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Title: Reliability, maintainability, and availability engineering for integrated community energy systems

Abstract

The reliability, maintainability, and availability (RMA) engineering methodologies for integrated community energy systems (ICES) are reported. Since the tangible and intangible costs of a system failure may outweigh the benefits of the ICES approaches, RMA consideration must be an integral part of ICES engineering. The effectiveness of system planning and design depends on component reliability information and on forecasts of community load profiles. Supply subsystems must provide sufficient capacity to meet demands in spite of maintenance and unscheduled outages. This allowance is the major task of probabilistic system planning. Because reliability and maintainability performance is partially a random process, probabilistic methodology is required for analysis and comparison. Portions of a community energy system being modified or expanded may already be in use before additional portions reach the design stage. This situation presents an opportunity to extend the RMA assessment of the existing system and to improve the additions that will be made to it. RMA engineering is essential to all phases of planning, design, construction, and operation of ICES. The methodologies presented provide a systematic, disciplined approach to predict and analyze RMA, to determine corrective actions necessary, and to achieve performance goals.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
5543753
Report Number(s):
ANL/CNSV-6
DOE Contract Number:  
W-31-109-ENG-38
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; ICES; MAINTENANCE; PLANNING; RELIABILITY; COMMUNITIES; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FAILURE MODE ANALYSIS; OUTAGES; PERFORMANCE; ECONOMICS; SYSTEM FAILURE ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; 320603* - Energy Conservation, Consumption, & Utilization- Municipalities & Community Systems- Public Utilities- (1980-)

Citation Formats

Wang, P. Y., Mavec, J., Wolosewicz, R. M., Calm, J. M., and Chopra, P. S. Reliability, maintainability, and availability engineering for integrated community energy systems. United States: N. p., 1979. Web. doi:10.2172/5543753.
Wang, P. Y., Mavec, J., Wolosewicz, R. M., Calm, J. M., & Chopra, P. S. Reliability, maintainability, and availability engineering for integrated community energy systems. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/5543753
Wang, P. Y., Mavec, J., Wolosewicz, R. M., Calm, J. M., and Chopra, P. S. 1979. "Reliability, maintainability, and availability engineering for integrated community energy systems". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/5543753. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5543753.
@article{osti_5543753,
title = {Reliability, maintainability, and availability engineering for integrated community energy systems},
author = {Wang, P. Y. and Mavec, J. and Wolosewicz, R. M. and Calm, J. M. and Chopra, P. S.},
abstractNote = {The reliability, maintainability, and availability (RMA) engineering methodologies for integrated community energy systems (ICES) are reported. Since the tangible and intangible costs of a system failure may outweigh the benefits of the ICES approaches, RMA consideration must be an integral part of ICES engineering. The effectiveness of system planning and design depends on component reliability information and on forecasts of community load profiles. Supply subsystems must provide sufficient capacity to meet demands in spite of maintenance and unscheduled outages. This allowance is the major task of probabilistic system planning. Because reliability and maintainability performance is partially a random process, probabilistic methodology is required for analysis and comparison. Portions of a community energy system being modified or expanded may already be in use before additional portions reach the design stage. This situation presents an opportunity to extend the RMA assessment of the existing system and to improve the additions that will be made to it. RMA engineering is essential to all phases of planning, design, construction, and operation of ICES. The methodologies presented provide a systematic, disciplined approach to predict and analyze RMA, to determine corrective actions necessary, and to achieve performance goals.},
doi = {10.2172/5543753},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5543753}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1979},
month = {Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1979}
}