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Is your SIF trying to do too much? by Dowell, Arthur M. (Art)

“…The number of inputs and outputs to a SIF (safety instrumented function)—including voting—affects the probability of failure on demand (PFD) and the SIL…”
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Two full capacity generators—Why is the calculated emergency power system probability of failure on demand so high? by Dowell, Arthur M. (Art)

“…The probability of failure on demand (PFD) for an emergency generator system is important when electrical power is needed to protect humans from harm or to…”
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SIL‐3, SIL‐2, and unicorns (there is a high probability your SIL 2 and SIL 3 SIFs have no better performance than SIL 1) by Dowell, Arthur M. (Art), Bridges, William, Thomas, Hal W. (Hal), Massello, Matias

“…Safety instrumented system (SIS) standards improved the definition of interlocks and introduced requirements for improved management systems to enforce…”
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A career in process safety: 50 years of LPS by Dowell III, Arthur M. (Art)

“…Drawing from a career from 1963 through 2016 in the chemical and process industries, this article will describe some informal practices of process safety…”
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Definition of inherent safety by Moore, David

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Definition of inherent safety by Dowell III, Arthur M. (Art)

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Layer of protection analysis: Generating scenarios automatically from HAZOP data by Dowell III, Arthur M. (Art), Williams, Tom R.

“…This paper details the concept of automatically generating layer of protection analysis (LOPA) scenarios from a process hazard analysis (PHA) conducted using…”
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