%A G. THANGAMANI %T Availability Estimation of a Cooling Tower Using GSPN %0 Journal Article %D 2013 %J Int J Performability Eng %R 10.23940/ijpe.13.2.p211.mag %P 211-220 %V 9 %N 2 %U {https://www.ijpe-online.com/CN/abstract/article_2882.shtml} %8 2013-03-01 %X

This paper deals with the availability analysis of a Cooling Tower used in an air conditioning system. The system is modeled as a Generalized Stochastic Petri Net (GSPN) and analyzed using Monte Carlo Simulation method. The superiority of this approach over others is demonstrated. The proposed GSPN is a promising tool that can be conveniently used to model and analyze any complex systems. It is a promising tool for modeling and estimation of reliability measures of any process plants.


Received on March 12, 2012, revised on January 10, 2013
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