Advanced Topics Burner Management Systems
Prerequisite
Completion of Steam Boilers – Introduction to Safety Instrumented Burner Management System course
Topics Covered
This course provides details how a Burner Management System design can be shown to meet design equivalency requirements as specified in NPFA 85, 86 or 87 and CSA B149.3. for instance, NFPA 85 prescriptively requires a double block and bleed valve arrangement on all individual burners in a gas fired multiple burner boiler application. How would one go about possible justifying an alternate valving arrangement? Answering this type of question is the purpose of this course. This course includes specifics on:
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Prescriptive versus Performance based Codes / Standards
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Authority Having Jurisdiction
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Process Hazards Analysis / Layer of Protection Analysis
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Design Equivalency Requirements
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Sensors
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Valves
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Logic Solvers
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Safety Integrity Level Verification Calculations – Design Equivalency Options
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Justification of Design Equivalency to Authority Having Jurisdiction
The training course will use a combination of PowerPoint slides and live demo of Steam Boiler Burner Management System designs in aeShield software to compare and contrast various designs and show how design alternatives can be evaluated and potentially justified to the Authority Having Jurisdiction. .
Instructor – Mike Scott – PE, CFSE
Mike Scott is the CEO of aeShield, a software company that specializes in the digitalization of process / functional safety lifecycle solutions. He has over 32 years of experience associated with fired devices including risk analysis, safety instrumented systems and control systems engineering, where he performed / implemented conceptual design, detailed design, configuration, and startup / commissioning exercises for the process industry.
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Licensed Professional Engineer
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Certified Functional Safety Expert (CFSE)
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Voting member of ISA S84 committee
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Co-Chairman of the ISA S84 Working Group on Burner Management Systems
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IEC 61511 committee member
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Granted 7 patents on safety lifecycle tools and implementation
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ISA Fellow