A stochastic model for an urea decomposition system

Availability is an important measure in describing the performance of a system. The availability of a decomposition process in an urea production system in the fertilizer industry is considered in this paper. The system contains four subsystems and is supported by a standby unit. An estimation study...

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Main Authors: VSS Yadavalli, MAE Muller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Operations Research Society of South Africa (ORSSA) 2005-12-01
Series:ORiON
Online Access:http://orion.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/25
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Summary:Availability is an important measure in describing the performance of a system. The availability of a decomposition process in an urea production system in the fertilizer industry is considered in this paper. The system contains four subsystems and is supported by a standby unit. An estimation study of the steady state availability of the system is performed and illustrated by means of a numerical example.
ISSN:2224-0004