Reliability Considerations for the Operation of Large Accelerator User Facilities
F.J. Willeke (Brookhaven Natl. Lab.)
TL;DR
This paper discusses key reliability considerations for operating large accelerator user facilities, covering formal reliability models, design strategies, and operational practices like maintenance and spares management.
Contribution
It provides a comprehensive overview of reliability principles and operational strategies specifically tailored for large accelerator facilities, integrating formal models with practical approaches.
Findings
Reliability formalism aids in predicting facility performance.
Design considerations improve operational reliability.
Operational practices like preventive maintenance enhance uptime.
Abstract
The lecture provides an overview of considerations relevant for achieving highly reliable operation of accelerator based user facilities. The article starts with an overview of statistical reliability formalism which is followed by high reliability design considerations with examples. The article closes with operational aspects of high reliability such as preventive maintenance and spares inventory.
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Taxonomy
TopicsParticle accelerators and beam dynamics · Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers · Superconducting Materials and Applications