The effects of event occurrence and duration on resilience and adaptation in energy systems

Larry Hughes

Energy, 2015, vol. 84, issue C, 443-454

Abstract: Energy security exists in an energy system until an event occurs which increases the stress on one or more of its entities. A resilient entity, designed to recover quickly from an event, will return the system (and, by extension, the affected entity) to its previous secure state. However, if the event occurs repeatedly or the time to recover is deemed too slow, or both, the system may remain in a high-stress, insecure state. In these situations, if the stress is to be reduced, the entity must be adapted to handle the event and put the system into a new, secure state.

Keywords: Energy security; Resilience; Adaptation; Tolerance; MTBF; MTTR (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2015.03.010

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