Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 14
Availability as a Core Subsystem of Plant and Business Performance......Page 22
Attributes of Availability Performance......Page 24
Bibliography......Page 38
Introduction......Page 39
Consequences for Life-Cycle Cash Profiles......Page 40
Payout and Discounted Cash-Flow Analysis......Page 45
Return on Investment Analysis......Page 51
The Break-Even Point and Operating Leverage Analysis......Page 55
Bibliography......Page 58
Introduction......Page 59
TC1. Analyze Owner Needs......Page 61
AC1. Establish Management Policies for Availability Engineering and Management......Page 62
TC2. Formulate Plant Operational Requirements......Page 65
TC3. Formulate, Evaluate, and Select from Alternate Production Processes......Page 66
TC4. Develop the Plant Conceptual Design......Page 67
AC2. Develop the Availability Concept......Page 68
AC3. Develop the Maintenance Operation Concept......Page 74
Bibliography......Page 79
Introduction......Page 80
The Challenges of a New Discipline......Page 81
Summary of Requirements......Page 82
AP1. Develop Availability Requirements for Contractor Screening, Selection, and Contract Documents......Page 83
AP2. Assure Planning for Availability Tasks, Costs, Time, and Resources......Page 86
AP3. Prepare to Monitor and Track Availability Engineering......Page 88
Summary......Page 90
Bibliography......Page 91
Introduction......Page 92
AB1. Develop Availability-Centered Practices Control Documents......Page 96
AB2. Develop Life-Cycle Improvement, Change and Data Management Functions and Systems......Page 103
Bibliography......Page 114
Introduction......Page 116
AB3. Identify, Gather, and Analyze Data for Availability Design......Page 117
AB4. Develop Plant Logic Diagrams......Page 128
AB5. Allocate Availability Parameters to Plant Logic Diagrams......Page 132
The Production Process and Availability Parameters Compared......Page 135
Bibliography......Page 136
Introduction......Page 137
AB6. Develop the Plant Availability Model......Page 138
AB7. Develop the Plant Financial Model......Page 144
Bibliography......Page 152
Introduction......Page 153
AB8. Availability-Centered Failure Modes, Effects, and Criticality Analysis......Page 154
AB9. Maintenance Logic-Tree Analysis......Page 160
Bibliography......Page 165
Introduction......Page 166
AB10. Evaluate and Optimize Plant Availability Performance......Page 167
AB11. Assess Plant Layout for Maintainability......Page 181
Bibliography......Page 187
Introduction......Page 188
TB1. Refine the Conceptual Design and Related Diagrams and Data......Page 189
TB2. Determine and Develop the Process Control Strategy......Page 192
TB3. Design the Instrumentation System......Page 193
TB4. Develop Performance Specifications, and Select and Size Equipment......Page 194
TB6. Determine Materials of Construction and Corrosion Allowances......Page 195
TB7. Diagram, Analyze, and Determine Utility Needs......Page 196
TB9. Design Preliminary Piping Layout......Page 197
TB10. Conduct Preliminary Hazard Evaluation......Page 198
TB11. Identify and Begin Procurement of Long-Lead-Time Delivery Items......Page 199
TB12. Develop Equipment Specifications......Page 200
Final Comments for Availability Engineering and Management in the Basic Design Phase......Page 201
Bibliography......Page 202
Introduction......Page 203
AD1. Maintenance Task Analysis......Page 206
AD2. Needs Analysis and Design of Maintenance Instructions, Procedures, and Manuals......Page 216
AD3. Evaluate Equipment for Maintainability from Human Factors Perspective......Page 224
Bibiliography......Page 229
Introduction......Page 230
AD4. Determine the Human and Material Resources for Maintenance Operations......Page 231
AD5. Detailed Design of Support Facilities and Equipment......Page 242
AD6. Determine, Plan, and Develop the Training Program for Maintenance Personnel......Page 248
Bibliography......Page 252
AD7. Analysis and Design of Maintenance Operation Functions......Page 253
AD8. Organization Design for Availability Management......Page 266
Bibliography......Page 290
The Scope of the Traditional Detailed Design Phase......Page 292
TD1. Detailed Design, Drawings, and Specifications......Page 293
TD2. Detailed Safety and Hazards Analysis......Page 295
TD3. Procure Engineered Items and Equipment......Page 296
TD4. Procure Bulk Materials and Nonengineered Items......Page 297
TD6. Needs Analysis and Design of Instructions, Procedures, and Manuals......Page 298
Bibliography......Page 299
Introduction......Page 300
Construction......Page 302
Planning for Startup......Page 304
Bibliography......Page 317
Introduction......Page 318
Mechanical and Electrical Completion and Precommissioning......Page 319
Commissioning, Performance Testing, and Post-Commissioning......Page 325
Bibliography......Page 330
Introduction......Page 331
Classic Cycles of Production System Operation Management......Page 332
TO1. The Strategic Cycle......Page 335
TO2. The Research and Development Cycle......Page 338
TO4. The Aggregate Planning Cycle......Page 339
TO5. The Operating Budget Cycle......Page 342
TO6. The Plant Level Production Planning and Resource Acquisition Cycle......Page 344
TO8. The Maintenance Cycle......Page 345
TO9. The Performance Testing and Evaluation Cycle......Page 347
TO3. The Product, Production Process, and Plant Development Cycles......Page 348
Bibliography......Page 349
Introduction......Page 350
AO1. Analysis of Plant Availability......Page 352
AO2. Research and Development for Availability Performance......Page 361
AO3. Availability Engineering and Management in Cycles of Plant Development......Page 369
Bibliography......Page 378
AO4. Adjusting Availability to Match Plant Productive Capacity to Forecasted Market Demand......Page 379
AO5. Adjusting Availability to Maximum Short-Term Financial Performance......Page 387
Bibliography......Page 390
AO6. Maintenance Operation Cycle Planning and Functioning......Page 391
AO7. Test, Evaluation and Audit of the Availability Scheme as a System......Page 396
Commercial Production without Availability Engineering and Management......Page 398
Summary......Page 399
Bibliography......Page 400
A......Page 402
B......Page 403
D......Page 404
H......Page 405
M......Page 406
P......Page 408
R......Page 410
S......Page 411
W......Page 412