Process knowledge building an optimized alarm system

This contribution is focused on designing a system according to the EEMUA standards and using knowledge obtained during the control system operation. It is important for process experts to build into and maintain knowledge and intelligence in the alarm system over time. A good alarm system requires that a lot of process knowledge is built into the system to optimize the alarm generation, suppression and presentation based on process expertise and operational experience. This contribution describes work on a project based on alarm system configuration tools and operation data provided from our industrial partner. The results and recommendations help process engineers to improve the systems over time by building into the system the knowledge required to achieve effective alarm suppression, and to optimize signal filtering settings, alarm limits and priorities system configuration.