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Kumar, S., Tewari, P., Kumar, S. (2009). Performance evaluation and availability analysis of ammonia synthesis unit in a fertilizer plant. Journal of Industrial Engineering, International, 5(9), 17-26.
S Kumar; P.C Tewari; Sunand Kumar. "Performance evaluation and availability analysis of ammonia synthesis unit in a fertilizer plant". Journal of Industrial Engineering, International, 5, 9, 2009, 17-26.
Kumar, S., Tewari, P., Kumar, S. (2009). 'Performance evaluation and availability analysis of ammonia synthesis unit in a fertilizer plant', Journal of Industrial Engineering, International, 5(9), pp. 17-26.
Kumar, S., Tewari, P., Kumar, S. Performance evaluation and availability analysis of ammonia synthesis unit in a fertilizer plant. Journal of Industrial Engineering, International, 2009; 5(9): 17-26.

Performance evaluation and availability analysis of ammonia synthesis unit in a fertilizer plant

Article 2, Volume 5, Issue 9, Summer 2009, Page 17-26  XML PDF (129 K)
Authors
S Kumar1; P.C Tewari2; Sunand Kumar3
1Assistant Professor, Dep. of Mechanical Engineering, AKG Engineering College, Ghaziabad-(UP), India
2Assistant Professor, Dep. of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology. Kurukshetra-(Haryana), India
3Professor, Dep. of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology. Hamirpur-(HP), India
Abstract
This paper discusses the performance evaluation and availability analysis of ammonia synthesis unit of a fertilizer plant. The fertilizer plant is a complex and repairable engineering system comprises of various units viz. shell gasification and carbon recovery, desulphurization, co-shift conversion, decarbonation, nitrogen wash and ammonia synthesis etc. One of the most important functionaries of a fertilizer plant is ammonia syn-thesis unit. This unit consists of five subunits arranged in series and parallel configurations. For the evaluation of performance and analysis of availability, a performance evaluating model has been developed with the help of mathematical formulation based on Markov Birth-Death process using probabilistic approach. The findings of this paper are therefore, considered to be useful for the analysis of availability and determination of the best possible maintenance strategies in a fertilizer plant concerned.
Keywords
Steady state availability; Maintenance strategies; Performance Evaluation
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