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ALARM OVERLOAD
Alarm Overload, an article published in Chemical Processing by Ian Nimmo, January 2005, discusses why most Distributed Control Systems (DCS) have more standing alarms than necessary, and how to resolve this problem. Find out how to rescue your plant from alarm overload utilizing guidelines on personnel responsibility and benchmarking system performance.
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Alarm Overload
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SITUATIONAL AWARENESS
Abnormal Situational Awareness, the need for good Situation Awareness, a paper presented by Ian Nimmo, September of 2004 at the symposium “Advances in Process Control 7”. The paper discusses strategies to help operators maintain a high level of situational awareness i.e., an accurate perception of the current condition of the process and equipment, and accurate understanding of the meaning of key performance indicators.
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Situational Awareness
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ALARM MANAGEMENT/GRAPHICS PROJECTS
Alarm Management & Graphics Projects is longer and more detailed version the Alarm Overload paper, written by Ian Nimmo discussing the benefits of Alarm Management and Graphics Projects i.e., focusing on life-cycle characteristics and transitioning to maintaining good alarm management practices, and best practices design methodology on how to approach graphics development.
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Alarm_Management/ Graphics_Projects
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DON’T BE THROWN FOR A LOOP
Don’t be thrown for a loop is an article written by Ian Nimmo and John Moscatelli, describing impacts on a console operator’s workload and was published in the July 2005 issue of Chemical Processing. This paper recommends the best methodology and operating procedures for determining proper staffing levels based on job complexity, loop count, process disturbances, and graphics.
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Don't be thrown for a loop
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THE SAFETY ISSUES OF BATCH (AND OTHER) CONTROLS
The Safety Issues of Batch (and other) Controls written by Ian Nimmo, presented as Keynote presentation May of 2005 at the World Batch Rorum. This paper discusses a new approach to safety, breaking the traditional barriers of people, organizations and culture and puts the control engineer back in the driving seat for determining performance improvements, optimizing control algorithms, people, and the way they interface with technology.
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Batch Control
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DESIGNING CONTROL ROOMS FOR HUMANS
Designing Control Rooms for Humans, written by Ian Nimmo and John Moscatelli, published in Control Magazine, July 2004 discusses today’s work environment and how it has been revolutionized by PC’s and PC workstations.
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Designing Control Rools for Humans
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HUMAN FACTORS IN ALARM MANAGEMENT
It’s time to consider Human Factors in Alarm Management was written by Ian Nimmo, published in CEP magazine November 2002, discusses implementing procedures to consider human factors, not simply human error, in control room architecture and reducing the chance of incidents in plants.
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Human Factors in Alarm Management
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MANDATED HUMAN ERROR CONTROLS IN USA
Mandated Human Error Controls in USA, written by Ian Nimmo, published August 2001, discusses a new approach to safety breaking the traditional barriers of people, organizations and culture, and puts control engineer back in the driving seat for determining performance improvements, optimizing control algorithms, people, and the way they interface with technology.
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Mandated Human Error Controls in USA
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GROWING OLD TOGETHER
Operator Consoles:Growing Old Together written by Ian Nimmo, published Hydrocarbon Engineering January 2005 discusses refurbishment projects and best methodologies and standards for making the changes such as Study of Management Systems, i.e., people and performance systems; Ergonomic Design of Operating desks or Consoles; Human Computer Interface, Alarm Management, and Design of Control Rooms.
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Growing Old Together
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PUTTING ON A HUMAN FACE
Putting a human face on the design of Control Rooms, written by Ian Nimmo, published by Process Control Magazine, May 2004, discusses how technology has pushed Industrial processes to the limit, and why Companies should implement standards and best practices around factors such as human related incidents and Control Room Design.
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Putting on a Human Face
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CONTROL BUILDING
Designing a control building written by Ian Nimmo, published by Hydrocarbon Engineering, 2002, discusses major aspects to designing a new control building i.e., building location, standards, selecting an architecture firm, building company, console layout and ergonomic considerations, people changes and management of change.
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Control Building
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PACIFY THE FEAR OF CHANGE
Understanding how changing a work environment affects people can reduce accidents. Written by Ian Nimmo, published by Chemical Processing, February 2007. |
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