The effect of partial stroke testing on the reliability of safety valves

Proceedings of the European Safety and Reliability Conference 2007, ESREL 2007 - Risk, Reliability and Societal Safety

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 2479-2486

  Lundteigen, M A ^a   Rausand, M ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAILURE CLASSIFICATIONS; HARDWARE DESIGNS; HAZARDOUS EVENTS; HISTORICAL DATUMS; OIL AND GAS INDUSTRIES; PARTIAL STROKE TESTING; PARTIAL STROKE TESTS; PROCESS DISTURBANCES; RELIABILITY MODELING; SAFETY INSTRUMENTED SYSTEMS;

GAS INDUSTRY; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; RELIABILITY; SAFETY VALVES; SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS; SWITCHING CIRCUITS; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

SAFETY TESTING;

EID: 56149095230     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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