Reliability Analysis of Passive Systems

Ajit Kumar Verma (), Srividya Ajit () and Hari Prasad Muruva ()
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Ajit Kumar Verma: Stord/Haugesund University College
Srividya Ajit: Stord/Haugesund University College
Hari Prasad Muruva: BARC

Chapter Chapter 5 in Risk Management of Non-Renewable Energy Systems, 2015, pp 255-305 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In general, a power plant (nuclear, thermal, chemical, etc.) consists of operating and emergency safety systems. These systems vary from simple to very complex systems. A system normally consists of active components and passive components. The failure of any operating system will lead to a change in the state of the plant. The availability of the plant depends on the successful operation of the components of the operating systems. In order to ensure the availability of the plant, reliability of the systems/components should be ensured. In recent years most of the advanced nuclear reactors implemented passive systems, aiming at improved safety and availability, in order to reduce human error, in particular, and active component malfunctions. The passive systems play an important role in various innovative reactor safety systems and can result in substantial economic benefits and simplicity in operation over the active systems.

Keywords: Failure Probability; Fault Tree; Passive System; Natural Circulation; Decay Heat (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-16062-7_5

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