Analysis of UPS system reliability based on Monte Carlo approach

Author

Gang, Wang ; Mao-Sheng, Ding ; Xiao-hua, Li

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Power Eng., South China Univ. of Technol., Guangzhou, China

Volume

D

fYear

2004

fDate

21-24 Nov. 2004

Firstpage

205

Abstract

The paper proposed an approach to quantitatively analysis the reliability of UPS (uninterruptible power supply) system. Firstly, the reliability indices appropriate to UPS system were defined. Then, based on analysis of UPS system operation, the system fault tree and accurate multistages math models of modules were set up. The sequential Monte Carlo simulation method was used to calculate the system reliability indices and sensitivity of every module. Finally, a typical UPS system was given to demonstrate the proposed approach. The proposed means is useful in reliability evaluation and decision-making among different UPS system solutions.

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; decision making; fault trees; life cycle costing; sensitivity analysis; uninterruptible power supplies; RLCC; UPS; decision-making; fault tree; multistage math model; power system; reliability life cycle cost; sensitivity analysis; sequential Monte Carlo simulation; uninterruptible power supply; Analytical models; Availability; Costs; Decision making; Fault trees; Monte Carlo methods; Paper technology; Power engineering; Power system reliability; Uninterruptible power systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

TENCON 2004. 2004 IEEE Region 10 Conference

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8560-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TENCON.2004.1414905

Filename

1414905