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Functional Safety Play Book

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SIL Calculation
Good day everyone, I have few questions on SIL Calculation. I have a PILZ controller in SIF and try to make some calculation by hand. Controller has DI and DO with CPU. 1. If I would like to calculate PFDavg for Controller then I should combine DI, DO and CPU PFD avarage, correct? (No redundancy at DIs and DOs) For ex, PFD input, single + PFD output, single+ PFD CPU = 2,20 x 10^-4 + 1,30 x 10^-5 + 6,20 x 10^-5 (See please certificate) 2. As you see the certificate shows only PFD but not λ DU. Can I calculate my λDU from PFD as referencing the formula below? PFDavg = (λDU * T)/2 . Actually, the certificate does not say what T has been taken into account on PFD calculation as well, but I am going to take it as 1 year. 3. CPU Part: 773103 ( PNOZ m1p ETH) ; Certificate Link: https://www.pilz.com/download/open/PNOZmulti_TUEV-Sued_BM_M6A-020132-0284-R01_R4_4_valid_2030-Jun-24_1002803-BM-34.pdf Thank you!
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@Dmitry Kosianchik Hello , thanks for sharing information on this topic. 1. You have to combine CPU PFD with Channels PFD while calculating overall SLS PFD. There are some example on the book Safety Instrumented Systems Verification: Practical Probabilistic Calculations. 2. I agree with you, that was weird certificate.
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@Tomasz Barnert thanks for detailed information. I calculated λDU for few components and you are right they are equal to PFH. Thank you for helping!
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