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Safety Considerations Guide, Tricon v9.0 - Tuv-fs.com

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4 <strong>Safety</strong> OverviewSIS FactorsSIL FactorsAccording to the ANSI/ISA S84.01 and IEC 61508 standards, the scope of an SISis restricted to the instrumentation or controls that are responsible for bringing aprocess to a safe state in the event of a failure. The availability of an SIS isdependent upon:• Failure rates and modes of <strong>com</strong>ponents• Installed instrumentation• Redundancy• Voting• Diagnostic coverage• Testing frequencyA SIL can be considered a statistical representation of the availability of an SIS atthe time of a process demand. A SIL is the litmus test of acceptable SIS design andincludes the following factors:• Device integrity• Diagnostics• Systematic and <strong>com</strong>mon cause failures• Testing• Operation• MaintenanceIn modern applications, a programmable electronic system (PES) is used as thecore of a SIS. The <strong>Tricon</strong>ex controller is a state-of-the-art PES optimized forsafety-critical applications.<strong>Tricon</strong> <strong>Safety</strong> <strong>Considerations</strong> <strong>Guide</strong>

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