Review of and experience with Emergency Shutdown Systems

Conference · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5401838

Huse, J R

The Emergency Shutdown (ESD) System is defined as a system which immediately terminates all production activity and other systems not essential for platform emergency operation. The ESD-systems should be independent from and in addition to other systems and generally based on a ''fail-safe'' principle. Experience with ESD-systems is fairly good. However, further improvements could be done on sensors and valves and on man-machine interactions. Reliability of computer systems to be closely monitored; e.g. for internal faults.

• OSTI ID: 5401838
• Report Number(s): CONF-850941-
• Resource Relation: Conference: European offshore conference, Aberdeen, UK, 10 Sep 1985
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

42 ENGINEERING
OFFSHORE PLATFORMS
COMPUTERIZED CONTROL SYSTEMS
EMERGENCY PLANS
ENGINEERED SAFETY SYSTEMS
FAILURES
FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTERS
MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS
MONITORING
MONITORS
RELIABILITY
SHUTDOWNS
VALVES
COMPUTERS
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
CONTROL SYSTEMS
DIGITAL COMPUTERS
EQUIPMENT
FLOW REGULATORS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
420206* - Engineering- Mining & Drilling Equipment & Facilities- (1980-1989)
423000 - Engineering- Marine Engineering- (1980-)