Title :
Reliability Evaluation of Emergency and Standby Power Systems
Author :
Singh, Chanan ; Patton, A.D.
Author_Institution :
Department of Electrical Engineering, Electric Power Institute, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3128.
fDate :
3/1/1985 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Methodology for reliability modeling and evaluation of emergency and standby power systems is presented and illustrated by developing reliability models of a standby engine generator set and a redundant uninterruptible power supply system. These models and methods can compute quantitative reliability indices such as number of failures per year, downtime hours per year, and the mean downtime. These quantitative indices can play an important role in the selection and application of emergency and standby power systems by allowing trade-off studies to be made between reliability and other factors such as cost.
Keywords :
Costs; Engines; Frequency; Industry Applications Society; Power generation; Power system modeling; Power system reliability; Power system transients; Standby generators; Uninterruptible power systems;
Journal_Title :
Industry Applications, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TIA.1985.349690