Download Free: Galp Energy Alarm Management
Before the implementation of an alarm management project, Galp Energia’s Oporto Refinery operators were forced into a reactive approach toward alarms, especially during upsets like maintenance or emergency shutdowns. Operators were dealing in some cases with five alarms per operator every 10 minutes - compare this with the EEMUA standard of one alarm per operator per 10-minute interval. This situation had to change.
Read this case study to learn how Matrikon Alarm Manager helped Galp Energia's Oporto Refinery transition from a reactive to proactive approach to alarms by:
- optimizing alarm strategies to improve operator effectiveness
- improving plant safety and reliability
- integrating alarm and process data for thorough incident reviews
- automating control system Management of Change
- minimizing cost of adoption by continuing to use familiar tools