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7.1.2 A SYSTEMS ENGINEERING APPROACH TO LIFE EXTENSION PLANNING FOR THE STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE
Author(s) -
Pikul Robert Bob,
Schultz Daniel A.,
Culbert Jon A.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.1995.tb01856.x
Subject(s) - life extension , drawdown (hydrology) , plan (archaeology) , failure mode and effects analysis , reliability (semiconductor) , reliability engineering , key (lock) , risk analysis (engineering) , extension (predicate logic) , identification (biology) , engineering , computer science , operations research , operations management , systems engineering , business , computer security , gerontology , medicine , power (physics) , physics , geotechnical engineering , archaeology , quantum mechanics , aquifer , groundwater , history , botany , biology , programming language
This paper addresses life extension planning for the Department of Energy's (DOE) Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), the mission of which is to store crude oil and to maintain a 95 percent system availability to allow drawdown of the oil in the event of a national emergency. A key element of the planning approach is identification of those system components whose improvement from their current state of availability would have the greatest impact on increasing overall system availability. The approach includes: a) conducting a reliability centered life extension (RCLEX) planning analysis utilizing a failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA), availability modeling, and component aging in order to determine priorities for critical system components; b) identifying and assessing alternative methods for improving critical system components and analyzing their effectiveness using life‐cycle cost methods; and c) preparing an integrated Comprehensive Life Extension Plan (CLEP), showing projects, schedules, and budgets.