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Application of Fuzzy Fault-Tree Analysis to Assess the Reliability of a Protection System for a Switchyard

  • Ying-Yi Hong , Lun-Hui Lee and Heng-Hsing Cheng

This paper proposed a method for reliability assessment of the protection system for a switchyard by fault-tree analysis considering uncertainty of unavailability for an element. Unavailability of an element with uncertainty is expressed with the fuzzy set. The fault-tree analysis incorporated with the fuzzy set is employed to conduct the reliability assessment. The importance of elements influencing reliability can be achieved by the Fuzzy Importance Measure. Compared with traditional methods, the fault-tree analysis requires less computation. In this paper, a 345 kV switchyard in the 3rd nuclear power plant in Taiwan serves as an example for illustrating the results of the proposed method.

Published Online: 2008-10-3

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