Reliability for safety instrumented systems

Chemical Engineering Progress

Volumn 100, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 27-32

  Williams, J Patrick ^a,b  

^a KBC Advanced Technologies   (United States)

^b KBC Advanced Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA); PROBABILITY OF FAILURE ON DEMAND (PFD); SAFETY INTEGRITY LEVEL (SIL);

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DECISION MAKING; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FIRE RESISTANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE CONTROL; PRESSURE RELIEF VALVES; PRESSURE VESSELS; RELIABILITY;

SAFETY DEVICES;

EID: 4544314770     PISSN: 03607275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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