Maintenance Planning for a Refining System in the Sugar Industry

Abstract

Presents a methodology for calculating the availability of a refining system in a sugar plant. The refining system consists of a number of subsystems including a filter, heating sulphitor and clarifier, each having series and parallel elements. The mathematical modelling of the failures and repairs of the subsystems is based on the birth and death process and the use of Chapman‐Kolmogorov equations. During the analysis of an actual sugar plant, it has been found that the clarifier unit of the refining system is the most critical component and requires immediate corrective action. Other critical components included are: filter and sulphonation units.

Citation

Kumar, D. and Pandey, P.C. (1993), "Maintenance Planning for a Refining System in the Sugar Industry", International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, Vol. 10 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/02656719310023780