Comparison of numerical methods for the assessment of production availability of a hybrid system

Robert Eymard and Sophie Mercier

Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 2008, vol. 93, issue 1, 168-177

Abstract: A finite volume (FV) scheme is proposed in order to compute different probabilistic measures for systems from dynamic reliability field. The FV scheme is tested on a small but realistic benchmark case stemmed from gas industry [Labeau PE, Dutuit Y. Fiabilité dynamique et disponibilité de production: un cas illustratif. Proceedings of λμ 14, Bourges, France, vol. 2. 2004. p. 431–6 [in French]]. The point is to compute the production availability and the annual frequency of loss of nominal production (among other quantities) for a system of gas production. The results of the FV method are compared to those obtained by Monte Carlo simulation, showing the accuracy of the method.

Keywords: Production availability; Loss of production; Numerical methods; Dynamic reliability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2006.12.001

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