Title :
The influence of maintenance system reliability and maintainability characteristics on plant availability
Author :
Prince, Blynn E. ; Haire, M. Jonathan
Author_Institution :
Oak Ridge Nat. Lab., TN, USA
Abstract :
Several Markov probability models are developed to evaluate the impact of maintenance system availability on the overall plant. The models considered included the case when the maintenance equipment is under repair when a failure occurs on process equipment. The situation in which the maintenance equipment is operated in a degraded condition (i.e., longer times are required to complete repairs) is examined
Keywords :
Markov processes; maintenance engineering; reliability; Markov probability models; availability; maintainability characteristics; maintenance system reliability; Availability; Degradation; Electric breakdown; Failure analysis; Guidelines; Laboratories; Maintenance; Nuclear fuels; Performance analysis; Reliability;
Conference_Titel :
Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, 1991. Proceedings., Annual
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-87942-661-6
DOI :
10.1109/ARMS.1991.154508
