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Need to stay on top of what's going on in your plant? |
 Control room operators use the trend displays of their HMI to provide an at-a-glance confirmation that all is well with their process. Another profile of their plant can be obtained by using the profiles presented in the displays of AlarmAnalyst®. Customers tell us that the profiles shown are early indicators of plant instability. Often before a significant upset warning signs occur that if noticed can head off major incidents. Another area where AlarmAnalyst® excells is during alarm bursts. Although the actual burst may be created by a minor alarm, it can often hide the fact that a significant event has ocuured. The "we missed the alarm" scenario is often identifed as a significant contributing factor during accident investigations. One customer tells us that on a good day, he looks at AlarmAnalyst® for only 15 seconds. If he needs to look at it longer, it is probably not going to be a good day. Its also interesting to note that alarms provide an indicatator of ineffective operating procedures often highlighting shift to shift differences in how the plant is being run. As well, by combining alarms and operator actions it is easy to spot operators needing additional training. When upsets have occurred, the interactive Sequence of Events Displays can assist in quickly establishing the root cause of the incident. The events contain the time stamp of the control system so up to 1 milli-second resolution of the timing of events is possible. |
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