Webinar Series | Spring 2024
TÜV Rheinland Industrial Services is delighted to be announcing our first series of webinars for 2024, delivered by our highly-experienced industry practitioners.
Our Topics
Tuesday, 27.02.2024
Alarm management, rationalisation and the implications of highly managed alarms
12:00pm (GMT) | Ian Kemble and Colin Bartliff
Alarm management is a critical aspect of industrial processes and systems, particularly in areas where safety is a primary concern. Safety-related alarms play a crucial role in alerting operators and control systems to abnormal conditions that may pose a threat to personnel, the environment, or the integrity of the process. Here are key concepts related to alarm management and safety-related alarms:
1. Alarm Management:
• Definition: Alarm management involves the design, implementation, and maintenance of alarm systems to ensure that operators receive timely, accurate, and actionable information about the status of the process.
• Objectives: The primary objectives of alarm management include reducing alarm fatigue, improving operator response time, and minimizing the likelihood of missed critical alarms.
2. Key Principles of Alarm Management:
• Prioritization: Alarms should be prioritized based on their criticality and the severity of the potential consequences.
• Rationalisation: Unnecessary or redundant alarms should be eliminated, and the Priority defined along with a defined Operator response this reduces the overall alarm load and prevent alarm flooding.
• Documentation: Clear documentation of alarm philosophy, setpoints, and response procedures is essential for effective alarm management.
• Training: Operators should be well-trained on the alarm system and understand the significance of each alarm.
3. Safety-Related Alarms:
• Definition: Safety-related alarms are alarms that indicate a condition that could lead to a hazardous situation if not addressed promptly. These alarms are designed to alert operators to take immediate corrective actions to prevent accidents or damage.
• Examples: Safety-related alarms may include high-pressure warnings, high-temperature alerts, toxic gas detection, emergency shutdown signals, or any other condition that could compromise the safety of the system.
Wednesday, 20.03.2024
Sustainability and Circularity – an integrated approach to asset management
12:00pm (GMT) | Gaynor Woodford and Jon Cook
With many organisations looking at opportunities to develop and expand its production, with a lower carbon foot print, there is an opportunity to challenge the existing process, technology and capacity, to reduce operating costs and improve sustainability.
Within the process industries,we are seeing assets being operated to and beyond their design life, for both onshore and offshore facilities. Having established that equipment ageing is a major contributory factor in 30% of equipment failures and 28% of all reported major accident loss of containment events, the regulator continues to focus on the impact of ageing on the safety and environmental performance of these ageing assets whilst operators learn to operate and manage facilities well beyond their design life.
The Webinar will focus on the opportunity of ensuring sustainability and circularity are at the heart of plans forextending asset operation. When developing asset life plans for clients TUV Rheinland focus on maximising Asset Life, optimising the timing of replacements vs technology available alongside considering the “carbon footprint” of items.
The presentation will discuss the challenges facing operators who need to maintain operational performance whilst transforming to a sustainable and circular business model.
Our Speakers
Ian Kemble | Senior Safety Consultant
Ian Kemble is a Senior Safety Consultant with TÜV Rheinland Industrial Services, with over 40 years of experience in industrial automation and control engineering, delivering solutions and services to a wide range of industries including oil & gas, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, food & beverage, manufacturing, metals, mining, government establishments and power & utilities, with much of this work completed in accordance with international regulatory standards.
He leads TÜVR’s offering in performing audits and gap analyses against functional safety standards, delivering IEC61508 and IEC61511 services into the oil & gas, process chemical, power generation and pharmaceutical sectors across the management, design, operation and maintenance phases of the safety lifecycle.
He designs and delivers TÜVR’s training courses and seminars on the practical implications for end users, system integrators and instrument technicians in the use of the IEC61511 functional safety standard, on managing functional safety and detailed design of safety instrumented functions. In addition, Ian is the course director for TÜVR’s IChemE accredited alarm management practitioners training course in accordance with IEC62682 & EEMUA 191.
Ian has worked at every stage of the Project Lifecycle and has many years of practical experience in design, build, installation, testing, operation and maintenance of industrial control, information management and safety systems.
Colin Bartliff | Senior Technical Consultant
Colin has over 40 years of experience in oil and gas, petrochemical, steel and power generation industries including biomass as an electrical and Instrumentation engineering manager.
Currently, Colin’s role within TRIS is that of a specialist functional safety compliance and alarm management consultant which includes delivery
of general electrical and instrumentation engineering best practice. In addition, Colin has extensive experience with hazardous area systems and has recently completed a HAZOP Leaders course and is currently working towards HAZOP Leader accreditation.
Gaynor Woodford | Sustainable Lead for Western Europe and has regional technical responsibility for Energy and the Environment services.
Gaynor is personally passionate about all aspects of sustainability and utilises her diverse skill set to drive positive change and shape a sustainable future.
With a background in chemical engineering (Fellow of the Institute of Chemical Engineers with over thirty years’ experience), she brings a strong analytical mindset and a deep understanding of systems thinking. She is passionate about leveraging this expertise to implement innovative solutions that reduce carbon emissions and advance net zero targets in parallel with the circular economy. Guided by the principles of sustainability, she aims to create a lasting impact and foster a greener environment for generations to come.
Jon Cook | Principal Consultant
Jon Cook is a Principal Consultant for TÜV Rhineland Industrial Service in the UK. Throughout his thirty-five year career, Jon has been involved in design, maintenance, inspection and operation of pressure systems for refinery & petrochemical plants worldwide. He is an experienced multi-functional team leader specialising in asset integrity management, risk assessment of aged facilities, technical problem solving, improvement programme development and solution implementation to make high hazard industries safer.
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