Title: Risk analysis of compressor house unit in thermal power plant using integrated fuzzy FMEA and GRA approach

Authors: Dilbagh Panchal; Dinesh Kumar

Addresses: Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, 247667, India ' Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, 247667, India

Abstract: In this paper, an integrated framework is presented for the risk analysis of a compressor house unit (CHU) in a medium size coal fired thermal power plant located in northern part of India. Failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) was done and the various components of the considered system were prioritised on the basis of RPN score. To overcome the limitations of traditional FMEA approach in risk ranking knowledge base approach namely fuzzy FMEA and grey relation analysis (GRA) were used. In fuzzy FMEA, a fuzzy decision support system (FDSS) was developed to compute the FRPN scores and the ranking of various components of the considered system has been done. The ranking results so obtained using fuzzy FMEA approach were compared with traditional FMEA ranking results. Further, to make an intelligent decision making of risky components of the considered system grey relation analysis (GRA) has been done using the same linguistic terms which were defined for fuzzy FMEA approach and the ranking results were compared with those of FMEA and fuzzy FMEA results. The analysis results would be useful to the system analyst to arrive at best decision making of risky components of the considered system and plan a suitable maintenance policy accordingly.

Keywords: thermal power plants; grey relational analysis; GRA; fuzzy FMEA; failure mode and effects analysis; fuzzy DSS; decision support systems; FDSS; decision making; risk priority number; RPN; risk assessment; compressor house units; coal fired power stations; maintenance policy.

DOI: 10.1504/IJISE.2017.081519

International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2017 Vol.25 No.2, pp.228 - 250

Received: 20 Jan 2015
Accepted: 01 Mar 2015

Published online: 11 Jan 2017 *

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