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RP77.60.02
ISA-RP77.60.02-2000 Fossil Fuel Power Plant Human-Machine Interface: Alarms
General reference, softbound, 28pp.
$50.00
Provides advice and guidance in the development and design of plant alarm systems. The primary application for this recommended practice is fossil power plants; however, these guidelines are generic in nature, and suitable for use in other process industries.
Scope:
This recommended practice is provided for the benefit of design engineers
and, ultimately, plant operators. Use of this recommended practice will
result in a more coherent and useful application of plant alarms for operations
personnel. The goal of this recommended practice is to reduce alarm discrepancies,
clutter, excessive noise levels, and information overload.
This recommended practice will address the following alarm-related issues:
- Functional grouping
- Prioritization
- Order and consistency
- Colors
- Formats and displays
- Audio tone and pitch
- Acknowledge, reset, and test functions
- Nuisance alarms
These items are addressed both individually and with respect to their
relationships with one another.
This recommended practice pertains to alarms displayed using lights or
light-boxes, but not software based alarms (e.g., CRT-based alarms) and
is intended to supplement the information provided by ANSI/ISA-18.1-1979
(R1992), Annunciator Sequences and Specifications.
Purpose:
The purpose of this recommended practice is to provide advice and guidance
in the development and design of plant alarm systems. The primary application
for this recommended practice is fossil power plants; however, these guidelines
are generic in nature, and suitable for use in other process industries.
