Reliability assessment of cogeneration power plant in textile mill using fault tree analysis

Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 56-70

  Ramesh, Vallem ^a   Saravannan, R ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Common cause failures; Fault tree analysis; Minimal cut set

Indexed keywords

CHP-SYSTEMS; COGENERATION POWER PLANTS; COMBINED HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM; COMMON CAUSE FAILURE; FACTOR MODEL; LIFECYCLE COSTS; MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; MINIMAL CUT SET; RELIABILITY ASSESSMENTS; RELIABILITY-CENTERED MAINTENANCE;

FAULT TREE ANALYSIS; RATING; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RESTORATION; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TEXTILE MILLS; TEXTILES;

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

EID: 79551548475     PISSN: 15477029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11668-010-9410-3     Document Type: Review

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