Katrina's Wake Up Call

As Hurricane Katrina bore down on 30% of America’s refining capacity many engineers were prompted to revisit their backup and safety plans for these assets. One factor in these plans is the evaluation and adoption of the new IEC 61511 standard for safety processes that applies throughout those asset’s lifetime. The new DeltaV SIS product, as part of the Emerson’s safety instrumented system, is one part of the solution needed to meet this new standard. Stephanie Neil covers this and other plans put in place to deal with Katrina in the November cover story of Manufacturing Automation "Katrina's Wake Up Call".