It is a full fledged e-learning course with interactive animations, simulations, graphics and text. It also has many worked out example problems, to help understand the logic behind designing and operation of Safety Instrumented Systems.

This BTS online training seminar is specifically tailored for anyone involved in the field of emergency shutdown and safety-related instrumentation systems, according to IEC 61508 and IEC 61511 requirements.

• Personnel who are responsible for designing, selecting, specifying, installing, operating, and maintaining safety instrumentation systems
• Experienced professionals who want to broaden their understanding of safety instrumentation systems (SIS)

This training seminar is also suitable for a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

• Design and Electrical Engineers
• Instrument and Process Control Engineers and Technicians
• Mechanical Engineers and Technicians
• Operations and Process Engineers
• Line Managers and Supervisors

This interactive Training will be highly interactive, with opportunities to advance your opinions and ideas and will include;

• Lectures
• Workshop & Work Presentation
• Case Studies and Practical Exercise
• Videos and General Discussions

The course has SEVEN modules as outlined below:

1. Introduction to Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS for short)
2. Hazards, Risks & their analysis
3. Failures & Reliability
4. Safety Integrity Level
5. SIS Standards
6. SIS in practice
7. SIS Testing & Maintenance

Detailed course contents

MODULE 1- Introduction to SIS

• What are Safety Instrumented Systems?
• Basic Ideas about SIS
• Functional Safety
• Instrumented Systems & Safety Instrumented Systems
• BPCS
• BPCS and SIS
• Safety Instrumented Function
• Safety Instrumented Function-2
• Safety Instrumented Function-3
• Emergency Shutdown Systems
• Need for a separate SIS
• Simulation exercise
• Learnings from the exercise
• Typical architecture
• Integrated BPCS & SIS
• Integrated BPCS & SIS-2
• Differences between BPCS & SIS  

MODULE 2-Hazards, Risks & their analysis

• Hazards & Risks
• Types of hazards- Fire & Explosions
• Types of hazards-Toxic Material
• The Safety Lifecycle
• Steps in analysis
• Preliminary Hazard Analysis
• HAZOP
• HAZAN
• Consequence Analysis
• Risk
• Risk graph
• Risk Reduction
• Risk Reduction-2
• The ALARP principle
• Risk Reduction in process plants
• Risk Reduction explained
• Risk reduction using an SIF
• Risk reduction using an SIF
• Layers of Protection
• Layers of Protection in the process industries
• Preventive & Mitigative layers
• Safety Requirement Specification
• Safety Requirement Specification-2
• Diversity  

MODULE 3-Failures & Reliability

• Failures
• Types of failures
• Types of failures-2
• Types of failures-3
• Dangerous & Safe failures
• Dangerous & Safe failures
• Safe Failure Fraction
• SFF Pie Chart
• Proof Test Interval
• Diagnostic Coverage
• Common Cause Failures
• Common Cause Failures-2
• CCF Example
• Diversity
• Reliability
• Failure Rate
• MTTF
• MTTR
• MTBF
• Failure Data
• Software Reliability & fault injection
• Reliability Block Diagrams
• Reliability Block Diagrams-2
• Reliability Block Diagrams-3
• Redundancy and Reliability
• Fault Tree Analysis
• Fault Tree Analysis Example- 1
• FTA and RBD
• Fault Tree Analysis Example-2
• Fault Tree Analysis Example-2
• Fault Tree Analysis-Probabilities
• Event Trees
• Event Tree Components
• Event Tree Analysis Example
• Fail-Safe and Fail Danger modes
• FMEA
• FMEDA
• FMEDA report
• How to use the FMEDA report
• Example FMEDA report
• Redundancy
• Redundancy and Voting
• Voting Systems 1oo1
• Voting Systems 1oo2
• Voting Systems 1oo2D
• Voting Systems 2oo2
• Voting Systems 2oo3
• Spurious Trips
• Concept of Demand
• Demand in a plant
• Low Demand & High Demand
• PFD  

MODULE 4-Safety Integrity Level

• Introduction to Safety Integrity Level
• What SIL is not
• Is SIL applicable to me?
• SIL 1 to SIL 4
• SIL for Demand Mode
• SIL for Demand Mode-Example
• SIL for Continuous/High Demand Mode
• The SIL process
• Common SIL questions
• Common SIL questions-2
• Target SIL-Qualitative & Quantitative methods
• Risk Reduction Factor-1
• Risk Reduction Factor-2
• Safety Availability and PFDavg
• SIL calculation Example
• SIL calculation Example
• SIL calculation Example (contd)
• SIL calculation Example (contd)
• SIL Calculation example-(modification)
• SIL Calculation example-additional layers
• SIL Calculation example-caution
• Consequence Only Method
• Hazard Matrix Method
• Hazard Matrix Method- (contd)
• Hazard Matrix Method-Example
• Risk Parameter Graph-1
• Risk Parameter Graph-2
• Risk Parameter Graph-3
• Calibrated Risk Graph-1
• Calibrated Risk Graph-2
• LOPA method
• Conducting a LOPA
• More about LOPA
• LOPA Example
• LOPA Example contd
• LOPA Example contd 2
• LOPA Example contd 3
• Target SIL & SIL verification
• SIF design process
• PFD of simple loop
• SIL verification example-1
• SIL verification example-2
• SIL verification for complex loops
• Markov Modeling-1
• Markov Modeling-2
• Markov Modeling-3
• Markov Modeling-4
• Simplified Equations
• Use of Simplified Equations-Example
• Architectural Constraints
• Architectural Constraints IEC 61508
• Hardware Fault Tolerance-IEC61508
• Hardware Fault Tolerance (contd)
• Architectural Constraints-Example
• Hardware Fault Tolerance-IEC61511
• Hardware Fault Tolerance example
• Conclusion  

MODULE 5-SIS Standards

• Introduction to Standards in SIS
• AK 1 to AK 8
• IEC Standards
• IEC 61508
• E/E/PE systems
• IEC 61508-Safety Life Cycle
• IEC 61511-Basics
• Relationship between IEC 61508 & IEC 61511
• ISA S84 Background
• ISA S84 Differences
• Where to get standards
• What standards apply to me?  

MODULE 6- SIS in practice

• Components of the Safety Loop
• Types of logic Solvers
• Hardwired logic solvers-Trip amplifiers
• Hardwired logic solvers-Gates
• Safety Relays-Electromechanical
• Safety Relays-Electromechanical-2
• Safety Relays-Electromechanical-3
• Safety Relays-Electromechanical-4
• Safety Relays-Electronic
• Safety Relays-Electronic-2
• Programmable Logic Solvers
• Safety PLCs & General Purpose PLCs
• Fault Diagnostics
• Safety PLCs- Inputs
• Safety PLCs-Processors
• Safety PLCs- Outputs
• Safety PLCs-Software
• Safety PLCs-Software-2
• Safety PLCs-Software-Design
• Safety PLCs-Voting architecture
• Safety PLCs-TMR
• Safety PLCs-QMR
• Safety PLCs-Interface to BPCS
• Safety Networks-1
• Safety Networks-2
• HIPPS  

MODULE 7-SIS Testing & Maintenance

• Need for testing
• Testing-Example
• Breakup of failures
• Testing the components of a SIS
• Testing Sensors & Transmitters
• Testing Logic Solvers
• Testing valves
• Valve Testing-Bypass method
• Partial Stroke Testing
• Partial Stroke Testing-ISA method
• Valve Testing- Mechanical Stoppers
• Valve Testing-Smart Positioner method
• PST-Advantages & Disadvantages
• Testing and PFDavg
• Conclusion

BTS attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 80% of the total course duration.