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News Release from: Yokogawa Europe - Industrial Automation | Subject: ProSafe-RS R2.01.00
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 25 April 2008
Enhanced version of ProSafe-RS SIS
released
The new version of the ProSafe-RS Safety Instrumented System is integrated with the latest Yokogawa production control system, CentumVP, offering improved security and support for Windows Vista
These enhancements strike the optimum balance between improved operational efficiency and safety There is a growing emphasis on operational safety in the energy and basic materials industries such as oil, natural gas, petrochemical, and iron and steel that is driven by the need to provide a safe workplace, protect the environment, and be a responsible corporate citizen
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 26 May 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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To achieve both operational efficiency and safety, the distributed control systems (DCSs) that are necessary for stable plant operations and the safety instrumented systems that are relied on to perform emergency shutdowns need to be finely integrated.
To meet these needs, Yokogawa released the ProSafe-RS Safety Instrumented System, and has continued to strengthen its functions to work in conjunction with the Centum series.
The overview of the latest enhancements is as follows.
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* 1) Integration with Centum VP.
The operation and monitoring screen of Centum VP features an ergonomic universal design and an advanced, intuitive operational environment for improved visibility of information and enhanced operability.
Through the integration of ProSafe-RS with Centum VP, operation and monitoring can be performed in an advanced operational environment.
* 2) Improvement of security functions.
ProSafe-RS R2.01.00 enhances the security of PC components and keeps plants secure by restricting communications, controlling access to folders and the registry, and preventing unauthorised access from outside.
* 3) The first major safety instrumented system to support Windows Vista.
ProSafe-RS R2.01.00 is the first major safety instrumentation system to support the latest operating system from Microsoft Corporation, Windows Vista.
It runs on the latest OS with the latest software.
The major target markets and applications are oil, natural gas, petrochemical and other process industries that use systems for emergency plant shutdown, fire prevention/fighting, and burner management.
Released in February 2005, the ProSafe-RS Safety Instrumented System helps to prevent accidents by detecting unusual conditions in plant operations and taking emergency actions such as shutting down the plant.
Unlike conventional safety instrumented systems and DCSs, which are regarded as having different roles or functions and operate separately, the operation of ProSafe-RS and Centum series can be fully integrated.
Furthermore, an independent certification body has certified that ProSafe-RS conforms to the IEC61508 (Note 1) international safety standard and can be used in SIL3 (Note 2) applications.
As a result, ProSafe-RS is held in high regard by users and has been installed in more than 300 projects worldwide to date.
* (Note 1) IEC61508.
A standard relating to the functional safety of electrical and electronic equipment that was established by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).
* (Note 2) Safety Integrity Level (SIL) and SIL3.
SILs have been defined by the IEC.
SIL3 means that the risk factor for a plant where safety measures are not in place has been reduced to a range from 1/1000 to 1/10000.
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