Safety instrumented functions and safety integrity levels (SIL)

ISA Transactions

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 337-351

  Stavrianidis, Paris ^a   Bhimavarapu, Kumar ^a  

^a FM Global Engineering and Research   (United States)

Author keywords

ANSI ISA S84.01; IEC d61508; Performance based standards; Process risk; Risk analysis; Safety instrumented systems; Safety integrity levels; Standard compliance

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; PERFORMANCE; PROCESS CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS;

SAFETY STANDARDS;

SAFETY DEVICES;

EID: 0032217160     PISSN: 00190578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0019-0578(98)00038-x     Document Type: Article

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