Application of Reliability, Availability, Maintainability (RAM) study, on Compressors Facility
| Author(s) | : | Saravanan Boopathy, Dr. Nihal Anwar Siddiqui, Abhinav Srivastava |
| Institution | : | M.Tech (HSE-Corp) University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, Dehradun INDIA |
| Published In | : | Vol. 5, Issue 2 — February 2018 |
| Page No. | : | 19-22 |
| Domain | : | Engineering |
| Type | : | Research Paper |
| ISSN (Online) | : | 2348-4470 |
| ISSN (Print) | : | 2348-6406 |
The industry has continuously increased its needs with high intricacy of technological systems and the highereffectiveness of markets, has compelled providers to implement acceptable strategies for these systems in order toimprove their availability and productivity to meet those more demanding criteria. In this context, the complex of RAMfactors constitute a strategic approach for integrating reliability, availability and maintainability, by using methods,tools and engineering techniques (Mean Time to Failure, Equipment down Time and System Availability values) toidentify and quantify equipment and system failures that prevent the achievement of the productive objectives. Theapplication of such methodologies requires a deep experience and know-how together with the possibility of acquiringand processing data in operating conditions. This paper presents the most relevant aspects and findings of a studyconducted for assessing the operational performance of a Compressor package installed and used in the oil and gas'industries. The study was based on the simulation method that is used to simulate the performance of an installation.First the design of the installation is transferred into a Reliability Block Diagram (RBD). Component failure data,together with RBD’s forms the basis input of the AVSim software that employs Monte Carlo simulation to calculate thesystem reliability and availability. The effect of changes in the configuration of an installation on the availability andreliability of the installation can be made visible. This makes it possible to optimize an installation already in the designphase. In this study, three criteria called reliability, availability and maintainability (RAM) of the compressor facilityhave been employed to compare to future maintenance strategies.
Saravanan Boopathy, Dr. Nihal Anwar Siddiqui, Abhinav Srivastava, “Application of Reliability, Availability, Maintainability (RAM) study, on Compressors Facility”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 5, Issue 2, pp. 19-22, February 2018.
