Reliability assessment of safety instrumented systems subject to different demand modes

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-56

  Liu, Yiliu ^a,b   Rausand, Marvin ^b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

High demand; Low demand; Markov analysis; Reliability; Safety instrumented system

Indexed keywords

COMMONLY USED; DEMAND MODE; DEMAND RATES; HAZARDOUS EVENTS; HIGH-DEMAND; IEC 61508; IN-LINE; LOW-DEMAND; MARKOV ANALYSIS; MARKOV MODEL; PROBABILITY OF FAILURE ON DEMAND; PROCESS INDUSTRIES; RELIABILITY ASSESSMENTS; SAFETY INSTRUMENTED SYSTEMS; SIMPLE SYSTEM;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; MARKOV PROCESSES; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 78650523371     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2010.08.014     Document Type: Article

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