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What Is A Sif? |
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Answer» SIF stands for Safety Instrumented FUNCTION. A SIF is designed to prevent or mitigate a HAZARDOUS event by taking a process to a tolerable risk level. A SIF is COMPOSED of a combination of logic solver(s), SENSOR(s), and final element(s). A SIF has an assigned SIL level depending on the amount of risk that needs to be reduced. One or more SIFs comprise a SIS. SIF stands for Safety Instrumented Function. A SIF is designed to prevent or mitigate a hazardous event by taking a process to a tolerable risk level. A SIF is composed of a combination of logic solver(s), sensor(s), and final element(s). A SIF has an assigned SIL level depending on the amount of risk that needs to be reduced. One or more SIFs comprise a SIS. |
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