Early quantification of reliability for a safety critical and control system: a case study of reactor core cooling system

  • Authors

    • Vinay Kumar
    • Suraj Gupta
    • Anil Kumar Tripathi
    2018-04-03
    https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i2.12.11291
  • Fault Tree, Nuclear Power Plan, Reliability Analysis Technique, Reliability Block Diagram, Safety Critical and Control System.

  • Abstract

    Using Probabilistic Reliability analysis for Quantifying reliability of a system is already a common practice in Reliability Engineering community. This method plays an important role in analyzing reliability of nuclear plants and its various components. In Nuclear Power Plants Reactor Core Cooling System is a component of prime importance as its breakdown can disrupt Cooling System of power plant. In this paper, we present a framework for early quantification of Reliability and illustrated with a Safety Critical and Control System as case study which runs in a Nuclear Power Plant.

     

     

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    Kumar, V., Gupta, S., & Kumar Tripathi, A. (2018). Early quantification of reliability for a safety critical and control system: a case study of reactor core cooling system. International Journal of Engineering & Technology, 7(2.12), 248-252. https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i2.12.11291

    Received date: 2018-04-08

    Accepted date: 2018-04-08

    Published date: 2018-04-03