©2005 Emerson Process Management. All rights reserved. View this and other courses online at www.PlantWebUniversity.com. SIS 401 - Smart SIS 15 minutes In this course: 1 Overview 2 Why It Matters 3 What is a Smart SIS? 4 Higher Process Availability 5 Easier Compliance 6 Lower Costs 7 Smart Implementation 8 The PlantWeb Advantage 9 Summary Overview Protecting the safety of your plant, personnel, and community requires an SIS with both very high safety and high availability. In the long run, IEC 61511 compliance will help you reach these g oals more easily and profitably. But it can also require lots of up-front work. And while ensuring safety is always top priority, the words "spend as much time and money as you need" are seldom heard in plants. Fortunately, advances in technology have led to the emergence of what's called a smart SIS — and eased the task of providing the safety and availability you require. A smart SIS extends the proven technologies of digital plant architectures to safety applications. These technologies include microprocessor-equipped field devices, digital communications, asset management software, and related improvements in system design and integration. As a result, a smart SIS delivers many of the same benefits such architectures provide in control-oriented applications — including easier implementation, operations, and maintenance; increased availability; and lower life cycle costs. But a smart SIS is built for safety-specific functi ons, and the system as a whole is designed to ease IEC 61511 compliance. This course outlines both the key features of a smart SIS and some of the primary benefits it provides. By the end of the course, you'll have a better understanding of why a smart SIS is likely to be the best choice for many plants — possibly including yours.
