title: Reliability analysis of the electrical control system of subsea blowout preventers using Markov models.
abstract: Reliability analysis of the electrical control system of a subsea blowout preventer (BOP) stack is carried out based on Markov method. For the subsea BOP electrical control system used in the current work, the 3-2-1-0 and 3-2-0 input voting schemes are available. The effects of the voting schemes on system performance are evaluated based on Markov models. In addition, the effects of failure rates of the modules and repair time on system reliability indices are also investigated.
authors.affiliation: College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, Shandong, China.
authors.forename: Zengkai
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, Shandong, China.
authors.forename: Yonghong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, Shandong, China.
authors.forename: Baoping
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cai
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D004560:Electricity; D008390:Markov Chains; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D059392:Petroleum Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control