Title :
Reliability Analysis and What It Means
Author :
Egly, Darrel T. ; Esser, Williatm F.
Author_Institution :
Consumers Power Company
Abstract :
The use of probability techniques to calculate the reliability of any given system is becoming more commonplace in the electric-power industry. This paper demonstrates how reliability calculations, using basic interruption data and elementary arithmetic operations, can influence system design.
Keywords :
Aerospace industry; Circuit breakers; Electrical equipment industry; Industrial power systems; Maintenance; Manufacturing industries; Petroleum; Power system interconnection; Power system reliability; Probability;
Journal_Title :
Industry and General Applications, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TIGA.1969.4181073
