Simulation Modeling and Analysis
Simulation Modeling and Analysis
Tips for successful practice of simulation: tips for successful practice of simulation
Proceedings of the 35th conference on Winter simulation: driving innovation
Availability optimization using spares modeling and the six sigma process
RAMS '06 Proceedings of the RAMS '06. Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, 2006.
RAMS '06 Proceedings of the RAMS '06. Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, 2006.
A discrete event simulation model for reliability modeling of a chemical plant
Proceedings of the 40th Conference on Winter Simulation
Winter Simulation Conference
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The application of discrete event simulation in the process industries is commonly used for the analysis of reliability and maintenance improvements. However there have been increasing applications that go beyond this traditional area of application to include evaluations for chemical plant expansions, capital investment options, cycle time reduction and safety, in presence of failure prone components. This paper will present three case studies to demonstrate the use of discrete event simulation for such applications. The first case study demonstrates the use of discrete event simulation to identify critical failure modes for a plant characterized by discrete and continuous product flow. The second study involves the evaluation of capital expansion decisions in presence of different failures and identification of critical components affecting plant throughput. The third case study shows the use of simulation of verify the designed production capacity of a subsystem in presence of different failures and operational constraints. The goal of this paper is to show the potential of discrete event simulation for such problems, and to present examples of best practices for the scoping and execution of simulation projects in the process industries.