Reliability of IEC 61850 based substation communication network architecture considering quality of repairs and common cause failures

Mission-critical IEC 61850 system architectures are designed to tolerate hardware failures to achieve the highest reliability performance.Hence,multi-channel systems are used in such systems within industrial facilities to isolate machinery when there are process abnormalities.Inevitably,multi-channel systems introduce Common Cause Failure(CCF)since the subsystems can rarely be independent.This paper integrates CCF into the Markov reliability model to enhance the model flexibility to investigate synchronous generator intra-bay SCN architecture reliability performance considering the quality of repairs and CCF.The Markov process enables integration of the impact of CCF factors on system performance.The case study results indicate that CCF,coupled with imperfect repairs,significantly reduce system reliability performance.High sensitivity is observed at low levels of CCF,whereas the highest level of impact occurs when the system diagnostic coverage is 99%based on ISO 13849-1,and reduces as the diagnostic coverage level reduces.Therefore,it is concluded that the severity of CCF depends more on system diagnostic coverage level than the repair efficiency,although both factors impact the system overall performance.Hence,CCF should be con-sidered in determining the reliability performance of mission-critical communication networks in power distribution centres.

Reliability Analysis of Systems with Common Cause Failure Based on Stress-Strength Interference Model

Many mechanical systems have the characteristics of multiple failure modes and complex failure mech- anisms. On the basis of stress-strength interference （SSI） model, this paper takes the mechanical system with common cause failure （CCF） as the research object. The relationship between the stress distribution and the strength distribution is studied, and the failures of components are independent of each other under the determin- istic stress. Then, the concept of conditional reliability is introduced to build the system reliability models under the action of one-stress and multi-stress for both series and parallel systems. Finally, the corresponding properties of the DrODosed methods are discussed to show their advantages.

Fault Tree Analysis of Feeding Control System for Computer Numerical Control Heavy-Duty Horizontal Lathes with Multiple Common Cause Failure Groups

The lathes are basic machine tools for manufacturing cylindrical parts. In recent years, the DLseries computer numerical control(CNC) heavy-duty horizontal lathes(HDHLs) have been widely used in the transportation, energy and aviation industries. High availability of the CNC heavy-duty lathes is demanded to guarantee the efficiency and benefit of these manufacturing industries. As one of the key subsystems of the HDHLs, the feeding control system is studied in this paper on reliability modeling and reliability analysis. The fault tree analysis(FTA) method is used for reliability modelling of the feeding control system. Considering the multiple common cause failure groups(CCFGs) existing in the system, a modified beta factor parametric model is introduced to model the common cause failure(CCF) in system. The reliability of feeding control system is then obtained and the effect of CCF on the reliability of the whole system is studied as well.

Reliability evaluation of wireless sensor networks using an enhanced OBDD algorithm

An enhanced ordered binary decision diagram （EOBDD） algorithm is proposed to evaluate the reliability of wireless sensor networks （WSNs）, based on the considerations of the common cause failure （CCF） and a large number of nodes in WSNs. The EOBDD algorithm analyzes the common cause event （CCE） and the network structure when CCE takes place according to the stochastic graph and the CCF model of WSNs. After constructing the ordered binary decision diagram （OBDD） of the original network with node expansion, it uses a set of OBDD variables （SOV） to guide reliability computations along this OBDD. The two steps about OBDD can decrease the cost of OBDD constructions and storage. Furthermore, the efficient OBDD structure and Hash tables can greatly decrease redundant computations of isomorphs. The experiment results show that the EOBDD can be used to evaluate the reliability of WSN efficiently.