Alarm Management

Alarm Management ensures that the correct alarms are annunciated to the operator at all times.

Alarm Philosophy Services

Emerson performs both corporate and site Alarm Philosophy reviews. The Alarm Management standard requires a documented process that defines the objectives of the alarm system and governs the work process and standards for alarming.

Alarm Assessments

Emerson analyzes alarm data and identifies areas of improvement. A report is available that provides recommendations based specifically on your site’s alarm performance. Your event chronicle data is processed to produce an alarm analysis. From that analysis, Emerson creates a report that details your current alarm performance and compares the site’s alarm KPIs against the industry standard KPIs. The report provides methodologies to remediate poor alarm performance e.g. alarm rationalization and nuisance alarm elimination.

Alarm Rationalization

The step for designing an alarm system. Emerson reviews every point in your control system. Alarm Rationalization consists of:

Alarm Management Design Preparation and Training: Emerson will review the Alarm Philosophy Document and the Alarm Management database which provides the basis from which the dynamic alarm systems will be built. A kickoff meeting will be held with preparatory training of your design team members so that all members are aware of the philosophy, objectives and capabilities of the Alarm Management systems to be implemented.

Alarm Management System Development: In leading the alarm design process, Emerson will provide its engineering knowledge to update the current alarm configuration. System boundaries and case logic for each system will be created. Individual alarms including causes, consequences, and suggested responses along with case-dependent and non-case-dependent alarm settings will be determined and documented. A rationalization report will be issued to client for review and comment. Upon receipt of comments, Emerson will hold a face to face review on site. Necessary revisions to the management system updates will be made after the review is completed and all design changes pass the MOC approval process.

Implementation

Alarm Management Implementation: Using the final alarm rationalization report from the above step, Emerson will conduct the on-site Alarm Management system configuration with the client’s personnel actively involved in verification and approval of design.

Operator Training: Emerson will provide basic Operator Training covering Alarm Management fundamentals, use of the software, and overview of the configuration prepared from the rationalization design.