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Guidelines for process equipment reliability data with data tables.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Center for Chemical Process Safety of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, [1989]
Subjects:
Chemical plants > Equipment and supplies > Reliability.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Machine derived contents note: Preface.
  • Acknowledgments.
  • Glossary.
  • Acronyms.
  • 1. Introduction.
  • 1.1 Background.
  • 1.2 Guidelines Purpose, Scope and Organization.
  • 1.3 Use of This Guidelines.
  • 2. Equipment Failure Rate Data.
  • 2.1 Sources and Types of Failure Rate Data.
  • 2.2 Failure Model.
  • 2.3 Taxonomy.
  • 2.4 Confidence and Tolerance.
  • 2.5 Sources of Variation in Failure Rates.
  • 2.6 Time-Related and Demand-Related Failure Causes.
  • 2.7 Using Failure Rate Data.
  • References.
  • 3. CCPS Taxonomy.
  • 3.1 CCPS Taxonomy Structure.
  • 3.2 CCPS Taxonomy Development.
  • 3.3 The CCPS Taxonomy and Its Use.
  • References.
  • 4. Data Bases, Sources, and Studies.
  • 4.1 Data Resource Selection.
  • 4.2 Data Resource Presentation.
  • 4.3 Process Equipment Data Bases.
  • 4.4 Process Equipment Data Sources.
  • 4.5 Chemical Process Quantitative Risk Assessments (CPQRAs).
  • 4.6 Nonprocess Equipment Data Bases.
  • 4.7 Nonprocess Equipment Data Sources.
  • 4.8 Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRAs).
  • 5. CCPS Generic Failure Rate Data Base.
  • 5.1 Data Selection.
  • 5.2 Data Treatment.
  • 5.3 Data Table Presentation.
  • 5.4 Use of the CCPS Generic Failure Rate Data Base.
  • 5.5 CCPS Generic Data Tables.
  • 6. Collection and Conversion of Plant-Specific Data.
  • 6.1 Data Sources.
  • 6.2 Data Collection.
  • 6.3 Data Review and Qualification.
  • 6.4 Data Conversion.
  • 6.5 Statistical Treatment.
  • References.
  • 7. Failure Rate Data Transfer.
  • 8. Supplemental References.
  • Appendix A. CCPS Generic Failure Rate Data Base Taxonomy.
  • Appendix B. Equipment Index.
  • Appendix C. Matrix of Data Elements in Data Resources.
  • Appendix D. Unreviewed Data Bases, Data Sources, and Studies.