Safety Integrity Levels of Fire and Gas Systems and Effects on Facility Reliability Target

Mehmet DİLAVER       Chemical Engineer, TÜV Functional Safety Engineer

According to the research conducted by Marsh and McLennan Companies, the damage caused by fire and explosions in 100 accidents that caused the biggest destruction between 1974-2015 is more than 25.5 Billion Dollars. There should be systems for limiting the population and the environment that will be affected by accidents, such as gas detection, fire prevention and fire protection, early response to major accidents, loss of resources, and the population that will be affected by accidents. This paper addresses the end-users of the IEC 61508 Functional Safety / Electrical / Electronic / Programmable Electronic Safety-related Systems for the manufacturers of gas detection, fire prevention systems and equipment used in fire protection systems.

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Keywords: Fire prevention systems, fire protection systems, gas detectors, functional safety, reliability, safety instrument design