Introduction to Hazop+

What is Hazop?

The Hazard and Operability Study, known as Hazop, is a standard hazard analysis technique used in the preliminary safety assessment of new systems or modifications to existing ones.

The Hazop study is a detailed examination, by a group of specialists, of components within a system to determine what would happen if that component were to operate outside its normal design mode.

Each component will have one or more parameters associated with its operation such as pressure, flow rate or electrical power. The Hazop study looks at each parameter in turn and uses guide words to list the possible off-normal behavior such as 'more', 'less', 'high', 'low' or 'no'.

The effects of such behavior is then assessed and noted down on study forms. The categories of information entered on these forms can vary from industry to industry and from company to company.

Why do I need Hazop+?

The first major advantage of using Hazop+ is that it helps you to customize your Hazop study.

The second major advantage is that it provides a very convenient way to enter and store the study information. The information is stored in an Access compatible database from where it can be filtered sorted and displayed. Hazop+ speeds up the process of recording and managing the potentially large amounts of information.

The third major advantage is that Hazop+ also offers a powerful report generator for the creation and printing of professional quality reports.

Hazop+ now also offers a project wizard to simplify creation of new projects.