This certificate course describes the techniques recommended in the technical report, along with the hands-on application of these techniques and their associated software tools. It applies to a wide range of professionals involved with fire and gas systems—from high-level decision-makers to hands-on users. It teaches a basic understanding of design techniques and includes a comprehensive case study that involves employing software to develop a complete performance-based design for a sample oil and gas production facility.
This course is provided as a preparation resource for the Fire and Gas Mapping Specialist Certificate Program. Your course registration includes your registration for the exam. Pass the exam and earn the certificate.
Who Should Take EC56?
- Instrumentation and control engineers
- Instrument reliability engineers
- Process safety management engineers
- Process safety management administrators and/or managers
- HSE management
- Engineering management
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Classroom (EC56)Length: 3 days |
Virtual Classroom (EC56V)Length: 3 days |
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Learning Objectives
- Identify the hazards that are being mitigated by fire and gas systems (FGS)
- Identify the steps in the FGS safety lifecycle
- Define the elements of a fire and gas detection philosophy
- Explain how to develop a preliminary detector layout
- Discuss how risk is used in performance-based FGS engineering
- Explain how to specify FGS performance requirements
- Apply the principles of detector coverage assessment and fire and gas mapping
Topics Covered
- Introduction: Overview and Definitions
- Examples of fire and gas systems
- Legal requirements and good engineering practices
- Performance-based FGS
- Fire and Gas Hazards
- Attributes of hydrocarbon fires
- Characteristics of combustible gas releases
- Toxic gas hazards
- Other special hazards safeguarded by FGS
- The FGS Lifecycle
- Relationship to ISA/IEC safety lifecycle
- ISA technical report concepts
- FGS engineering design lifecycle
- Risk Concepts used in FGS Engineering
- Risk definitions
- Risk parameters effected by FGS
- Risk model (Event Tree Analysis)
- FGS considerations in PHA/LOPA/QRA
- FGS Philosophy
- Objectives of FGS philosophy definition
- FGS philosophy elements
- Selecting FGS Performance Requirements
- Performance targets based on risk
- Hazard assessment options
- Fully quantitative methods for assessment
- Semi-quantitative methods for assessment
- Detector Coverage Assessment
- Fire geographic coverage
- Fire scenario coverage
- Gas geographic coverage
- Gas scenario coverage
- FGS Safety Availability
- SIL versus FGS safety availability
- FGS function definition
- FGS safety availability calculation
Related Resources
- ISA-TR84.00.07-2018, Guidance on the Evaluation of Fire, Combustible Gas, and Toxic Gas System Effectiveness
- Performance-based Fire and Gas Systems Engineering Handbook, by Austin Bryan, Elizabeth Smith, and Kevin Mitchell