Citation

Tan Z, Li J, Wu Z, Zheng J, He W. Safety Sci. 2011; 49(6): 852-860.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.ssci.2011.01.015

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Risk based inspection (RBI) methodology was proposed to evaluate the maintenance strategy in industrial process which was constructed in one of the units of Fujian Oil Refinery ISOMAX unit. Using classic definition of risk, both the probability and consequence of accident or failure were investigated respectively under the support of risk-specific code. All equipment in this unit were evaluated and categorized into five risk zone based on the RBI result which covered five levels. In addition, an application of the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) to select the most practicable maintenance strategy for equipment which was located in each risk rating scale was described. To arrange the hierarchic structure and evaluation, four main criteria were defined for pairwise judgments. Finally, four possible alternative strategies were proposed for administrators on the site.