The document discusses design for reliability (DFR) topics including the need for DFR, the DFR process, terminology, Weibull plotting, system reliability, DFR testing, and accelerated testing. It provides details on the DFR process, common reliability terminology such as reliability, failure rate, mean time to failure, and the bathtub curve. It also explains the exponential distribution and Weibull plotting, which are important reliability analysis tools.
Design for reliability (DFR) is an industry-wide practice and a philosophy of considering reliability in an early stage of product design and development, to achieve a highly-reliable product while with sustainable cost. Physical of Failure (PoF) is recognized as a key approach of implementing DFR in a product design and development process. The author will present a case study to illustrate predicting and identifying product failure early in the design phase with the help of a quantitative PoF model based analysis tool.
The document discusses leveraging global talent for effective software development agility. It describes challenges with distributed teams including proprietary data restrictions, time shifts, and cultural differences. It emphasizes finding and fixing defects early through testing strategies and automation. Outsourcing can work when partners are treated judiciously. Contact information is provided for further discussion.
This document discusses model-based systems engineering (MBSE) and the use of system modeling languages. It motivates MBSE by describing how system models can integrate requirements, design, analysis and other engineering artifacts. It then provides an overview of the SysML modeling language and how it supports structural, behavioral, requirements and parametric modeling of systems. Finally, it describes how a system architecture model can act as an integrating framework to link various engineering analysis models across the lifecycle.
Tridiagonal Solutions provides customized engineering solutions and develops products by harnessing computational modeling. It focuses on developing solutions from initial concepts to commercial practices through various stages including CFD modeling, process engineering, pilot plants, and product development. Tridiagonal has expertise in industries like oil/gas, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, power and manufacturing.
The document discusses Source2VALUE, a software solution called CARE that provides computer aided redocumentation and evaluation of source code. CARE analyzes source code to provide metrics, detect changes, clones, and violations of standards and guidelines. It generates documentation and reports to help reduce software maintenance costs, improve transparency, and support auditing. A demo of the CARE approach and Source2VALUE portal is then presented.
The document discusses developing well-formed engineering requirements. It outlines that by the end of the chapter, the reader should understand properties of engineering requirements like being abstract, verifiable, unambiguous and traceable. It also discusses developing a complete requirements specification by identifying requirements from customers, environment and technical standards. Advanced analysis methods like tradeoff analysis are examined to refine requirements.
BCO provides highly experienced personnel and technical capabilities for automated test systems and engineering. It has expertise in areas such as test requirements analysis, hardware and software design, prototype fabrication, production, and field support. BCO can handle projects from concept to final product and has experience across industries including commercial, homeland defense, and DoD.
The document discusses design for reliability (DFR) topics including the need for DFR, the DFR process, terminology, Weibull plotting, system reliability, DFR testing, and accelerated testing. It provides details on the DFR process, common reliability terminology such as reliability, failure rate, mean time to failure, and the bathtub curve. It also explains the exponential distribution and Weibull plotting, which are important reliability analysis tools.
Design for reliability (DFR) is an industry-wide practice and a philosophy of considering reliability in an early stage of product design and development, to achieve a highly-reliable product while with sustainable cost. Physical of Failure (PoF) is recognized as a key approach of implementing DFR in a product design and development process. The author will present a case study to illustrate predicting and identifying product failure early in the design phase with the help of a quantitative PoF model based analysis tool.
The document discusses leveraging global talent for effective software development agility. It describes challenges with distributed teams including proprietary data restrictions, time shifts, and cultural differences. It emphasizes finding and fixing defects early through testing strategies and automation. Outsourcing can work when partners are treated judiciously. Contact information is provided for further discussion.
This document discusses model-based systems engineering (MBSE) and the use of system modeling languages. It motivates MBSE by describing how system models can integrate requirements, design, analysis and other engineering artifacts. It then provides an overview of the SysML modeling language and how it supports structural, behavioral, requirements and parametric modeling of systems. Finally, it describes how a system architecture model can act as an integrating framework to link various engineering analysis models across the lifecycle.
Tridiagonal Solutions provides customized engineering solutions and develops products by harnessing computational modeling. It focuses on developing solutions from initial concepts to commercial practices through various stages including CFD modeling, process engineering, pilot plants, and product development. Tridiagonal has expertise in industries like oil/gas, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, power and manufacturing.
The document discusses Source2VALUE, a software solution called CARE that provides computer aided redocumentation and evaluation of source code. CARE analyzes source code to provide metrics, detect changes, clones, and violations of standards and guidelines. It generates documentation and reports to help reduce software maintenance costs, improve transparency, and support auditing. A demo of the CARE approach and Source2VALUE portal is then presented.
The document discusses developing well-formed engineering requirements. It outlines that by the end of the chapter, the reader should understand properties of engineering requirements like being abstract, verifiable, unambiguous and traceable. It also discusses developing a complete requirements specification by identifying requirements from customers, environment and technical standards. Advanced analysis methods like tradeoff analysis are examined to refine requirements.
BCO provides highly experienced personnel and technical capabilities for automated test systems and engineering. It has expertise in areas such as test requirements analysis, hardware and software design, prototype fabrication, production, and field support. BCO can handle projects from concept to final product and has experience across industries including commercial, homeland defense, and DoD.
Software as a Service (SaaS) is revolutionizing the technology industry. Applications using the Internet as the development and delivery platform are proving to be more flexible, user friendly, and easier to manage. The SaaS model has produced significant savings including a combined 60% reduction in annual licensing, hardware, maintenance and consultancy costs.
According to Goldman Sachs, “Software as a Service is the most impactful trend in software currently. SaaS solutions solve many of the problems that traditional software faces, including large upfront license fees, long time to implementation, and access issues by a mobile workforce.”
This session provides insight into how SaaS applications stack up against traditional client/server technology and how to best prepare your organization to capitalize on a significant trend in our industry that is here to stay. You will learn about the basics of SaaS and the many advantages SaaS applications can bring to your organization.
Additionally, we will highlight the convergence of ITIL V3, Web 2.0 technology and SaaS within IT Service Management and provide an introduction to a widely-adopted ITSM SaaS offering, Service-now.com.
Expected Attendee ROI
• Understand why traditional client/server ITSM applications are a thing of the past.
• Gain clear insight into the different variations of SaaS.
• Get the “real” story about SaaS – dispelling common myths.
• Begin developing a plan to capitalize on SaaS to drive your organization forward.
• Learn how a Fortune 100 financial services firm cancelled $4.5M in annual maintenance fees and a Fortune 100 entertainment firm saves $200K in annual management and maintenance costs.
Ff Presdentation User Conference Mumbai Automation 2008Jasbir Singh
The document discusses maintenance practices in process plants, focusing on how digital technologies can improve asset management. It describes traditional run-to-failure, preventative, and predictive maintenance approaches and their limitations. Advanced digital tools can now monitor devices online, detect abnormalities, predict failures, and recommend maintenance actions. This enables condition-based maintenance by analyzing device-level sensor and valve data as well as plant-level communication networks. The tools provide maintenance recommendations to reduce downtime and optimize asset use.
The document discusses final verification of engineering requirements. It explains that final verification ensures the operational system satisfies original requirements through systematic verification. A formal verification process documents the methods used, such as testing, inspection, analysis and demonstration, to verify performance and reduce unexpected behavior. Verification is performed at various stages, from reviews to integrated system tests, to reduce schedule risk.
1. SAIC and ePM used simulation techniques to model and optimize the manufacturing process for the Upper Stage Simulator for the Ares I-X rocket.
2. The simulation results showed that the manufacturing process is highly sensitive to the number of fabricators and welders, and recommended a baseline of 8 fabricators and 6 welders per shift.
3. The investigation of non-destructive inspection factors found that the manufacturing process duration is most impacted by the defect rate during inspections. Higher defect rates significantly increase the overall duration.
The document discusses the Ares I-X test flight conducted by NASA in October 2009. It provides background on the objectives and significance of the flight test. It highlights that healthy tension between the flight test's Mission Management Office and Technical Authorities was important to the flight test's success. It then discusses NASA's governance model and how technical authority is implemented. Specifically, it notes the Chief Engineer and Chief of Safety and Mission Assurance represented their communities and helped achieve an appropriate balance between constraints and risk. Information flow between groups was a key factor for the multi-center team's cooperation and success.
The document discusses software quality testing services provided by Independent Testing Service including software testing, localization and maintenance support. It outlines their technical expertise in areas like programming languages, databases, web servers and testing tools. The document also provides examples of their software testing process and a case study of projects they have worked on.
What's New in Maximo 7 Workshop Alex Estevam Sep 2012alipaiva
The document summarizes new usability enhancements in Maximo Asset Management Version 7.5, including an updated look and feel, improved table and list page behavior, asynchronous data validation, browser zoom functionality, faster date/time selection via a new calendar control, and a rich-text editor.
Tdd and a new paradigm for hardware verificationdrewz lin
The document discusses moving hardware verification from the "old paradigm" to a "new paradigm" inspired by test-driven development (TDD). The old paradigm involves long development cycles, emphasizing block-level over system-level testing, subjective definitions of done, and bug hunting. The new paradigm advocates incremental progress, prioritizing system-level integration and feedback early, precisely defining done, and using TDD to prevent bugs in test harnesses and models. A case study applying these new paradigm techniques found fewer bugs and a shorter verification cycle.
Benetel provides wireless product design and testing services for companies in the wireless industry. It designs wireless products and systems and develops automated test systems. It has expertise in various wireless technologies and standards. Benetel partners with other test equipment companies and has experience delivering test solutions to original equipment manufacturers and contract manufacturers globally.
The document discusses terminology and relationships related to managing project reserves, including risk posture, scope margin, and de-scoping plans. It provides a high-level flow for establishing scope margin, beginning with establishing level 1 requirements and defining descope options. The progression to Key Decision Point C is shown, including establishing baseline requirements and success criteria, and refining requirements and updating risk/reserve posture. Budget and reserve estimates are also discussed, including the progression from pre-phase A through phase B and to KDP-C, as well as different types of reserve calculations.
A Practical Approach to Introducing BPM into the Enterprisejamieraut
BPM is touted as being able to solve a number of business and technology challenges ranging from simple process modeling to complex application integration. Given this broad range of capabilities how does an organization get started? What tools can be leveraged in a pragmatic, cost-effective way to initiate a BPM project? What are some of the organizational challenges – both business and IT – that need to be addressed? Leveraging recent work at a Fortune 500 company, this presentation will focus on how one CSC client approached adding BPM to their corporate capabilities portfolio. The speakers will cover the challenges, the successes and the failures.
This document discusses the implementation of a Kanban system by Microsoft's XIT department to manage their high workload of change requests. The department was experiencing long lead times of 155 days to fulfill change requests due to an overwhelmed backlog. They implemented Kanban principles to limit work-in-progress, prioritize flow over inventory, and visualize workflow. This helped reduce lead times and balance demand with capacity.
This document contains a risk register for an overhead transmission line project with 16 identified risks. The top 3 risks are:
1) Changes to the approved foundation design after work has commenced could delay the project due to changes in scope.
2) Introduction of new software not specified in the contract could delay the project as it would require additional engineering work and study time.
3) Passing new comments on design revisions may lead to design delays and delays in execution if not properly managed.
Engineered Resilient Systems, overview and status, 31 october 2011RNeches
The document discusses the need for Engineered Resilient Systems (ERS) to address challenges in developing systems that are affordable, effective, and adaptable. It outlines three key goals for ERS: (1) enabling affordable engineering via less rework; (2) ensuring effectiveness via better informed design decisions; and (3) facilitating adaptability through design and testing for a wider range of missions. It also identifies technical gaps in areas like system representation and modeling, characterizing changing operational environments, and enabling cross-domain coupling between different models. The overall aim is to develop technologies that allow systems to be engineered, analyzed, and adapted more quickly across their lifecycles.
The Constellation Space Transportation Planning Office (CSTP) was established in 2008 to prepare NASA's Constellation Program for the operations and sustaining phase of the Ares I and Orion spacecraft's lifecycle. The CSTP works closely with the Constellation Program to address operability considerations in design and establish the future Constellation Space Transportation Program to manage production, launch, and recovery operations for Ares I/Orion missions to the International Space Station.
The document discusses challenges faced in re-engineering the Mission Operations Directorate's (MOD) Flight Production Process (FPP). Key challenges include: 1) Building support for adopting Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and Enterprise Architecture (EA) methodologies, 2) Resource limitations, 3) Maintaining management support, and 4) Establishing tools for MBSE and EA development. The FPP must be redesigned as an integrated system to address issues like duplication, data errors, and lack of interoperability between its separate processes for Space Shuttle and ISS programs.
This document describes the career journey and experiences of Petros Maragkoudakis. It outlines his educational background in engineering and various roles he has held related to software engineering, testing, and project management. It provides details on the locations he has worked, technologies used, and certifications obtained throughout his career.
Systems Navigator - Added value of simulation in the design of terminalsjhjsmits
The document discusses the added value of using simulation in the design of liquid bulk terminals. Simulation can help quantify design decisions, provide insight into terminal behavior under varying conditions, and allow for scenario comparisons. Case studies demonstrate how simulation helped with terminal layout selection, improving refinery throughput, and evaluating options for expanding an existing terminal. Simulation allows terminal designers to raise questions and optimize designs.
Shivam Technologies is an engineering solutions company based in Pune, India that has been in operation since 2001. It has over 100 engineering resources with expertise across various industries like automotive, aerospace, and energy. The company uses process-driven methodologies and has tools for outsourcing engineering services. It has experienced high growth and client retention over the past 5 years. Shivam Technologies provides services like CAD modeling, CAE analysis, tooling design, and product development.
Improving safety, efficiency and regulatory compliance via asset documentatio...IBM Danmark
This document discusses McLaren Software and its asset documentation integrity solutions. It provides an overview of McLaren and the typical asset lifecycle. It then presents three case studies showing how McLaren's solutions have helped customers in the energy/utilities, oil/gas, and pharmaceutical industries improve engineering processes, ensure regulatory compliance, and manage large amounts of asset documentation. McLaren's Enterprise Engineer applications and architecture are also briefly described.
EPC Services Capability Tra International limitedHimanshu9974
TRA International provides engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services for solar power plants. They offer consulting services throughout the project lifecycle from site assessment to project execution and commissioning. They have experience delivering turnkey EPC solutions for solar PV, solar thermal, and steam generation projects in India and overseas. TRA aims to be the premier solar energy solutions provider through reliable project delivery and strategic partnerships.
Software as a Service (SaaS) is revolutionizing the technology industry. Applications using the Internet as the development and delivery platform are proving to be more flexible, user friendly, and easier to manage. The SaaS model has produced significant savings including a combined 60% reduction in annual licensing, hardware, maintenance and consultancy costs.
According to Goldman Sachs, “Software as a Service is the most impactful trend in software currently. SaaS solutions solve many of the problems that traditional software faces, including large upfront license fees, long time to implementation, and access issues by a mobile workforce.”
This session provides insight into how SaaS applications stack up against traditional client/server technology and how to best prepare your organization to capitalize on a significant trend in our industry that is here to stay. You will learn about the basics of SaaS and the many advantages SaaS applications can bring to your organization.
Additionally, we will highlight the convergence of ITIL V3, Web 2.0 technology and SaaS within IT Service Management and provide an introduction to a widely-adopted ITSM SaaS offering, Service-now.com.
Expected Attendee ROI
• Understand why traditional client/server ITSM applications are a thing of the past.
• Gain clear insight into the different variations of SaaS.
• Get the “real” story about SaaS – dispelling common myths.
• Begin developing a plan to capitalize on SaaS to drive your organization forward.
• Learn how a Fortune 100 financial services firm cancelled $4.5M in annual maintenance fees and a Fortune 100 entertainment firm saves $200K in annual management and maintenance costs.
Ff Presdentation User Conference Mumbai Automation 2008Jasbir Singh
The document discusses maintenance practices in process plants, focusing on how digital technologies can improve asset management. It describes traditional run-to-failure, preventative, and predictive maintenance approaches and their limitations. Advanced digital tools can now monitor devices online, detect abnormalities, predict failures, and recommend maintenance actions. This enables condition-based maintenance by analyzing device-level sensor and valve data as well as plant-level communication networks. The tools provide maintenance recommendations to reduce downtime and optimize asset use.
The document discusses final verification of engineering requirements. It explains that final verification ensures the operational system satisfies original requirements through systematic verification. A formal verification process documents the methods used, such as testing, inspection, analysis and demonstration, to verify performance and reduce unexpected behavior. Verification is performed at various stages, from reviews to integrated system tests, to reduce schedule risk.
1. SAIC and ePM used simulation techniques to model and optimize the manufacturing process for the Upper Stage Simulator for the Ares I-X rocket.
2. The simulation results showed that the manufacturing process is highly sensitive to the number of fabricators and welders, and recommended a baseline of 8 fabricators and 6 welders per shift.
3. The investigation of non-destructive inspection factors found that the manufacturing process duration is most impacted by the defect rate during inspections. Higher defect rates significantly increase the overall duration.
The document discusses the Ares I-X test flight conducted by NASA in October 2009. It provides background on the objectives and significance of the flight test. It highlights that healthy tension between the flight test's Mission Management Office and Technical Authorities was important to the flight test's success. It then discusses NASA's governance model and how technical authority is implemented. Specifically, it notes the Chief Engineer and Chief of Safety and Mission Assurance represented their communities and helped achieve an appropriate balance between constraints and risk. Information flow between groups was a key factor for the multi-center team's cooperation and success.
The document discusses software quality testing services provided by Independent Testing Service including software testing, localization and maintenance support. It outlines their technical expertise in areas like programming languages, databases, web servers and testing tools. The document also provides examples of their software testing process and a case study of projects they have worked on.
What's New in Maximo 7 Workshop Alex Estevam Sep 2012alipaiva
The document summarizes new usability enhancements in Maximo Asset Management Version 7.5, including an updated look and feel, improved table and list page behavior, asynchronous data validation, browser zoom functionality, faster date/time selection via a new calendar control, and a rich-text editor.
Tdd and a new paradigm for hardware verificationdrewz lin
The document discusses moving hardware verification from the "old paradigm" to a "new paradigm" inspired by test-driven development (TDD). The old paradigm involves long development cycles, emphasizing block-level over system-level testing, subjective definitions of done, and bug hunting. The new paradigm advocates incremental progress, prioritizing system-level integration and feedback early, precisely defining done, and using TDD to prevent bugs in test harnesses and models. A case study applying these new paradigm techniques found fewer bugs and a shorter verification cycle.
Benetel provides wireless product design and testing services for companies in the wireless industry. It designs wireless products and systems and develops automated test systems. It has expertise in various wireless technologies and standards. Benetel partners with other test equipment companies and has experience delivering test solutions to original equipment manufacturers and contract manufacturers globally.
The document discusses terminology and relationships related to managing project reserves, including risk posture, scope margin, and de-scoping plans. It provides a high-level flow for establishing scope margin, beginning with establishing level 1 requirements and defining descope options. The progression to Key Decision Point C is shown, including establishing baseline requirements and success criteria, and refining requirements and updating risk/reserve posture. Budget and reserve estimates are also discussed, including the progression from pre-phase A through phase B and to KDP-C, as well as different types of reserve calculations.
A Practical Approach to Introducing BPM into the Enterprisejamieraut
BPM is touted as being able to solve a number of business and technology challenges ranging from simple process modeling to complex application integration. Given this broad range of capabilities how does an organization get started? What tools can be leveraged in a pragmatic, cost-effective way to initiate a BPM project? What are some of the organizational challenges – both business and IT – that need to be addressed? Leveraging recent work at a Fortune 500 company, this presentation will focus on how one CSC client approached adding BPM to their corporate capabilities portfolio. The speakers will cover the challenges, the successes and the failures.
This document discusses the implementation of a Kanban system by Microsoft's XIT department to manage their high workload of change requests. The department was experiencing long lead times of 155 days to fulfill change requests due to an overwhelmed backlog. They implemented Kanban principles to limit work-in-progress, prioritize flow over inventory, and visualize workflow. This helped reduce lead times and balance demand with capacity.
This document contains a risk register for an overhead transmission line project with 16 identified risks. The top 3 risks are:
1) Changes to the approved foundation design after work has commenced could delay the project due to changes in scope.
2) Introduction of new software not specified in the contract could delay the project as it would require additional engineering work and study time.
3) Passing new comments on design revisions may lead to design delays and delays in execution if not properly managed.
Engineered Resilient Systems, overview and status, 31 october 2011RNeches
The document discusses the need for Engineered Resilient Systems (ERS) to address challenges in developing systems that are affordable, effective, and adaptable. It outlines three key goals for ERS: (1) enabling affordable engineering via less rework; (2) ensuring effectiveness via better informed design decisions; and (3) facilitating adaptability through design and testing for a wider range of missions. It also identifies technical gaps in areas like system representation and modeling, characterizing changing operational environments, and enabling cross-domain coupling between different models. The overall aim is to develop technologies that allow systems to be engineered, analyzed, and adapted more quickly across their lifecycles.
The Constellation Space Transportation Planning Office (CSTP) was established in 2008 to prepare NASA's Constellation Program for the operations and sustaining phase of the Ares I and Orion spacecraft's lifecycle. The CSTP works closely with the Constellation Program to address operability considerations in design and establish the future Constellation Space Transportation Program to manage production, launch, and recovery operations for Ares I/Orion missions to the International Space Station.
The document discusses challenges faced in re-engineering the Mission Operations Directorate's (MOD) Flight Production Process (FPP). Key challenges include: 1) Building support for adopting Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and Enterprise Architecture (EA) methodologies, 2) Resource limitations, 3) Maintaining management support, and 4) Establishing tools for MBSE and EA development. The FPP must be redesigned as an integrated system to address issues like duplication, data errors, and lack of interoperability between its separate processes for Space Shuttle and ISS programs.
This document describes the career journey and experiences of Petros Maragkoudakis. It outlines his educational background in engineering and various roles he has held related to software engineering, testing, and project management. It provides details on the locations he has worked, technologies used, and certifications obtained throughout his career.
Systems Navigator - Added value of simulation in the design of terminalsjhjsmits
The document discusses the added value of using simulation in the design of liquid bulk terminals. Simulation can help quantify design decisions, provide insight into terminal behavior under varying conditions, and allow for scenario comparisons. Case studies demonstrate how simulation helped with terminal layout selection, improving refinery throughput, and evaluating options for expanding an existing terminal. Simulation allows terminal designers to raise questions and optimize designs.
Shivam Technologies is an engineering solutions company based in Pune, India that has been in operation since 2001. It has over 100 engineering resources with expertise across various industries like automotive, aerospace, and energy. The company uses process-driven methodologies and has tools for outsourcing engineering services. It has experienced high growth and client retention over the past 5 years. Shivam Technologies provides services like CAD modeling, CAE analysis, tooling design, and product development.
Improving safety, efficiency and regulatory compliance via asset documentatio...IBM Danmark
This document discusses McLaren Software and its asset documentation integrity solutions. It provides an overview of McLaren and the typical asset lifecycle. It then presents three case studies showing how McLaren's solutions have helped customers in the energy/utilities, oil/gas, and pharmaceutical industries improve engineering processes, ensure regulatory compliance, and manage large amounts of asset documentation. McLaren's Enterprise Engineer applications and architecture are also briefly described.
EPC Services Capability Tra International limitedHimanshu9974
TRA International provides engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services for solar power plants. They offer consulting services throughout the project lifecycle from site assessment to project execution and commissioning. They have experience delivering turnkey EPC solutions for solar PV, solar thermal, and steam generation projects in India and overseas. TRA aims to be the premier solar energy solutions provider through reliable project delivery and strategic partnerships.
The document discusses the challenges faced in developing new launch vehicle programs. It notes that launch vehicle design projects have high costs and risks due to complex requirements, conflicting stakeholder expectations, technology development uncertainties, and integration challenges across vehicle elements. The project manager's job is further complicated by a lack of experienced staff, limited suppliers, and outdated processes. Implementing systems engineering practices can help project managers by defining project phases and technical baselines, providing qualified staff for integration tasks, and allowing the project manager to focus on other critical issues like cost, schedule, stakeholders, and risk.
The document discusses the development of hydrogen sensors for monitoring hydrogen levels in chlor-alkali plants, which is led by a founding team with expertise in materials science, chemistry, and entrepreneurship. It outlines the value propositions and market needs for such sensors, including reliable and real-time detection capabilities to improve safety and efficiency in these hazardous industrial environments. Interviews with technology providers and industrial plant managers are being conducted to understand the economics and sensor requirements.
A project sponsored in 2010 by the Aerospace Vehicle Systems Institute (AVSI), AFE 74, engaged a community of reliability subject matter experts to develop a reliability prediction technology roadmap based on a collaborative quality function deployment (QFD) industry assessment. The QFD provided a means to capture multiple viewpoints in a detailed enumeration of the needs, priorities and potential solutions for new reliability prediction methods to better support reliable system design processes. The discussions that were inspired by conducting this QFD provided an opportunity to open communications on some very divisive reliability prediction issues and helped bring the community together to solve the challenges of improving the utility of reliability predictions for the future. This presentation summarizes the findings of each step of the QFD, the reliability predictions roadmap derived from the QFD and discusses steps being taken to implement the roadmap..
BQR Reliability Engineering Ltd. is an Israel-based consultancy established in 1989 that provides reliability, availability, maintainability, and safety (RAMS) consulting and integrated logistics support (ILS). It has worked on over 2,000 projects for more than 120 customers across various industries. BQR's main business is now software and distribution, having developed reliability analysis software tools like CARE, fiXtress, and apmOptimizer, which are supported by a team of reliability and maintenance engineering experts. The software tools provide reliability analysis across the entire product lifecycle from design to maintenance.
Krishnaraja Nellikunje has over 10 years of experience as a Project Lead at Honeywell Technology Solutions in Bangalore, India. He has an MS in Mechanical Design and is a certified Project Management Professional. His areas of expertise include program management, systems engineering, product development, life estimation techniques, and reliability analysis. He has worked on projects involving turbochargers, fuel injection systems, and reliability assessments for aerospace and automotive components.
The G&G Manufacturing Co. provides engineering, machining, and sourcing services to increase customer profits and support growth. It targets materials and operations managers seeking collaborative relationships. G&G's core customers have annual revenues of $50-200M or $500M-5B and produce parts for major defense programs. G&G offers full product lifecycle support from design to mass production, with a focus on precision machining and quality engineering.
ROC Industries provides gas turbine fire protection systems with over 10,000 installed systems in over 90 countries. They offer full lifecycle support including design, manufacturing, installation, commissioning, and aftermarket support. Their systems have a 99.9% first pass test success rate and 99.5% on-time delivery over the past 24 months.
QuEST Global is a leading provider of diversified outsourced engineering services and manufacturing. The company helps customers in Aerospace, Consumer Electronics, Healthcare, Industrial Products, Marine,Nuclear, Oil & Gas, Power Generation and Transportation vertical.
Competentia is an international staffing company operating since 1998 that provides skilled contractors for oil and gas projects globally. It has offices in many countries near key oil and gas hubs. Competentia offers a wide range of contractor types and ensures local support and administration for contractors overseas, including arranging for visas, insurance, accommodations, and other services. The company prioritizes quality and safety and has over 150 years of combined management experience in oil and gas.
22 years ago, TAI developed its reputation for high quality engineering in the Chemical Processing Industry. Still today, we remain dedicated to quality, integrity and committed relationships in the industrial sector.
ProSIM has been providing engineering design, and R&D services to OEMs, Operators, EPC contractors, System Integrators and vendors of nuclear power sector. ProSIM has assisted in the design and seismic evaluation/ analysis of systems, structures and components (SSCs) of nuclear power plants (NPP). Driven by its competence and focus on quality and project management processes, ProSIM has delivered value to its customers. ProSIM has interacted with regulatory bodies and code committees related to nuclear design codes. Methodologies for seismic analysis of mechanical equipment (rotary and static), electrical engineering, instrumentation and control, and structures have been developed by ProSIM using ASME boiler and pressure vessel (B&PV), RCC, IEEE, ASCE and similar codes. Several hundreds of reports of seismic analysis/ evaluation submitted by ProSIM have been approved by the operators or regulatory bodies. ProSIM has taken up several detailed engineering projects. Worked on design optimisation of structures/ equipment, pipelines, supports etc. ProSIM has also supported seismic qualification of equipment/ systems by physical testing by coordinating with agencies.
In addition to the seismic analysis during engineering stage for structural integrity assessment, ProSIM has worked on seismic margin assessment, seismic re-evaluation, fitness for service (FFS), remaining life assessment and extension (RLA/RLE), and failure analysis.
P4Q Electronics provides product development services including hardware and software design, prototyping, and manufacturing of electronic systems. They have experience designing electronic devices for various industries like automotive, energy, and industrial. Their development process involves conceptual design, functional testing of prototypes, validation testing, and transitioning to industrial manufacturing. P4Q has the latest equipment to produce complex electronics and offers express prototyping, manufacturing, testing, and quality control services to support their customers' product development needs.
Kneat Gx is a software that creates and maintains sets of compliance documents for processes requiring data integrity. It applies to any industry where compliance is critical, like large project execution or manufacturing validation. The software dynamically links document content to a database, automatically assessing the impact of changes and updating related documents. This allows for streamlined collaboration, change management, and compliance across projects and operations. Kneat improves quality, efficiency and reduces risks for project delivery and ongoing facility management.
Kneat Gx is a software that creates and maintains sets of compliance documents for projects and manufacturing facilities. It links document content to a database, automatically assesses the impact of changes, and streamlines the document change process. This ensures high quality documentation, efficient execution of changes, and compliance throughout the project lifecycle and into operations. Kneat reduces business risks for companies by facilitating right-first-time project delivery and helping maintain compliance more easily over the long-term operations of a facility.
Professional engineering talent and innovative workforce solutions are critical for organizations to achieve agility, productivity and competitive advantage. Experis Engineering leverages their expertise, processes and technology to quickly source the right engineering professionals for both contract and permanent roles. They offer a suite of project solutions including project management, product development, testing and quality assurance to help clients accelerate goals. Experis has delivered over 3 million hours of engineering talent annually in the US.
See Chow Young is a senior reliability engineer with over 30 years of experience in product development, testing, failure analysis, and quality control. He has expertise in various reliability engineering standards and analysis techniques. Some of his accomplishments include developing innovative designs that saved companies millions of dollars, meeting critical deadlines, and improving production processes and supplier quality. He is fluent in English and Chinese and has extensive experience working with various technologies.
The document summarizes the major systems and components of a boiling water reactor (BWR) plant. It describes the reactor vessel internals that produce steam from heating water, the moisture separators and dryers, main turbine system that converts steam to electricity, and emergency core cooling systems. The BWR uses circulating water to transfer heat from the reactor core to power the main turbine, and has safety systems to inject water into the reactor vessel in the event of a loss of coolant accident.
This document summarizes updated capital cost estimates for various electricity generation technologies that were commissioned by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Key findings include that overnight capital costs for coal and nuclear plants are 25-37% higher than prior estimates, while natural gas costs remained similar. Solar photovoltaic costs declined 25% due to larger plant sizes and lower component costs. Onshore wind costs increased 21%, while offshore wind costs increased 50% to reflect first-of-a-kind U.S. project costs. Geothermal and biomass costs also increased versus prior estimates. These updated cost estimates will be used in EIA's modeling and analysis of technology choices in the electric power sector.
10 years of experience with Westinghouse fuel at NPP Temelinmyatom
Westinghouse fuel has been used at the Temelin NPP for 10 years. Some key points include:
- The first Westinghouse fuel assembly was loaded in 2000 and the plant achieved first criticality 3 months later. There have been 15 fuel cycles representing 960 fuel assemblies.
- Issues encountered include incomplete rod insertions, fuel assembly bowing and growth, and leaking fuel rods. Modifications to fuel assembly designs have helped address these issues.
- A post-irradiation inspection program provided data on fuel performance to support continued licensing of new fuel designs. While visual examinations showed little corrosion, measurements revealed unexpected fuel assembly twisting and bowing.
TVSA-T fuel assembly for “Temelin” NPP. Main results of design and safety ana...myatom
The document summarizes the design and safety analyses of the TVSA-T fuel assembly developed for the Temelin NPP in the Czech Republic. Key points include:
1) TVSA-T is based on the proven TVSA design with additional modifications like combined spacer grids and a longer fuel column.
2) Extensive testing and analyses were conducted to validate the TVSA-T design including thermohydraulic tests, mechanical tests, and safety analyses.
3) The design was successfully licensed for use at Temelin NPP unit 1 and meets all safety criteria for normal operation and accident conditions.
The document discusses the evolution and advanced designs of VVER reactors. It describes the current challenges facing nuclear power plants and how generation 3+ designs, such as the VVER-1200, aim to address these through extended lifetimes, reduced costs and construction times. Future innovative designs discussed include the VVER-600, VVER-SCP generation 4 supercritical water cooled reactor, and concepts using tight fuel assemblies for a closed nuclear fuel cycle. The VVER-1200 design for project AES-2006 forms the basis for the further developed MIR-1200 design being implemented in the Czech Republic.
This document discusses the power uprate project at the NPP Temelín nuclear power plant in the Czech Republic. The project aims to increase the reactor thermal power from 3000 MWt to 3120 MWt and install new turbine low pressure parts to boost the generator output from 1016 MWe to 1081 MWe. The project will be carried out through analytical evaluations, core design updates, safety analysis revisions, and minor equipment modifications. It is scheduled to be implemented at Unit 1 in 2012 while ensuring the plant's safety criteria and limits remain unchanged.
This document discusses materials used for equipment in reactor plants V-320 and V-491. It provides details on the reactor pressure vessel such as dimensions, mass, and steel grades used for different components. It also discusses how materials were improved for V-491 to decrease radiation embrittlement and increase brittle fracture resistance. Surveillance programs and specifications for specimens are outlined to monitor changes in pressure vessel material properties during operation. Regulatory requirements for equipment design, welding, and inspections are also summarized.
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2. • Commercializing small civilian reactor from Los Alamos
National Laboratory
– Technology transfer success
– Exclusive license & CRADA
• Development and design performed by Los Alamos
National Laboratory
– LANL was pioneer and is a leader in nuclear power development
– Experience in Navy reactors, spacecraft, other small power reactors
– Expert in neutronics design, reactor safety, security,
nonproliferation, economics
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3. • Capital funded through commercial launch
– Venture capital & strategic partnerships
• Completing design
• Program office established
• Influential technical and business advisory boards
• Pre-Application discussions continue
– U.S. NRC
– U.K. NII
• Customer commitments for 122 units so far
– US$3.6 Billion
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4. • Advisors
– Lady Barbara Thomas Judge, UKAEA
– Lee Peddicord, Texas A&M
– Tony Rollett, Carnegie Mellon
– Alan Waltar, US Pacific Northwest Lab
– Earl Whiteman, former manager Rocky Flats
– Bill Anderson, former Assist Sec US Air Force
• Partners
– TetraTech
– Chamberlain
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5. Program Office Organization
Establish and maintain Project O ce (for multiple customers)
Project integration and oversight; project standards, document control
Capt. Mark Campagna Life cycle, schedule, and risk management evaluations
COO/CNO Product development
Design & Construction Reviews
Project security requirements
HPM Design Authority Architect Engineers Licensing
Dr. T. J. Trapp TetraTech Hyperion Power
Los Alamos National Lab Chamberlain
HPM Design Conceptual design of systems Licensing lead with the U.S. NRC for DCD and U.K. NII for GDA
Con rmatory Testing Final design of systems & components Oversight of all regulatory documents and commitments
Preliminary Accident Analysis Design calculations Regulatory certi cation holder
Preliminary Probabilistic Procurement speci cations
Risk Assessment (PRA) Design Certi cation preparation
Final accident & safety analysis
Final PRA
Licensing Support
Procurement
Quality Assurance
Detailed design integrator
Detail Designers & Construction Client or Utility
Manufacturers Company Startup & Operations
Detailed sizing calculations Receive equipment Operating license holder
Detailed stress analysis Build plant Operator training
Detailed manufacturing drawings Functional systems testing Simulator procurement
Materials procurement Turn over to Operators Oversee construction
Components manufacturing and delivery Manage ITAAC completion
Manage startup and operation
Waste management (depending on jurisdiction)
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6. 1. Transportable 2. Sealed Core – Safe and Secure
• Unit will measure approximately 1.5 x 2.5 m • Factory sealed
• Must fit into standard transport container • No in-field refueling
• Modular design for easy and safe transport • Closed fuel cycle
3. Safety 4. Operational Simplicity
• System will handle any accident through a
combination of inherent and engineered • Operation limited to reactivity adjustments to
features maintain constant temperature output
• Inherent negative feedback (with respect to
temperature) keeps the reactor stable and
operating at a constant temperature 6. Isolated Power Production
5. Minimal In-core Components • Electric generation components requiring
maintenance in an accessible location
• Operational reliability is greatly enhanced by • Allows existing generation facilities to be
the reduction of moving mechanical parts retrofitted
• Each unit will generate approximately 70MWt and 25MWe – enough to
power 20,000 average American homes.
• Overnight costs at $2,000 - $3,000 per KW capacity
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7. • Community power
• Dedicated power
– hospitals, factories, foundries, government
centers, water treatment, irrigation, universities
• Baseload for other renewable energy
• Mining
• Oil production & refining
• Military facilities
Market Goal: generate electricity for < US$0.10 per kWh anywhere in the world
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8. Reactor Power 70MW thermal
Electrical Output 25MW electric
Lifetime 5 – 15 years
Size (meters) 1.5w x 2.5h
Weight (ton) Less than 50
Structural Material Stainless Steel
Coolant PbBi
Fuel Uranium nitride in HT-9 cladding
Enrichment (% U-235) <20%
Refuel on Site No
Sealed Yes
License Begin March 2010, formal Fall 2010
Passive Shutdown Yes
Active Shutdown Yes
Transportable Yes. As single unit. Sealed core with
fuel.
Factory Fueled Yes
Safety & Control Elements Two redundant shutdown systems &
reactivity control rods.
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9. Radial Reflector
Downcomer & Heat Exchanger
(tube and shell)
Internal Vessel
Intermediate Loop
Downcomer
External Vessel
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10. Reactor vessel
Sub-assembly (24)
Shutdown Control Rod
Operational
Control Rod
Cavity for Reserve
Shutdown Balls
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11. Edge Sub-Assembly
(54 Fuel Pins)
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16. Cavity for Reserve Shutdown
balls (D≈1.5 cm)
Cavity wall
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18. • Hyperion Power has evolved the design to
– Ensure high level of safety and security
– Meet market requirements
– Maximize operational life
– Reduce regulatory risk
– Satisfy enormous global demand
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19. • Mark S. Campagna, PMP
– Mark@HyperionPowerGeneration.com
– Ph: +1 (505) 216-9130
• Deborah A. Deal Blackwell, APR
– Deborah@HyperionPowerGeneration.com
– Ph: +1 (703) 722-2821
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