Using reliability analysis an engineer can show that a particular design meets the key probabilistic measurements. However, the engineer must have basic information about the equipment used in the design. This information consists of failure rates, failure mode distributions, diagnostic detection capability, and common cause susceptibility. This handbook was created to supply that information in a format specific to safety integrity verification. The data is formatted such that it can be directly used in safety verifications and to allow for easy comparison of equipment items or designs.

The Safety Equipment Reliability Handbook, 2nd edition, is the must have handbook for any engineer actively involved in Safety Integrity Level verification analyses. It provides a tremendous amount of detailed failure rate data for both specific manufacturer products as well as generic equipment items. Many companies have standardized their reliability evaluations on reliability data published by exida. The Safety Equipment Reliability Handbook provides the perfect reference source. (Hardbound -- published by exida, L.L.C.)

Safety Integrity Levels
New book authored by exida partners Edward Marszal & Eric Scharpf. The book describes a systematic method for selecting safety integrity levels for safety instrumented systems (SIS). Although numerous methods are being used in industry, the method presented, which includes layer of protection analysis, is rapidly becoming the most common. The reason for its popularity stems from its ease of use while providing accurate results. This method emphasizes accounting for existing layers of protection. By doing so, the SIS is not over-designed and over-priced. This method ensures that the maximum return on risk reduction investments is achieved.

Safety Instrumented Systems Verification – Practical Probabilistic Calculations This book clearly explains how to do probabilistic calculations to accomplish SIL verification for safety systems. Starting with a description of the safety lifecycle, the authors show where and how SIL verification fits into the key activities from conceptual design through commissioning. The book not only explains the theory and methods for doing the calculations, the authors also provide many examples from the chemical, petrochemical, Power and oil & gas industries. Through numerous examples, the authors make the material understandable, plus the data tables give readers important information needed to do the verification calculations. The authors provide example failure rate data and other important metrics needed for probabilistic calculations. Appendices cover probability, failure modes, diagnostic analysis, fault tree analysis, Markov Models, and system architectures.

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