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News Release from: exida | Subject: PHA exSILentia import utility
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Safety lifecycle through software
integration
Exida is announcing the release of a PHA exSILentia import utility.
Exida is announcing the release of a PHA exSILentia import utility The utility imports data from existing Process Hazard Analysis (HAZOP) study files into its exSILentia Safety Lifecycle tool, providing user's significant analysis and life cycle cost benefits
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 4 Jul 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Until now these two software applications needed to utilize a manual transfer of data and information to provide a complete Safety Life Cycle analysis.
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PHA Import captures all the relevant information from the HAZOP and ensures that all identified hazards and safeguards considered necessary to address them are evaluated.
This is critical because if the hazard has not been identified fully or correctly then all subsequent risk assessment and protection analysis will be founded on faulty information.
PHA Import offers the following benefits: SIF Cause-Consequence relationships are clearly identified and consistently recorded.
SIF justification is traceable back to the PHA study.
Data transfer time is significantly reduced and human translation errors are eliminated.
Utilization of existing PHA applications to initiate the Safety Life-cycle.
A standardization of HAZOP to SIL level determination across multiple plants.
A documented audit trail for analysis and PHA Annual Review.
PHA Import provides clear and traceable relationship between the 'Hazard and risk assessment' and 'Allocation of safety functions to protection layers' phases of the Safety Life-cycle in accordance with clause 8.2.3 of IEC-61511-1.
What additional support services are available? exida PHA specialists have many decades of experience in HAZOP and other Functional and Process Safety reviews.
We provide management and the documentation of these studies, as well as a customization service for PHA-Pro and PHAWorks to enable you to get the most efficient and effective use from your PHA applications.
These services include: PHA Import is an intuitive application, however for customers who wish to fully exploit its features we offer online web-based training as well as customized on- site training according to your needs.
Development of company or site record and reporting templates.
Assistance to establish tolerable risk criteria.
Preparation of corporate engineering and management procedures for PHA studies.
Objective, independent evaluation of the risk reduction required (SIL selection) and the reduction that can be achieved (SIL verification).
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