Binomial acceptance sampling plans for evaluating oil-water separator performance. Technical report

Technical Report · Tue Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:5196379

Burns, K C

There are several oil-water separator systems currently being developed for possible future use aboard Navy ships, In order to be accepted, these systems must meet certain specified requirements: In Port -- 20 ppm of oil or less in effluent water at least 95% of the time; and At Sea -- 100 ppm of oil or less in effluent water at least 99% of the time. In order to determine whether a system meets the threshold requirements given above, a binomial acceptance sampling plan is often used. In this type of plan, a specified number of effluent samples are collected and analyzed. Each sample is then classified as either a success (oil content does not exceed threshold) or a failure (oil content exceeds threshold). If the number of failures is not greater than some prespecified number, c, the system is accepted. If the number of failures exceeds c the system is rejected.

• Research Organization: Desmatics, Inc., State College, PA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5196379
• Report Number(s): AD-A-135621/1; TR-106-13
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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OIL SPILLS
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
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OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PERFORMANCE
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