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Functional Safety M-LB-(Ex-)5000-System
List of Abbreviations
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List of Abbreviations
PCS
P
rocess
C
ontrol
S
ystem
ESD
E
mergency
S
hut
d
own
FIT
F
ailure
I
n
T
ime in 10
-9
1/h
FMEDA
F
ailure
M
ode,
E
ffects, and
D
iagnostics
A
nalysis
s
Probability of safe failure
d
Probability of dangerous failure
no effect
Probability of failures of elements in the safety control loop that have
no effect on the safety function
The no effect failure is not used for calculation of SFF.
not part
Probability of failure of elements that are not in the safety control loop
total (safety function)
Safety function
HFT
H
ardware
F
ault
T
olerance
MTBF
M
ean
T
ime
B
etween
F
ailures
MTTF
d
M
ean
T
ime
T
o dangerous
F
ailures
MTTR
M
ean
T
ime
T
o
R
estoration
PFD
avg
Average
P
robability of
F
ailure on
D
emand
PFH
Average frequency of dangerous failure
PTC
P
roof
T
est
C
overage
SC
S
ystematic
C
apability
SFF
S
afe
F
ailure
F
raction
SIF
S
afety
I
nstrumented
F
unction
SIL
S
afety
I
ntegrity
L
evel
SIS
S
afety
I
nstrumented
S
ystem
T
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Proof Test Interval