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A simple reliability block diagram method for safety integrity verification

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  • Guo, Haitao
  • Yang, Xianhui

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IEC 61508 requires safety integrity verification for safety related systems to be a necessary procedure in safety life cycle. PFDavg must be calculated to verify the safety integrity level (SIL). Since IEC 61508-6 does not give detailed explanations of the definitions and PFDavg calculations for its examples, it is difficult for common reliability or safety engineers to understand when they use the standard as guidance in practice. A method using reliability block diagram is investigated in this study in order to provide a clear and feasible way of PFDavg calculation and help those who take IEC 61508-6 as their guidance. The method finds mean down times (MDTs) of both channel and voted group first and then PFDavg. The calculated results of various voted groups are compared with those in IEC61508 part 6 and Ref. [Zhang T, Long W, Sato Y. Availability of systems with self-diagnostic components-applying Markov model to IEC 61508-6. Reliab Eng System Saf 2003;80(2):133–41]. An interesting outcome can be realized from the comparison. Furthermore, although differences in MDT of voted groups exist between IEC 61508-6 and this paper, PFDavg of voted groups are comparatively close. With detailed description, the method of RBD presented can be applied to the quantitative SIL verification, showing a similarity of the method in IEC 61508-6.

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  • Guo, Haitao & Yang, Xianhui, 2007. "A simple reliability block diagram method for safety integrity verification," Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Elsevier, vol. 92(9), pages 1267-1273.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:reensy:v:92:y:2007:i:9:p:1267-1273
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2006.08.002
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