What is the availability, reliability of plant?

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Availability and reliability of a plant refer to its operational uptime and performance consistency.

Availability is the measure of how often a plant is operational and ready for use.
Reliability is the measure of how consistently a plant performs without failures or breakdowns.
Availability is usually expressed as a percentage, indicating the amount of time the plant is available for operation.
Reliability is often measured using metrics like Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) and Mean Time to Repair (MTTR).
High availability and reliability are crucial for maximizing productivity and minimizing downtime in industrial plants.
For example, a power plant with an availability of 95% means it is operational and producing electricity for 95% of the time.
Reliability can be improved through regular maintenance, redundancy in critical components, and effective troubleshooting processes.

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The goal for any plant is to increase overall production reliability, meaning the maximization of output with current resources by reducing waste in equipment reliability and process reliability (the latter is often used in process industry; it may be called “manufacturing reliability” in discrete manufacturing).

The term "plant availability" refers to an index indicating the percentage of planned production time in which a machine actually produced. High plant availability indicates the effective use of a machine.

What is the availability, reliability of plant?

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