Grant: Engage Plus Grants Program

This project is an extension of an alarm management project between NARL Refining LP and Memorial*University. In the first phase of the project, funded by NSERC Engage, an alarm analysis tool ""AlarmSoft"" was*developed. The goal of the project is to further develop the tool to incorporate features to analyze the root cause*of an alarm, and integrate the alarm analysis tool to the overall alarm management strategy of NARL. The*newly developed alarm management methodology will be implemented to the crude distillation unit of the*refinery and its impact on the alarm system will be evaluated. Through this project we hope to develop an*advanced alarm analysis tool and an alarm management methodology that is efficient as well, feasible from an*application point. Improvement in the alarm management system has the potential of improving the*productivity of the plant by 3-5%. It addition to benefiting NARL directly, this project will contribute*significantly to technology development. There is currently a lack of field tested alarm management software in*the process industries. The new generation alarm management system has the potential to be developed as a*marketable product which can add significant revenue to Canadian economy. It will make Canadian Oil & Gas*industries safer, and save lives.