Safety Manual - Tuv-fs.com

1-11. Safety lifecycleThe IEC 61508 requires the use of its safety lifecycle for configuring and maintaining safetysystems properly. This chapter explains the overview of the safety lifecycle.The following table lists the abbreviations used in this safety manual.Table 1-1 AbbreviationsAbbreviation/generic termAIAOAnalog InputAnalog OutputDefinitionCENTUM Denotes CENTUM VP and CS 3000R3, the Integrated Production ControlSystem of Yokogawa.CPUDIDOCentral Processing UnitDigital InputDigital OutputRemarksENG Engineering Personal Computer Device of CENTUMFB Function Block Element used in FBD/LD/STFBD Function Block Diagram IEC 61131-3 languageFCS Field Control Station Device of CENTUMFU Function Element used in FBD/LD/STHIS Human Interface Station Device of CENTUMI/OInput/OutputLD Ladder Diagram IEC 61131-3 languagePFD Probability of Failure on Demand Defined by IEC 61508SCS Safety Control Station Device of ProSafe-RS systemSENG Safety Engineering Personal Computer Device of ProSafe-RS systemSIL Safety Integrity Level Defined by IEC 61508ST Structured Text IEC 61131-3 language• Overview of the safety lifecycleThe safety lifecycle, which consists of sixteen phases that start at the concept phase of a systemand end at the systems usage expiration, defines necessary activities for these phases.As the safety lifecycle is considered as a framework to minimize the systematic failure causedby human errors, persons involved in the implementation of the safety functions need to understandthe requirements of the safety lifecycle well and follow them.As part of the safety lifecycle, the three planning phases for operation and maintenance, safetyvalidation, and installation and commissioning are required prior to actual implementationphases. This is because adequate preparations that include the procedures and measuresderived from the impact analysis are important to ensure functional safety and/or to preventan unsafe state during the implementation.The standard also requires that the functional safety management runs in parallel with thesafety lifecycle phases with emphasis on the importance of the documentation. The informationabout all activities and the results of each phase need to be documented in such way thatthe descriptions are accurate and easy to understand for users. The document of one phaseis used as an input of the subsequent phase of the safety lifecycle in principle. This makes itpossible to maintain the consistency of the lifecycle and trace the activities afterward.IM 32Q01S10-31E2nd Edition : Dec.28,2012-00