Long-term availability modelling of water treatment plants

Water treatment plants (WTPs) are characterised as complex configurations of repairable and deteriorating components. Previous studies have mainly focused on the average or steady-state availability of such systems while ignoring inherent characteristics like degradation. The current research propos...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of water process engineering 2019-04, Vol.28, p.203-213
Main Authors: Smit, Roland, van de Loo, Jasper, van den Boomen, Martine, Khakzad, Nima, van Heck, Geert Jan, Wolfert, A.R.M. (Rogier)
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Availability
Deterioration
Repairable systems
Water treatment plants
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Water treatment plants (WTPs) are characterised as complex configurations of repairable and deteriorating components. Previous studies have mainly focused on the average or steady-state availability of such systems while ignoring inherent characteristics like degradation. The current research proposes a two-level hierarchical model for long-term availability analysis of WTPs. To do so, at the component level, a condition-based technique (semi-Markov) or a failure-based technique (non-homogeneous Poisson process) is proposed based on the type and amount of available data while at the system level a reliability block diagram can be used to combine the component-level availabilities. The application of the methodology has been demonstrated on a real case study in the Netherlands.
ISSN:2214-7144
2214-7144
DOI:10.1016/j.jwpe.2019.01.021