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    Foreword

    There is no facility in the world which is free from hazards and risks. There have been
    a number of catastrophes in the world (e.g., Bhupal in India). After these, people real-
    ized that there should have been a systematic approach toward safety. Each facility is
    different from others; naturally hazard analyses will be varying in nature. Since in the
    modern era of high competition, people depend a lot on electronic instrumentation
    and control. Keeping these in mind, IEC came out with IEC 61508 and 61511with
    systematic approaches toward safety instrumented systems (SISs) and safety integrity
    level (SIL).
    Hazard analysis and SIS is a vast subject to cover all sectors of industrial facilities.
    It is indeed a good idea that the author has felt to put forward his rich industrial
    experience in a single book to cover various hazard analysis methods, calculations
    of SILs for developing SIS.
    There are a few good books on different topics, but it is fact there is no single book
    to cover both hazard analysis methods as well as detailed SIS. The chapters this book
    covers including risk assignment fundamentals, hazard analysis methods, SIL calcula-
    tions to develop SIS, and effects of SIS on various components staring from sensors,
    fieldbus, logic solver, and final elements are really worth praising. The book is well
    balanced to cover basic mathematics as well as sector-wise industrial applications.
    The author has rich industrial experience in India and abroad, and is still in touch
    with modern developments. I truly feel that the book, which is developed based on
    the author’s experience, would be extremely helpful to the practicing engineers as
    well as for fresh engineers. Also, I am glad to know that this book has been selected
    by IChemE in their series of publications.
    I wish all the success for the effort of the author for the book.

    Professor S.K. Sen


    BE, PhD(LOND.) DIC(LOND.), FIE, FNAE, SM CSI,
    Fellow, Imperial College,
    London

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