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PROCESS SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Volume 158, Issue -, Pages 20-33Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.psep.2021.11.047
Keywords
Multistate system; Reliability modeling; Dynamic reliability; Agent-based model; Subsea Christmas tree
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Funding
- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2019YFE0105100]
- IKTPLUSS Program of Research Council of Norway [309628]
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An agent-based method is developed to evaluate the dynamic reliability of multistate systems (MSSs), with a reliability modeling framework proposed and Monte Carlo simulation used for evaluation. A visual failure paths analysis method is also proposed to inhibit potential risks, and the effectiveness of the method is verified using the LH4-1 horizontal Christmas tree. The study identifies key components that have a significant impact on system reliability.
The fault propagation of multistate systems (MSSs) with various operational modes is a critical factor affecting the reliability and safety of systems. However, traditional methods have difficulty describing the influence of function transitions and multiple faults of components on fault propagation, and are inapplicable for accurately evaluating the dynamic reliability of MSSs. To solve these issues, an agent-based method is developed to evaluate the dynamic reliability of MSSs. This study proposes a reliability modeling framework that consists of a management agent and several system agents. Combined with different agents, two types of models are established to describe the logical relationships among components. Moreover, Monte Carlo simulation is used to evaluate the dynamic reliability of MSSs, and a visual failure paths analysis method is proposed to inhibit potential risk. The LH4-1 horizontal Christmas tree is used to verify the effectiveness of proposed method. Under the designed working condition, the dynamic reliability curve of system with three operational modes and the visual failure paths including 15-node are obtained. By comparing the influence of failure rates, it is found that the production choke valve, flowlines, tree cap and MEG chemical control valve have a great impact on the system reliability. (c) 2021 Institution of Chemical Engineers. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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