Design capabilities

The motor/generator is modeled as an energy source/sink limited by its specific design capabilities. As a generator, it will absorb all excess power available while holding speed constant (synchronous) as long as it is electrically connected to the utility grid. 

Overspeed is the speed at which the expander rotor is tested to prove its design capability for this service. Overspeed is 115% of maximum continuous speed. 

The role of FMEA in designing capable and reliable products... 

The critical characteristic on each component was analysed, calculated from the analysis and the value obtained was plotted against the process capability indices, Cpk and Cp, for the characteristic in question. See Appendix V for descriptions of the 21 components analysed, including the values of Cp and Cp from the SPC data supplied. Note that some components studied have a zero process capability index. This is a default value given if the process capability index calculated from the SPC data had a mean outside either one of the tolerance limits, which was the case for some of the components submitted. Although it is recognized that negative process capability indices are used for the aim of process improvement, they have little use in the analyses here. A correlation between positive values (or values which are at least within the tolerance limits) will yield a more deterministic relationship between design capability and estimated process capability. 

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