Grant: Engage Grants Program
Memorial University of Newfoundland
$25,000.00
Advanced alarm management system for pertroleum refinery
FY 2017-18
Summary
Alarm systems are at the heart of any safety system. A well designed and calibrated alarm system can detectany abnormal situation in the plant early on, enunciate the abnormality, and reduce the number and severity ofabnormal situations. The goal of this research is to determine the root cause of alarm overload in a Crude Unitof a petroleum refinery, and implement advanced alarm management system to improve the safety, reliabilityand productivity of the unit. Risk based and event based alarm management system will be implemented on thecrude unit of the refinery. Besides making the plant safe and sustainable, it is estimated that through reductionof abnormal situations the refinery can save directly about CAD 3 MM per year. It addition to benefiting theplant directly, this project will contribute significantly to technology development. The new generation alarmmanagement system has the potential to be developed as a marketable product both home and abroad, thuscontribute to the Canadian economy. Finally, the newly developed alarm management tool will make processindustries safer, and save lives.
Program
Engage Grants Program
Recipient
Location
Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
517632-2017
Name nom
Imtiaz, Syed
Department département
Engineering and Applied Science, Faculty of
Organization id
89
Institution établissement
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Province en
Newfoundland and Labrador
Province fr
Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2017
Competition year année de concours
2017
Award amount
25000
Program id
EGP
Program name en
Engage Grants Program
Program name fr
Programme de subventions d'engagement partenariat
Group en
Research partnerships programs
Group fr
Programmes de partenariat
Committee code
1551
Committee name en
Atlantic Internal Decision Committee
Committee name fr
Comité de décision interne pour l'Atlantique
Area of application code
301
Area of application group en
Energy resources
Area of application group fr
Ressources d'énergie
Area of application en
Oil, gas and coal
Area of application fr
Pétrole, gaz et charbon
Research subject code
1800
Research subject group en
Chemical engineering
Research subject group fr
Génie chimique
Research subject en
Chemical engineering
Research subject fr
Génie chimique
Partie
1
Nb partie
1
Application title
Advanced alarm management system for pertroleum refinery
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
Alarm systems are at the heart of any safety system. A well designed and calibrated alarm system can detectany abnormal situation in the plant early on, enunciate the abnormality, and reduce the number and severity ofabnormal situations. The goal of this research is to determine the root cause of alarm overload in a Crude Unitof a petroleum refinery, and implement advanced alarm management system to improve the safety, reliabilityand productivity of the unit. Risk based and event based alarm management system will be implemented on thecrude unit of the refinery. Besides making the plant safe and sustainable, it is estimated that through reductionof abnormal situations the refinery can save directly about CAD 3 MM per year. It addition to benefiting theplant directly, this project will contribute significantly to technology development. The new generation alarmmanagement system has the potential to be developed as a marketable product both home and abroad, thuscontribute to the Canadian economy. Finally, the newly developed alarm management tool will make processindustries safer, and save lives.
