Det-Tronics PIRECL Infrared Hydrocarbon Gas Detector PointWatch Eclipse SAFETY MANUAL User Manual

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5.1

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7

TErMS AND DEFiNiTioNS

AMS

Asset Management System

DU

Dangerous Undetected

FMEDA Failure Mode Effects and Diagnostics

Analysis

HART

Highway Addressable Remote Transducer

HFT

Hardware Fault Tolerance

LFL

Lower Flammable Limit

PFD

Probability of Failure on Demand

(Probability of Dangerous Failure)

PFDavg Average Probability of Failure on Demand

PIRECL Pointwatch Eclipse

®

IR Gas Detector

SFF

Safe Failure Fraction

SIF

Safety Instrumented Function

SIL

Safety Integrity Level

SIS

Safety Instrumented System

UD20 FlexVu

®

Model UD20 Universal Display

iEC 61508 Failure rates in FiT

1

Failure Category

l

sd

l

su

2

l

dd

l

du

SFF

3

PIRECL IR Gas Detector, Analog Output

0

46

1655

123

93.3

PIRECL IR Gas Detector, Relay Output

106

222

1335

130

92.7

PIRECL IR Gas Detector with UD20 Universal Display,
Analog Output

0

46

1691

142

92.5

PIRECL IR Gas Detector with UD20 Universal Display,
Relay Output

106

222

1371

149

91.9

1

FIT = 1 Failure / 10

9

Hours

2

It is important to realize that the No Effect failures are no longer included in the Safe Undetected Failure category according to IEC 61508,

ed2, 2010.

3

Safe Failure Fraction needs to be calculated on (sub)system level.

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