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 Contents
Glossary xi
1 Introduction 1
1.1 General information 1
1.2 Workshop outline 2
1.3 Reference sources 3

2 Introduction to HAZOP 5
2.1 What is HAZOP? 5
2.2 Who does it? 5
2.3 How is it done? 5
2.4 To what? 6
2.5 When? 7
2.6 Why do we do HAZOPS? 7
2.7 Alternatives to HAZOP 8
2.8 Next study steps 9

3 Hazard studies and regulations 11

3.1 Scope and objectives of this chapter 11
3.2 Multi-stage hazard studies 11
3.3 Regulatory frameworks 18

4 Typical HAZOP workshop 25

4.1 Terms of reference 25
4.2 Scope of work 25
4.3 Timing of HAZOP studies 26
4.4 Documents required 27
4.5 Team membership 28
4.6 Workshop initiation 29
4.7 Examination phase procedure 30
4.8 Recording and reporting 34
4.9 Reporting 35
4.10 Follow-up 35
4.11 Practical exercise 36
5 Detail of the HAZOP examination phase 37
5.1 Overview of HAZOP procedure 37
5.2 Points to note on the examination procedure 53
5.3 Practical exercise: Continuous process example 56
5.4 HAZOP for batch processes and sequential operations 56
5.5 HAZOPs for other disciplines 59
5.6 Conclusions 61

6 Planning and leadership of HAZOPs 63

6.1 Introduction 63
6.2 Organizing the HAZOP 63
6.3 The team leader and the team 66
6.4 Conclusions 75
6.5 Practical exercise no 5: Hybrid batch process example 75

7 From HAZOPS to SIL 77

7.1 Introduction 77
7.2 Risk reduction concepts 78
7.3 Risk assessment 79
7.4 Safety instrumented systems and their role in risk reduction 89
7.5 The meaning of SIL and how it relates to cost and safety 92
7.6 SIL determination 94
7.7 Outcomes of the SIL determination stage 96
7.8 Conclusions 97

8 Hazard analysis methods 99

8.1 Introduction 99
8.2 Outline of methods 100
8.3 Fault tree analysis 104
8.4 Practical exercise in FTA 111
8.5 Conclusions 111
8.6 Practical exercise No 6 111
Appendix 1 113

Appendix 2 115

Appendix 3 119

Appendix 4 123

Appendix 5 137

Appendix 6 149

Appendix 7 195
 Glossary
Abbreviations and terminologies used in
this manual or relevant to hazard studies
and safety instrumented systems

AECI
South African Chemicals manufacturing company. Originally part of the ICI Chemicals
Group the company produced a wide-ranging manual on HAZOP procedures based on
many years of practical experience within the ICI group.

ALARP
As Low As Reasonably Practicable. The UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) adopted
this expression to describe the principle that can be applied to determine if an acceptably
low risk of harm has been achieved when safety measures are applied to potentially
hazardous situation. See Chapter 6.

Architectural constraints
Refers to the need for fault tolerant structures to be provided in SIS sub systems where
safe failure cannot always be assured. In practice this means 2 or more redundant devices
are needed to achieve high SIL ratings unless very safe failure fractions can be shown.
See IEC 61511-1 clause 11.4

Availability
The probability that an item of equipment or a control system will perform its intended
task. It is often expressed as a percentage of the time per year of use

BPCS: Basic Process Control System

Generic term used to describe any control system equipment provided for the normal
operation of a plant or machine. A BPCS may or may not include safety functions.
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Cause and effect diagram

A matrix drawing showing the functional logic between inputs and outputs of a safety
control system. (See also “FLD”).

Common-cause failure
Failure of a plant item or safeguarding system as a result of one or more events, originating
from the same external or internal conditions, causing coincident failures of two or more
separate channels in a multiple channel system.

De-energized safe condition

In this context: the electrical or pneumatic valves, which can shutdown the guarded
process, are energized during the normal (safe) process situation. If an unsafe condition
arises, the (spring-loaded) valve will close, because the energy is cut off.

Demand mode
Applies to a safety-instrumented system when the frequency of demands for operation is no
greater than once per year. (Refer IEC 61511 –1). The safety performance in this mode is
measured by the probability of failure on demand. See PFD. See high demand mode

ELD
Engineering Line Diagram. Often used as an alternative term for P&ID, especially
mechanical plant applications. Can be used as a basis for plant definition in HAZOP.

Emergency Shutdown or ESD

Commonly used terminology to refer to the safeguarding systems intended to shutdown a
plant in case of a process parameter limit-excess.

E/E/PES (Electrical/electronic/programmable electronic system)

System for control, protection or monitoring based on one or more electrical/electronic
programmable electronic (E/E/PE) devices, including all elements of the system such as
power supplies, sensors and other input devices, data highways and other communication
paths, and actuators and other output devices.

EPSC
European Process Safety Centre.
This is an international industry-funded organisation that provides an independent technical
focus for process safety in Europe. Based in Rugby, UK at the offices of the Institute of
Chemical Engineers it is supported by many large chemical companies. The EPSC guide
“HAZOP Guide to best practice” has been consulted extensively in the preparation of this
manual. See Appendix 1 for reference details.

ESD
See Emergency shutdown system

EUC (Equipment Under Control)

Equipment, machinery, apparatus or plant used for manufacturing, process, transportation,
medical or other activities. Scope includes the control system and its operators. (See in
Chapter 2)
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EUC control system

System that responds to input signals from the process and/or from an operator and
generates output signals causing the EUC to operate in the desired manner. Basically
those controls needed for normal operation of the plant excluding safety controls.
Note - The EUC control system includes input devices and final elements.
See also BPCS.

Fail-safe
A control system response that, after one or multiple failures, lapses into a predictable
safe condition.

Failure modes
In safety-instrumented systems, 4 types of failure mode are recognized:
Detected safe failure, (revealed fault).
Undetected safe failure. (An unrevealed fault that leads to a dangerous state)
Detected dangerous failure. A fault that is potentially dangerous but is detected by the
system diagnostics, see revealed fault).
Undetected dangerous failure (A fault that prevents the system from providing its safety
function and remains hidden within the system permanently or until found by periodic
functional testing.)

Fault
IEC definition: “abnormal condition that may cause a reduction in, or loss of, the
capability of a functional unit to perform a required function”.

Fault tolerance
IEC definition: “ability of a functional unit to perform a required function in presence of
faults or errors”. Hence Fault tolerance level of 1 tolerates 1 dangerous failure without
loss of safety function.

FLD
Functional Logic Diagram. A graphical representation of control system functions,
showing the logic-gates and timers as well as the logic signal interconnections.

FMEA
Failure Mode and Effect Analysis. A numerical technique for assisting hazard analysis of
mechanical or electronic equipment. Systematic component level analysis of the failures
resulting from each component or subsystem within an electronic system (typically a
process instrument). Also: FMECA: Criticality Analysis. Applies when FMEA is
extended to identify dangerous or critical failure modes.

Functional safety
Safety that depends on the correct functioning of the SIS and other active protection
layers. Hence a functional safety system provides safety by the way it functions. This
distinguishes it from safety due to its presence such as a fire door or blast proof wall or a
hard hat.

HAZAN
Generic abbreviation for Hazard analysis.
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Hazard analysis
Describes the procedures for examining the possible causes of a hazard to decide the
likelihood or hazardous event frequency. Hazard analysis methods therefore quantify the
hazard. Sometimes confused with Hazard Identification. When the hazard analysis is
extended to quantify the consequences of a hazardous event it becomes a risk assessment.
See Chapter 8.

Hazard study
Generic term for any systematic method of identifying hazards and evaluating how they
can be avoided.

HAZID
Hazard identification technique. Generic term, widely used, to describe any method of
identifying hazards. These will include checklist methods, and guideword tables.
Corresponds to preliminary process hazard analysis (PHA) or Hazard study level 2. See
Appendix 4.

High demand mode

Where the frequency of demands for operation made on a safety-related system is greater
than one per year (IEC 61511). High demand or continuous mode covers those safety-
related systems that implement continuous control to maintain functional safety.

HAZOP
Term applied to the structured and systematic examination of a process or system in
functional parts to find possible hazards and operability problems. HAZOP is one of a
number of recognized hazard study methods.

Logic Solver
E/E/PES components or subsystems that execute the application logic. A relay system,
solid-state logic, pneumatic logic or a PLC can perform this role.

HIPPS
High Integrity Pressure Protection System. Also called “Over Pressure Protection System”.

HMI
Human to Machine Interface or “operator interface”, usually a computer screen to present
the actual process and system status.

I ChemE
UK Institution of Chemical Engineers.

ICI
ICI Ltd. Originally an abbreviation for Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd, major UK and
international producer of chemicals, explosives, agri-chemicals, plastics and
pharmaceuticals etc. ICI chemical plant design teams pioneered the development of
HAZOP study method in the 1960s and many publications are based on the guidelines and
experience arising from this organisation. (See AECI)
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IEC
International Electrotechnical Commission. Based in Geneva. Develops a vast range of
internationally supported standards. IEC 61882 is an established standard for HAZOP
method.

Inherently fail-safe
A characteristic property of a device or a control system that causes it to revert to a non
hazardous state if a failure occurs in the device. The fail-safe property derives from the
principle itself and not from additional components or test circuits.

ISA: Instrument Society of America

Based in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Develops standards, technical reports
and training material for the complete range of instrumentation with strong emphasis on
process industries. See website list.

Logic solver
E/E/PES components or subsystems that execute the application logic. Electronic and
programmable electronics include input/output modules. Some SIS functions do not
require a logic solver.

MTBF
Mean time between failures. ( Statistical). This term is normally applied to serviceable
equipment, typically instrument sensors, valves or PLCs. Hence normally used in SIS
reliability calculations.

MTTF
Mean time to fail. This term is normally applied to disposable single life components
such as relays or resistors, which are replaced when they fail. Numerically the same as
MTBF when calculating reliability of a SIS.

MTTR
Mean Time To Repair. The mean time between the occurrence of a failure and the return
to normal failure-free operation after a corrective action. This time also includes the time
required for failure search and re-starting the system. Alternative: Mean Time To Restore.

Nuisance failure
See “Spurious Trip”

Overt faults
Faults that are classified as announced, detected, revealed, etc. Opposite of “covert fault”.

PES
Programmable Electronic System. Refers particularly to process control systems and
safety control systems using digital electronics in the form of PLCs and DCS. Identifies
devices that depend on software as well as hardware for their correct functioning.

PFD (of a process)

Process flow diagram. Line diagram showing the key features of process with material
types and process conditions.
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PFD (of a safety device)

Probability of Failure on Demand (PFD): The probability of a safety system failing to
respond to a demand for action arising from a potentially hazardous condition.

P&ID
Piping and Instruments Diagram. Alternatively: Process and Instruments Diagram. Single
or multiple set of drawings defining all process plant equipment and piping
interconnections with all valves and line devices and includes details of controls and
instrumentation.

PID Controller
Automatic control function employing proportional, integral and derivative functions of the
deviation from set point to drive a corrective action in the process.

PLC
Programmable Logic Controller. Refers to industrial grade PLCs usually seen in BPCS
duties. See safety PLC.

Proof test
A 100% functional test used to prove the availability of a safeguarding system.

Redundancy (Identical and diverse):

Identical redundancy involves the use of elements identical in design, construction and in
function with the objective to make the system more robust for self-revealing failures.
“Diverse redundancy” uses non-identical elements and provides a greater degree of
protection against the potential for common cause faults. It can apply to hardware as well
as to software.

Reliability
The probability that no functional failure has occurred in a system during a given period of
time.

Safety availability
Probability that a SIS is able to perform its designated safety service when the process is
operating. The average Probability of Failure on Demand (PFDavg) is the preferred term.
(PFD equals 1 minus Safety Availability).

Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS)

System composed of sensors, logic solvers, and final control elements for the purpose of
taking the process to a safe state when predetermined conditions are violated. Other terms
commonly used include Emergency Shutdown System (ESD, ESS), Safety Shutdown
System (SSD), and Safety Interlock System.

Safety lifecycle
Necessary activities involved in the implementation of safety-related systems, occurring
during a period of time that starts at the concept phase of a project and finishes when all of
the E/E/PE safety-related systems, other technology safety-related systems and external
risk reduction facilities are no longer available for use.
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Safety PLC
PLC or controller specially designed and configured for safety duties. The safety PLC is
characterized by specialized software design to reduce the chances of systematic errors
being introduced into its operating system and in its application software. The hardware
system is provided with comprehensive internal diagnostic routines and techniques
designed to check for the presence of known types of electronic faults. All diagnostics are
designed to result in safe failure states of the safety functions.

SCADA
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition. This term is most commonly applied to PC
based equipment interfaced to plant via PLCs or input output devices.

SIL
Safety Integrity Level defining a PFD by order of magnitude, which is related to the risk
involved in various types of processes. The SIL range is from 1 to 4 as defined in IEC
61508. Process plants are normally restricted to using SILs 1 to 3. See IEC 61511 pat 1
clauses 9.2.3 and 9.2.4.

Spurious trip
A plant trip arising out of an overt or detected equipment failure in the SIS or an
erroneous assessment of the situation. (E.g. error in the logic functions). A shutdown is
initiated, though no demand for safety function response exists. Also referred to as a
“false trip” or a “nuisance failure”. Spurious trips can contribute to the hazard rate of the
plant through the disturbances so caused.

Systematic failures
Failures occurring in identical parts of a (redundant) system due to similar circumstances.
History shows that also errors in specification, engineering, software and environmental
factors, such as electrical interference or maintenance errors must be considered. Such
faults can only be eliminated by a modification of the design or of the manufacturing
process, operational procedures, documentation or other relevant factors.

Trip
A shutdown of the process or machinery by a safety system. The plant cannot start
operating again until there is a manually initiated restart procedure.

T Ü V: Technische Üeberwachungs Verein

A testing laboratory in Germany that certifies safety of equipment in terms of compliance
with international standards or German national standards. International representation in
most industrial countries. TUV America offers wide-ranging services in SIS testing and
evaluation. Best known in SIS for the TUV certification of components and logic solvers
in conformity to IEC 61508.
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 1

Introduction

1.1 General information

The HAZOP technique is widely recognized as the most effective method currently
available for satisfying two basic requirements. The first is checking a new design for
safety and operability problems whilst the piping and instrumentation diagram (P&ID) is
being developed and finalized. The second is the identification of latent safety and
operability problems in existing plant, which have yet to be revealed during operations.
The HAZOP technique is very powerful in terms of its ability to identify the potential
for incidents. It is, however, a significant consumer of resources and needs to be an
integral part of a project development activity. For this reason our training course begins
by outlining the context of HAZOP studies within the legal and project frameworks that it
serves.
HAZOP has developed over a number of years and there are a number of ways in which
it is applied. This manual describes a typical approach to the technique, which is generally
supported by well-established guide manuals and by an IEC standard. It has been prepared
for two purposes:
• To be support material for a HAZOP training programme, which provides an
insight into the technique for engineers new to HAZOP and gives more
experienced people the opportunity for practice at an advanced level.
• To be a handbook for HAZOP facilitators when they carry out workshop
studies and need to promote in their team an awareness of how the technique
will be applied.

The successful practice of the technique is very dependent on the skills of the facilitator
or HAZOP team leader. This manual identifies the leader’s tasks and provides a first level
of training in those duties. HAZOP leadership skills are largely based on the subsequent
experience to be gained by the leader whilst making good use of the best available advice
and guidance.
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Both those who will participate in workshops, either as facilitator or team member, and
those who will be recipients of workshop reports are encouraged to participate in this
training to learn the behaviors necessary to contribute and respond optimally in the
performance of a HAZOP workshop.

1.2 Workshop outline

The general plan of the workshop is to first build up an understanding of why HAZOP
studies are done and how to conduct HAZOP studies. The workshop then highlights the
tasks of the team leader and offers guidance on how these tasks can be performed. The
workshop also outlines the principles of risk assessment and risk reduction and closes with
a special section on safety instrumentation and the principles of SIL determination.
The best way to achieve competency in HAZOP is to practice the techniques in small
study groups. The workshop provides practical exercises using simplified examples and
these are intended for small groups of 3 or 4. Specimen answers are provided but the study
groups may find additional items to note based on their own ideas or experiences. The key
point here is that a HAZOP study must promote freethinking by the team members around
each issue so that most possible problems can be identified. At the same time, the team
leader must impose enough discipline to keep the study moving along without wasting
time on issues that are of no consequence.
This workshop includes some outline training in methods of assessing hazards in terms
of their likelihood and consequences. Such methods are broadly called Hazard Analysis or
“HAZAN”. The long-established writer on chemical industry hazards, Trevor Kletz,
advises that we must be careful to distinguish between HAZOP and HAZID methods,
which search for possible hazards, and HAZAN, which evaluates known hazards for risk
levels. Kletz uses the following diagram to explain the differences and we include it here
as Figure 1.1 with acknowledgements.

Methods of identifying Methods of assessing

hazards hazards

Obvious Obvious
See what Experience
happens !
HAZARDS Codes of
Checklist practice
HAZOP
Hazard analysis
(HAZAN)
Identifies the problem Quantifies the problem

Figure 1.1
Differences between HAZOP and HAZAN

Please note that there is a glossary of abbreviations and terms placed at the beginning of
the manual for help with the jargon and acronyms that inevitably arise from a technical
subject.
 Introduction 3

Here is brief review of the path of study for the workshop:

Chapter 2 briefly describes what HAZOP is and why it is done so that we can get started
with the concepts in mind.
Chapter 3 describes the background of plant safety and project needs that influence the
timing and conduct of a HAZOP study. It also shows how HAZOP is part of a family of
hazard studies that are used for a typical project from concept to final delivery and
throughout its continuing life.
Chapter 4 provides an introduction to the overall HAZOP study method to allow you to
become familiar with the general techniques as simply and as quickly as possible. It may
be that you have already experienced this level of participation in HAZOPs but it should
be helpful to refresh your understanding of the whole procedure in one package of notes.
Chapter 5 describes the HAZOP examination phase in more detail to build up
competency in the techniques of structuring the study into nodes and in the application of
guidewords and deviations to the operations being studied. This chapter also expands
training in procedural HAZOPS, which are applied to a sequence of operations or
procedures.
Chapter 6 then considers the role of the HAZOP team leader or facilitator and provides
guidance on those duties including the reporting phase and on the problems of managing
the study sessions. The leader’s tasks can be most clearly seen once you have experienced
some typical HAZOP study sessions and even when trying out the practical exercises.
Chapter 7 introduces the concepts of risk assessment and risk reduction and shows how
these are related to the provision of safeguards, particularly using safety-instrumented
systems. HAZOP study teams often call for instrumented trip and alarm solutions to
unacceptable risk and therefore an understanding of risk reduction methods and Safety
Integrity Levels (SILs) is helpful, particularly for the HAZOP team leader.
Chapter 8 introduces some methods of hazard analysis including failure mode and
effects analysis (FMEA) and fault tree analysis (FTA). These are supporting tools that
help with the understanding of the logic of failure modes and are used for the
quantification of hazard rates once the possibility of hazard has been detected by the
HAZOP stage.
Appendices are provided after Chapter 8. These contain useful references, guidewords
and tables supporting HAZOP workshops.
Practical exercises are described at the back of the manual followed by some specimen
answers.

1.3 Reference sources

The HAZOP techniques described in this manual are based on the recommendations,
terminologies and procedures described in 3 widely accepted sources. These are:
1. HAZOP and HAZAN: Notes on the identification and assessment of hazards. By
Trevor Kletz, published by I ChemE.
2. HAZOP Guide to Best Practice published jointly by The Chemical Industries
Association (UK), I ChemE and the European Process Safety Centre (EPSC).
References in our text to “The EPSC Guide” are references to this book.
3. IEC 61882: HAZOP Guidance: This IEC engineering standard provides a well
defined set of procedures and terminologies for HAZOP and our training manual
closely follows these as a definitive version.
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Material for this course have also been sourced from previous and existing IDC Training
Manuals, in particular:
• Training notes from earlier IDC HAZOP workshops have been integrated
into this edition and IDC Technologies acknowledges with thanks the
contribution of Max Barrie for much of the core material on HAZOP
workshop techniques.
• Practical HAZOPS, Trips and Alarms: IDC Technologies’ training
manual that combines training in hazard studies with training in safety
instrumented systems. Substantial material from this source has been
adopted for this manual where we have more focus on the core training in
HAZOP methods.

Further details on obtaining the above publications are to be found in Appendix 1.