A probabilistic analysis method for evaluating the safety & resilience of urban gas pipeline network

Xing-lin Chen, Zong-hou Huang, Fan-liang Ge, Wei-dong Lin and Fu-qiang Yang

Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 2024, vol. 248, issue C

Abstract: Urban gas pipeline networks (UGPN) provide important support for high-quality urbanization. Therefore, it is imperative to analyze and assess the potential failures of UGPN. A novel probabilistic analysis method is proposed for assessing the safety and resilience of UGPN. Firstly, Bow-Tie analysis is used to identify faults. Then, a four-dimensional resilience assessment network is developed. Bayesian network is utilized to model the relationship between the variables, while dynamic Bayesian network is used to consider the dynamic nature of the system. The results of the study show that the proposed model can accurately estimate faults, consequences, and influence paths. Furthermore, the resilience analysis shows that monitoring the objective conditions is crucial and that the initial failure probability of the UGPN decreases from 0.03767 % to 0.01435 % when connected to a resilience network, indicating that considering resilience can effectively improve the reliability and safety of the UGPN. Two application examples are presented in the paper to validate the functionality of the proposed model. The proposed model can be used to set the state of UGPN to predict the probability of occurrence of a specific event and its consequences and to simulate the improvement trend of UGPN based on the direction of focus of future work.

Keywords: Urban gas pipeline network; Gas pipeline network resilience; Reliability; Probabilistic analysis; Bayesian network; Dynamic Bayesian network (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2024.110170

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