Effective Maintenance Management Risk And Reliability Strategies For Optimizing Performance 2nd Edition Narayan by Narayan, V. 9780080919621, 9780123709004, 9780831134440, 0080919626, 0123709008, 0831134445 instant download after payment.

Providing readers with a clear rationale for doing maintenance, this completely updated edition and unique guide is written in a language and style that practicing engineers and managers can understand and apply easily. This book examines the role of maintenance in minimizing the risks relating to safety or environmental incidents, adverse publicity, and loss of profitability. In addition to discussing risk reduction tools, it explains their applicability to specific situations so the readers can select the tool that fits their requirements. Aiming to bridge the gap between designers/maintainers and reliability engineers, this guide is sure to help businesses utilize their assets effectively, safely, and profitably.
Content:
Front Matter
• Abbreviations & Acronyms
Prefaces
• Table of Contents
1. The Production and Distribution Process
2. Process Functions
3. Reliability Engineering for the Maintenance Practitioner
4. Failure, its Nature and Characteristics
5. Life Cycle Aspects of Risks in Process Plants
6. Process Plant Shutdowns
7. Facets of Risk
8. The Escalation of Events
9. Maintenance
10. Risk Reduction
11. Information for Decision Making
12. The Reliability Improvement Process (TRIP)
13. Improving System Effectiveness
• 14. Book Summary
• Glossary
Index