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CeraPHA Studio

CeraPHA Studio is a process hazard analysis workbench: HAZOP and HAZID worksheets, LOPA scenarios and SIL determination live in one auditable study file, so the safeguards you credit in a workshop are the ones you verify afterwards.

1 filenodes, LOPA, SIL and actions together
IPL rulesindependence and effectiveness enforced
IEC 61511Clauses 8–10 covered
What it does

CeraPHA Studio, explained.

A PHA study produces hundreds of nodes, deviations, causes, consequences and safeguards, and the same safeguard is often credited in many places. CeraPHA Studio keeps every one of them as a linked object — change a safeguard once and every worksheet, LOPA scenario and SIF record that uses it updates.

The application follows the IEC 61511 front-end lifecycle: hazard identification, risk ranking against your matrix, layer-of-protection analysis with independent-protection-layer rules, and SIL determination that feeds the Safety Requirements Specification.

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What Cerasus provides

Key features

HAZOP / HAZID worksheets

Guideword-driven worksheets with node definition on P&ID references, risk ranking and action capture — built for live facilitation.

Safeguard & IPL library

One library of safeguards shared across nodes; IPL credit rules (independence, effectiveness, auditability) enforced in LOPA.

LOPA engine

Initiating-event frequencies, enabling conditions, conditional modifiers and IPL PFDs with risk-gap calculation to the corporate target.

SIL determination

Risk-graph, risk-matrix or LOPA methods; SIF register with target SIL and required risk reduction.

Action tracking

Actions with owners, due dates, evidence and closure status; exportable action register.

Reports & revalidation

Study reports, worksheets and registers to Word/Excel; revalidation mode compares the current study against the previous cycle.

How it works

Workflow, step by step

Set up the study

Import node list and P&ID references; choose guidewords and risk matrix.

Facilitate

Record causes, consequences, safeguards and actions node by node.

Analyse

Screen scenarios into LOPA; determine SIL for each safety instrumented function.

Report & hand over

Issue the PHA report, SIF register, action register and SRS input.

Application screens

A glimpse of CeraPHA Studio

Screens from the current build. Click any image to open it full size.

CeraPHA Studio application screen 1
Study dashboard — initial vs residual risk heat-maps and node progress
CeraPHA Studio application screen 2
HAZOP worksheet — deviations, causes, consequences, safeguards and actions
CeraPHA Studio application screen 3
Bowtie barrier view — threats, prevention and mitigation barriers per deviation
Standards & references

Standards this technology follows

IEC 61882HAZOP application guide
IEC 61511Functional safety — process industry sector (Clauses 8–10)
IEC 61508Functional safety of E/E/PE safety-related systems
ISA-84.00.01US adoption of IEC 61511
CCPS LOPA & IPL GuidelinesLayer of protection analysis methods
OSHA 29 CFR 1910.119(e)Process hazard analysis and revalidation
ISO 31000Risk management principles
Editions & outputs

What you get

  • Windows standalone edition
  • Web standalone (single HTML file, offline)
  • Client / server edition with multi-user studies
  • Word / Excel exports of worksheets and registers
  • SIF register and SRS input package
  • Revalidation comparison report
Why Cerasus

Built by practitioners, to the standards

200+ years of cumulative plant experienceA team that has operated major refineries and petrochemical plants, led by a chemical engineer with 35+ years in industry.
Certified leadershipTÜV-certified HAZOP Leader, CCPSC (AIChE/CCPS) and IEC 61508/61511 Functional Safety Engineer.
Global reach, Doha-basedCerasus Technologies QFZ LLC — registered in the Qatar Free Zones, with reach across geographical locations around the world.
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Send a short brief — plant, service of interest and what you need to achieve — and a Cerasus engineer will respond with a proposed scope and next steps.

Prefer email or phone? sales@cerasus.ai · +974 5506 2743