mode Data7. Demonstrating and Certifying ConformancePart B. Specific Industry Sectors8. Second Tier Documentsâ€"Process, Oil and Gas Industries9. Machinery Sector10. Other Industry SectorsPart C. Case Studies in the Form of Exercises and Examples11. Pressure Control System 12. Burner Control Assessment 13. SIL Targetingâ€"Some Practical Examples14. Hypothetical Rail Train Braking System 15. Rotorcraft Accidents and Risk Assessment16. Hydroelectric Dam and Tidal Gates
