关键词: 安全, 人因失效, 监测, 智能化, 互联网+, 过程工业, 能源工业

Abstract: Urbanism greatly enhanced the material aspects of living and the cultural aspects of city life accompanied with,however,the fire disasters in the ancient time of our human being. Entering the industrial civilization with the invention of steam engine and electrical power supply,the industrial systems became large and complex,in which a failure of a local component might cause a global damage and shutdown of the whole production process. The energy crisis in the last century called forth larger plant capacity and higher operation parameters in order to increase the energy and process efficiency,which led to the industrial accidents highly interruptive,greater risky and of significant social influence. Safety is thus a fundamental need of our human being to have an ease and poetic life. In retrospect,the paper reviews the evolution of safety technology during the history of human civilization. The concept of Safety 4.0 as an indispensable mate of Industry 4.0 is proposed,which aims the life cycle safety,including the safety (health) monitoring,smart network control and intelligent safety assessment. Some excellent industrial cases and research progresses are examined and discussed. Recommendations are made on the priority areas in science and technology for implementing Safety 4.0.

Key words: safety, human error, monitoring, intelligence, Internet+, process industry, energy industry