A strategy for the risk-based inspection of pressure safety valves

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 810-818

  Chien, Chi Hui ^a   Chen, Chun Hung ^a,b   Chao, Yuh J ^c  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b San Fu Chemical Co   (Taiwan)

^c University of South Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Aging trend; Analysis of variance; Pressure safety valve; Semi quantitative risk based inspection

Indexed keywords

INSPECTION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PETROCHEMICAL PLANTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SAFETY VALVES; STATISTICAL METHODS; TEST FACILITIES; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

AGING; AGING TREND; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; PRESSURE SAFETY VALVE; SEMI-QUANTITATIVE RISK-BASED INSPECTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA);

EID: 58749103498     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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