Automated fault tree construction for a sample chemical plant

作者：Majdara A^*; Wakabayashi T

来源：Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers - Part O: Journal of Risk and Reliability , 2010, 224(O3): 207-216.

DOI：10.1243/1748006XJRR314

• automated fault tree construction
• component-based modelling
• trace-back algorithm
• case study
• chemical plant

A new methodology for automated fault tree construction, based on a component-based approach for system modelling, and a trace-back algorithm for fault tree synthesis has been developed. This approach has been implemented as a computer program and tested on several simple examples and sample systems. In this paper a case study on a chemical plant is presented. The system modelling procedure and other details are discussed and the results are presented. The results generated by the program are then compared with a manually constructed fault tree. The complete match between the two fault trees verifies the validity of the program outputs.

• 出版日期2010