Title :
Optimal Reliability Design of Process Systems
Author :
Inoue, Koichi ; Gandhi, S.L. ; Henley, Ernest J.
Author_Institution :
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Tex.; Department of Precision Mechanics, Kyoto University, Japan.
fDate :
4/1/1974 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The optimal design of system reliability which takes into account the quantitative aspect of systems throughput or capacity is proposed. It is based on the concept of an r-out-of-n configuration instead of the conventional parallel 1-out-of-n configuration and is especially suitable for treating problems which arise in process systems. The problem is solved by the pseudo-Boolean programming method of Lawler and Bell.
Keywords :
Capacity planning; Chemical engineering; Costs; Electrical safety; Materials reliability; Operations research; Process design; Redundancy; Reliability engineering; Throughput;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TR.1974.5215700
