A management system approach to measuring health performance

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Doll ◽  
Alison Martin
Author(s):  
Lawrence Ator ◽  
Minh Ho

The National Energy Board of Canada (NEB), a federal energy regulator, has implemented a management system audit program as a tool to verify compliance with its predominantly goal-oriented Onshore Pipeline Regulations, 1999 (OPR) [1]. The OPR allow individual companies to choose the most effective way to manage their pipeline systems. The audit program is based on expected elements that the NEB believes are necessary to meet the goals of the OPR. This paper will explain why these audits and expected elements are necessary and describe how goal-oriented regulations will enhance pipeline safety. The audits conducted to date have identified several challenges that the NEB and pipeline companies face in pursuit of the goal of safe pipelines; these will be described and possible solutions will be proposed. The overall objective of the paper is to explain the benefits of using a management system approach to direct a company’s pipeline integrity management program and what is required of companies to meet the expectations of the NEB.


2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward W. Mayfield ◽  
Guangxing Niu ◽  
Bin Zhang ◽  
Paul Ziehl ◽  
Michael Golda

This paper aims to develop an integrated shipboard condition prognostics system that integrates sensing, feature extraction, and particle filtering-based diagnostic and prognostic algorithms with applications to bearing systems. The proposed effort aims to provide effective assessment of the condition of shipboard rotating machinery systems and lower the operation and maintenance (O&M) cost. The proposed work is tested on data of various fault modes, models with multiple interactive faults, and experimental testbed as a whole system. The proposed condition prognostics system is scalable, generic, easy-to-implement, and mathematically rigorous, which can be applied to a variety of Navy applications.


2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 1329-1332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tan Owee Kowang ◽  
Nor Nabila Binti Afandi ◽  
Choi Sang Long ◽  
Amran Rasli

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