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Functional Safety Standards Overview by Hong-Nam Kim is a document available to read on EtoBox.

The document discusses major industrial disasters in the chemical industry and standards like IEC61508 and IEC61511 that were developed to improve functional safety. It examines the Seveso disaster in particular and the requirements of the Seveso Directive, which include developing safety reports and implementing protections like instrumentation systems, containment, and emergency response to prevent and mitigate accidents. The standards establish layers of protection and aim to reduce both the frequency an

Author

Hong-Nam Kim

Language

EN