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Ankur Bhatnagar
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01/24/2013 8:11 PM

Can anybody tell me what is difference between SIS (Safety Instrumented System) and ESD (Emergency Shutdown System)?
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01/25/2013 3:36 AM

An emergency shutdown system is designed to shut down the system in an emergency whereas a safety instrumented system need not do this.

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01/25/2013 11:00 AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_instrumented_system

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