OPDE—The international pipe failure data exchange project
| Autor: | Jovica R. Riznic, Bengt Lydell |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Engineering Piping business.industry Mechanical Engineering education Failure data Database application Nuclear power Nuclear Energy and Engineering International database Component (UML) Data quality Forensic engineering General Materials Science Safety Risk Reliability and Quality business Waste Management and Disposal Severance |
| Zdroj: | Nuclear Engineering and Design. 238:2115-2123 |
| ISSN: | 0029-5493 |
| Popis: | Certain member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and development (OECD) in 2002 established the OECD pipe failure data exchange project (OPDE) to produce an international database on the piping service experience applicable to commercial nuclear power plants. OPDE is operated under the umbrella of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). The Project collects pipe failure data including service-induced wall thinning, part through-wall crack, pinhole leak, leak, and rupture/severance (i.e., events involving large through-wall flow rates up to and beyond the make-up capacity of engineered safeguards systems). The part through-wall events include degradation in excess of design code allowable for pipe wall thinning or crack depth. OPDE also addresses such degradation that could have generic implications regarding the reliability of in-service inspection. Currently the OPDE database includes approximately 3,700 records on pipe failure affecting ASME Code Class 1 through 3 and non-safety-related (non-Code) piping. This paper presents the motivations and objectives behind the establishment of the OPDE project. The paper also summarizes the unique data quality considerations that are associated with the reporting and recording of piping component degradation and failure. An overview of the database content is included to place it in perspective relative to past efforts to systematically collect and evaluate service experience data on piping performance. Finally, a brief summary is given of current database application studies. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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