Modifying ‘SIL’ Certified Equipment Failure Rates on the Basis of Deployment

An examination of the discrepancy between typical failure rate values declared on SIL certificates and those reported in generic field databases. The allocation of the difference to an attribute here named ‘deployment’ on the basis of identified equipment vulnerability categories.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harvey T. Dearden BSc CEng FIET MIMechE FInstMC
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2012-09-01
Series:Measurement + Control
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/002029401204500703
Description
Summary:An examination of the discrepancy between typical failure rate values declared on SIL certificates and those reported in generic field databases. The allocation of the difference to an attribute here named ‘deployment’ on the basis of identified equipment vulnerability categories.
ISSN:0020-2940