COURSE OVERVIEW

This practical and highly-interactive course includes real-life case studies and exercises where participants will be engaged in a series of interactive small groups and class workshops. 

This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date knowledge of emergency shutdown system (ESD) for operators. It covers the ESD system and signal definition including level of shutdown and re-set philosophy; and the interlock ESD systems and interface field devices. 

During the course, participants will be able to learn the sequence of events recorder, bypass and override key switches; the input signal line monitoring and hazard analysis techniques; the alarm annunciation of ESD signals in DCS; the ESD matrix panel facilities as well as ESD areas of special attention; the hardware power failure requirements, DCS configuration requirements, analogue signals with trip amplifiers; and the proper safety measures.