Looking Forward - Reliability of Safety Critical Control Systems on Offshore Drilling Vessels
27 October 2011This white paper has been prepared by Jon Espen Skogdalen from the University of Stavanger and Øyvind Smogel of Marine Cybernetics for the Deepwater Horizon Study Group.
In it, Skogdalen addresses important aspects of the technology delivery system (TDS) related to safety critical systems, namely control system software.
The paper introduces hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing as a tool for independent verification and validation of safety-critical control system software, covering an evident gap in the presently available tools for risk management.
It also discusses how third party HIL testing can be applied to control system software on drilling ships, semisubmersibles, jack-ups and FPSO's, along with its importance to technical safety for offshore operations.
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