New statistical formulations for determination of qualification test plans of safety instrumented systems (SIS) subject to low/high operational demands

• Published in: Reliability engineering & system safety Vol. 189; pp. 196 - 209
• Main Author: Khalil, Y.F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Barking Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2019; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Case studies; Certification; Confidence intervals; Design; Design life; Formulations; Industrial applications; Mission life; Mission reliability; Mission statement; Reliability; Reliability demonstration; Reliability engineering; Safety; Safety instrumented system; Safety systems; Statistical analysis; Statistics; Design life; Safety instrumented system; Mission life; Reliability demonstration; Mission reliability; Mission statement

•Provided a framework for reliability qualification of safety instrumented systems.•Developed statistical formulations to design reliability demonstration test plans.•Quantified impact of confidence level on reliability test duration and sample size.•Quantified impact of shape parameter β on reliabi...