Emerson DeltaV SIS training

Emerson DeltaV ESD/SIS Training

Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) play a vital role in providing the protective layer functionality in many industrial process and automation systems. These systems may also be referred to as Emergency Shutdown Systems (ESD) or Process Shutdown Systems (PSD).

Today SIS Safety Instrumented Systems play an increasingly important role in many process plants. Safety standards such as IEC 61508, IEC 61511 and ISA S84.01 are creating more stringent safety requirements for process plants.

Depending on application use, other names used for SIS Safety Instrumented Systems are: Emergency Shutdown Systems (ESD), Burner Management Systems (BMS), Fire and Gas Systems (F&G), Critical Turbo machinery Control, Railway Switching, Semiconductor Life Safety Systems (SEMI S2), Nuclear 1E Safety Systems, High Integrity Protection Systems (HIPS), High Integrity Pressure Protection System (HIPPS).

Safety Methods employed to protect against or mitigate harm/damage to personnel, plant and the environment, and reduce risk include:

• Changing the process or engineering design
• Increasing mechanical integrity of the system
• Improving the Basic Process Control System (BPCS)
• Developing detailed training and operational procedures
• Increasing the frequency of testing of critical system components
• Using a safety Instrumented System (SIS)
• Installing mitigating equipment