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SAFETY
INSTRUMENTED
SYSTEMS:
Design, Analysis,
and Justification
2nd Edition

By Paul Gruhn, P.E., CFSE

and
Harry Cheddie, P.Eng., CFSE
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Gruhn, Paul.
Safety instrumented systems :design, analysis, and justification /
by Paul Gruhn and Harry Cheddie. -- 2nd ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 1-55617-956-1 (pbk.)
1. System safety. 2. Process control. 3. Industrial safety.
I. Cheddie, Harry. II. Title.
TA169.7.G78 2006
620.8'6--dc22 2005019336
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Harry L. Cheddie, P.Eng., CFSE

Harry Cheddie is principal engineer and partner with Exida. He is pres-
ently responsible for completing safety studies for end users, developing
training programs, and teaching safety courses with an emphasis on IEC
61508 and IEC 61511.

Prior to joining Exida, Harry was a control systems advisor for Bayer Inc.
in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, where he was also the supervisor of the Cen-
tral Engineering Group responsible for process control systems design and
maintenance.

Harry graduated from Salford University in the U.K. with a B.Sc. (1st class
honors) degree in electrical engineering. He is a registered professional
engineer in the province of Ontario, Canada.

Harry is certified by the American Society for Quality as a quality engi-

neer, and as a reliability engineer. He is also a TÜV certified functional
safety expert.

Paul Gruhn, P.E., CFSE

Paul Gruhn is a safety product specialist with ICS Triplex in Houston,
Texas.

Paul is an ISA Fellow. He is a member of the ISA SP84 committee, which

wrote the 1996 (“Application of Safety Instrumented Systems for the Pro-
cess Industries”) and 2004 (“Functional Safety: Safety Instrumented
Systems for the Process Industry Sector”) versions of the ISA 84 series
standards. Paul is the developer and instructor for ISA’s three-day course
EC50, “Safety Instrumented Systems,” along with the matching one-day
course and three-part web seminar series. He is actively involved with ISA
in various local and national roles.

Paul is also a member of the System Safety Society and the National Soci-
ety of Professional Engineers.
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xii About the Authors

Paul has a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Illinois Institute of

Technology in Chicago, Illinois; is a licensed professional engineer in
Texas; and a certified functional safety expert (a TÜV certification).