Open PHA™ | Kenexis

Finally, we built Open PHA knowing we might not always be the best solution. So, the software does not lock up your study data in an unusable format. In fact, your study data can easily be exported from Open PHA.

Third, we hate software revisions and fees to upgrade so we built Open PHA Cloud and Open PHA Desktop to automatically keep up to date at no charge. Ok, to be fair, the cloud-based software is an annual subscription license so you could argue that the update is included as part of the license.

Features

Open PHA Cloud and Open PHA Desktop are designed for documenting, analyzing, and maintaining HAZOP, LOPA, and Security PHA Review (SPR) studies.

Open PHA Desktop is a complete PHA software package and is free to download and use on a Windows, Mac, and Linux computer.

Open PHA Cloud is enhanced using internet-based computing. Added features enhance the software and provide access to the other software tools from Kenexis like synchronizing IPFs (an IPF can be a SIF, EPF, MPF, F&G, BPCS, PSV) from Open PHA Cloud with our other software to perform SIL Verification or Fault-tree Analysis.

Both products support customized Templates, Reporting, Risk Matrix, Likelihood Categories, Consequence Categories, Risk Rankings, Nodes, Deviations, HAZOP & LOPA Worksheets, Recommendations, Safeguards, a Parking Lot, and Checklist.

Open PHA Desktop stores files locally on your computer without the need for an internet connection to facilitate work in remote areas. In many cases, this is enough for the small shop or contractor working on a budget. If at some point in the future you want to upgrade to the cloud version, the process is easy and now you can take advantage of the cloud-based storage provided from Open PHA Cloud.

Cloud-based Kenexis software products provide advanced features including secure storage and sharing, and integration with other software Kenexis software. The storage and sharing provide much more than just a file storage system. Our secure cloud-based platform is used to share secure and controllable access for editing or viewing files at a site, with corporate, and even with third parties. Now instead of emailing files and losing version control, everyone throughout the lifecycle can interact with one set of files securely and completely under your control. This is significant when files need to be shared especially outside of your organization with a contract engineering firm.

Open PHA data structure design is fully integrated using an open-source JSON standardized data structure that is revolutionizing PHA documentation. This structure allows the development of tools that can display a single set of data as a HAZOP worksheet, LOPA worksheet, or Bow-tie diagram. Gone are the days of porting and manipulating data and worrying about the consistency of information across multiple files, studies, or data structures. This allows the data from multiple scenarios to be rolled up into easier to use hazard registers and visualized with graphical approaches like bow-tie diagrams, eliminating the frustration of managing replicated data in multiple locations and different languages.

Open PHA supports both explicit and the less common implicit LOPA. In an Explicit LOPA, the team establishes a TMEL target based on a consequence severity, then explicitly defined frequencies of cause, and applies frequency modifiers such as conditional modifiers, enabling events and probabilities of failure for IPL’s. In an implicit LOPA, the team works with the concept of “LOPA credits”.

Open PHA Desktop & Cloud features include:

Features
Open PHA Desktop
Open PHA Cloud

Configurable HAZOP and LOPA Worksheets
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Configurable, Import & Export Risk Criteria
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Recommendation Tracking
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Deep Copy & Paste, Search & Replace
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Implicit & Explicit LOPA Support
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Security PHA Review
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Cross-Platform Support (Windows/Mac/Linux)
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Templating for Nodes and Checklist

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Dashboards

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Revision Manager

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Synchronize IPFs with Vertigo for SIL Verification

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One Click Report Generating from Custom *.DOCX Template

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Study Content Translation to Other Languages

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Bowtie Graphic Generation

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Share and Collaborate with Extended Project Teams

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