EEMUA 191 : 2013

Foreword
About this Guide
Core Principles and the Roadmap
1 Introduction
2 Principles of alarm system design
3 Implementing a system of alarm management
4 HCI management techniques
5 Alarm configuration
6 Performance monitoring/improvement
7 Buying a new alarm system
Appendix 1 - The costs of poor alarm performance
Appendix 2 - Pertinent requirements
Appendix 3 - Prioritisation methods
Appendix 4 - Logical processing of alarms
Appendix 5 - Repeating and fleeting alarms
Appendix 6 - Alarm management in batch plants
Appendix 7 - Alarm management in geographically
             distributed plant
Appendix 8 - Usefulness questionnaire
Appendix 9 - Operator questionnaire
Appendix 10 - Supporting checklists
Appendix 11 - Design of alarm list displays
Appendix 12 - Design of field alarm sensors
Appendix 13 - Example alarm suppression
Appendix 14 - Performance metrics and KPI visualisation
Appendix 15 - Specification checklist - small system
Appendix 16 - Specification checklist - large system
Appendix 17 - Intelligent fault detection
Appendix 18 - Glossary
Appendix 19 - References
Appendix 20 - Bibliography

Provides Guidance of: - The design of alarm processing systems and their functionality; - The operation of existing alarm systems and performance optimization and - The specification and purchase of new alarm systems.