Industrial Acronyms: Ian Sutton

Acronyms used in eBooks and Books by Ian Sutton.

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Industrial Acronyms ...

This page lists some of the acronyms used in Ian Sutton's Technical eBooks and Books. Where appropriate, links to publications in this series are provided.

API
American Petroleum Institute

NFPA
National Fire Protection Association

ASM
Abnormal Situation Management

ASTM
American Society for Testing and Materials

OIM
Operational Integrity Management

OSHA
Occupational Health & Safety Administration (United States)

P&ID
Piping & Instrument Diagram

PFD
Process Flow Diagram

PHA
Process Hazards Analysis (Process Risk Management)

ppm
parts per million

PSSR
Pre-startup Safety Review (Pre-startup Safety Review PSSR)

QRA
Quantitative Risk Assessment (Process Risk Management)

EPA
Environmental Protection Agency (United States)

ESD
Emergency Shutdown

ETA
Event Tree Analysis (Process Risk Management)

FMEA
Failure Modes & Effects Analysis

SIL
Safety Integrity Level

FTA
Fault Tree Analysis

SIS
Safety Instrumented System

SOP
Standard Operating Procedure

TR
Temporary Refuge

HAZOP
Hazards and Operability Analysis/Study/Technique

UEL
Upper Explosive Limit

HSE
Health, Safety and Environmental

UPS
Uninterruptable Power Supply

JHA
Job Hazards Analysis

JSP
Job Safe Practice

LEL
Lower Explosive Limit

MAC
Manual Alarm Call Button

MOC
Management of Change

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