Alarm Management Fundamentals€¦ · •Honeywell’s Connected Plant Product Director for Alarm and Operations Management. Responsible for Honeywell’s DynAMo software portfolio

Alarm Management FundamentalsIntroducing the building blocks of effective alarm management

Tyron Vardy (Honeywell)

June 2018

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• Alarm Management Overview- Why Alarm Management is ‘Still’ Important

- Investment Drivers

- Typical Project Outcomes and Expectations

• From Printing Alarms to Preventing Alarms- Why Alarm Management goes beyond Alarm Reporting

• Alarm Management Improvement Programme- Step by Step Approach to Alarm Management

Infrastructure

Noise Reduction

Alarm Rationalization

Operator Guidance

Alarm Prevention

Alarm Management Fundamentals

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Tyron Vardy

• Honeywell’s Connected Plant Product Director for Alarm

and Operations Management. Responsible for

Honeywell’s DynAMo software portfolio.

• 25 years experience in designing and implemented

control room solutions around the globe in industries

from Oil and Gas, to Utilities, Paper, Power and Nuclear.

• Graduated in the UK with a degree in Information and

Communication Technologies.

• Quick wins. Importance of a plan and methodology

• Profile of successful alarm management looks like


Alarm Management Overview

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A problem 25 years in the making

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1990

Industrial Printers

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Software Printers

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Alarm Reporting

2010

Advanced Alarm

Management

2005

Alarm Management


A problem 25 years in the making

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1990

Industrial Printers

1995

Software Printers

2000

Alarm Reporting

2010

Advanced Alarm

Management

2005

Alarm Management

Addressing

the Effect

Addressing

the Cause


An Alarm Management Journey

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Need for Alarm Management

• Historical Need

• Focus on reacting to alarms

- The digital age of

- If it CAN alarm it SHOULD alarm

- More Data + More Alarms = More Value

For every 1 alarm removed,

another 3 were added

• A Monster was Created

- Process Safety; Down

- Operational Risk; Up

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• Future Need

• Alarms can be managed and reduced

• Welcome to the Paradox of Automation

- Automation increases to reduce operator

interaction and operator error

- When things go wrong now

Alarms are real

Risk of abnormal situations higher

Alarms need clarity

Consequences and Actions

need to be well understood


What’s the Solution?

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“No Silver Bullet...”A solution based methodology


What’s the Solution?

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Operational

Requirements

Standards

Best Practices

ASM

Software

Short Term

Noise ReductionLong Term

Vision

Software

Plant Limits

People Limits

Alarm

Rationalization

Dynamic Alarming

Alarm

Philosophy

Where to Start?

Alarm Improvement Programme


Don’t Reinvent the Wheel

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A Well Documented Path to Success

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With Understood Goals and Objectives

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Average Alarm Rate < 1 per 10 minutes

Peak Alarm Rate < 10 per 10 minutes

% Time in Flood < 1%

High Priority Alarms < 5%

If only it were that easy

Alarm Philosophies

Alarm Causes, Consequences, Corrective Actions

Priority/Time to Respond Matrix’s


Safety Contact

Simplified Methodology

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This.. Prevents This..


Safety Contact

Easily Actionable

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This.. Enables This..

DynAMo® Alarm Suite


Five Steps to Alarm Improvement

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Phase 1

Simplify the complex to achieve alarm system improvement first time

Alarm Improvement Model

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Phase 1: Build a Solid Foundation

Create an Alarm Improvement Plan and develop a site specific Alarm Philosophy.

Understand the ‘Drivers’ and ensure ‘buy-in’ at both Operational and Business layers.

A solid Alarm Philosophy is the key to sustainability.

The rule book for your Alarm Improvement Program


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Phase 2: Identify and Eliminate Bad Actors

Focus on areas of biggest risk and areas of greatest return.

Generate EEMUA, ISA compliant KPI assessment reports with quantifiable

deliverables.

Eliminating the Alarm Noise //noise <unwanted sound>


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Phase 3: Proactive Alarm Management

Mode/state based alarming. Reduction of consequential alarms.

Limit management. Operating outside of plant limits and capabilities cause

abnormal situations. Abnormal situations cause alarms.

Don’t wait for the alarms. Re-focus on the Cause not the effect


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Phase 4: Alarm Rationalization

Implement Master Alarm Database to track engineered changes and settings.

Define Causes, Consequences and Corrective operator actions for each alarm left.

Integrated DCS Console Alarm Help

Documentation is no good sat on a shelf


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Phase 5: Continuous Improvement

Continue to report, monitor, benchmark and audit.

Alarm Improvement is not a one shot program

Operations won’t usual report a couple of extra alarms per shift.

When a couple turn into a hundred, you’re back to where you started.


Getting Practical

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The philosophy must be general enough to provide long-term viability

and at the same time lead to clear determinations

Purpose of the Alarm System Key Performance Indicators

Roles and Responsibilities Escalation Policy

Alarm Design Principles Management of Change

Alarm Management Techniques How People are Trained

Priority Assignment

Rationalization Methodology

How Alarms are Presented

How Operators Respond

Phase 1: Alarm Philosophy


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Phase 2: Eliminate the Noise


Identify the Noise

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Drill-in and Eliminate the Bad Actors

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Phase 3: Proactive Alarm Management


Operate within safe limits. Stop the Abnormal Situations Earlier.

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Phase 4: Alarm Rationalization


Master Alarm Databases. Alarm Response Manuals.

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Directly Plug-in to Experion for Real-time Operator Assistance

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Phase 5: Continual Improvement


Benchmark, Track and Audit Alarm Performance

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Summary

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• Doing something is better than

doing nothing.

• Start now. Numerous

standards, best practices,

and methodologies available.

• Keep it simple and don’t

get ‘metric blind’

• Proven to work across

any industry

• Use DynAMo

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