Advanced alarm management system for pertroleum refinery

警报系统是任何安全系统的核心。一个设计和校准良好的报警系统可以及早发现工厂中的任何异常情况，阐明异常情况，减少异常情况的数量和严重程度。本研究的目的是找出某炼油厂原油装置报警超载的根本原因，并实施先进的报警管理系统，以提高装置的安全性、可靠性和生产率。炼油厂的原油装置将实施基于风险和基于事件的警报管理系统。除了使工厂安全和可持续发展外，预计通过减少异常情况，炼油厂每年可直接节省约300万加元。除了直接使工厂受益外，该项目还将对技术开发做出重大贡献。新一代报警管理系统具有作为国内外畅销产品开发的潜力，从而为加拿大经济做出贡献。最后，新开发的警报管理工具将使流程工业更安全，并拯救生命。

Alarm systems are at the heart of any safety system. A well designed and calibrated alarm system can detectany abnormal situation in the plant early on, enunciate the abnormality, and reduce the number and severity ofabnormal situations. The goal of this research is to determine the root cause of alarm overload in a Crude Unitof a petroleum refinery, and implement advanced alarm management system to improve the safety, reliabilityand productivity of the unit. Risk based and event based alarm management system will be implemented on thecrude unit of the refinery. Besides making the plant safe and sustainable, it is estimated that through reductionof abnormal situations the refinery can save directly about CAD 3 MM per year. It addition to benefiting theplant directly, this project will contribute significantly to technology development. The new generation alarmmanagement system has the potential to be developed as a marketable product both home and abroad, thuscontribute to the Canadian economy. Finally, the newly developed alarm management tool will make processindustries safer, and save lives.