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Change in key indicators, i.e., mean time between failure, overdue inspections, reduced equipment availability... 

Selection of fluoropolymers is an integral part of the overall material selection process. This implies that all the available materials such metals, ceramics, and plastics are considered candidates for an application. The end user then considers these materials against established criteria such as required life, mean time between inspection (MTBI), ease of fabrication, frequency of inspection, extent of maintenance and, of course, capital cost. More often than not it is the initial capital cost, rather than the life cycle cost of equipment, that affects the decision made during the material selection step. However, the most important piece of data is the corrosion resistance of a material in the medium under consideration over the life of the equipment. This information is available in a different format for plastics than for metals. A comparison is appropriate. 

Cost of spare part during the inspection operation Mean time to repair Mean time between failures Non-Homogeneous Poisson Process Cumulative number of failures up to time t... 

Figure 4 depicts the availability ratio obtained for the situation, when the mean time of defect occurrence has been reduced MTTF - MTTD 15). It means that the periods of system up time without any defect signals are relatively much longer than the period when the signal may be noticed. Inspections have to be done more frequently in order to complete preventive actions as often as possible. Due to the availability level of the system with delay time, the most profitable solution is to choose the inspection cycle length very closed to the value of T MTTF - MTTD), the time between the moments of defect and failure occurrence MTTF - MTTD). 

Before a component breaks down (assuming it is not a sudden failure), there will be telltale signs of reduced performance or abnormalities. The time between the first identification of abnormalities (initial point) and the actual failure time (failure point) will vary depending on the deterioration rate of the component. This time period is called the delay time or opportunity window to carry out maintenance or an inspection. The delay time is illustrated by means of a diagram as shown in Figure 8.1. The opportunity window is the period within which the defect could have been identified by inspection and corrective action t en before it led to a failure. The delay time h, reflects the characteristic of the plant/system. 

Despite the differences between the estimated derivatives values, the computed profiles of the specific MAb production rate are quite similar. Upon inspection of the data, it is seen that during the batch period (up to t=2I2 h), qM is decreasing almost monotonically. It has a mean value of about 0.5 /ug/(l(f cells-h). Throughout the dialyzed continuous operation of the bioreactor, the average qM is about 0.6 fxg/(l(f cells-h) and it stays constant during the steady state around time... 

It is clear that sound, meaning pressure waves, travels at finite speed. Thus some of the hyperbolic—wavelike-characteristics associated with pressure are in accord with everyday experience. As a fluid becomes more incompressible (e.g., water relative to air), the sound speed increases. In a truly incompressible fluid, pressure travels at infinite speed. When the wave speed is infinite, the pressure effects become parabolic or elliptic, rather than hyperbolic. The pressure terms in the Navier-Stokes equations do not change in the transition from hyperbolic to elliptic. Instead, the equation of state changes. That is, the relationship between pressure and density change and the time derivative is lost from the continuity equation. Therefore the situation does not permit a simple characterization by inspection of first and second derivatives. 

Given careful experimental technique, an inaccurate value of remains as the lar st source of error. Inspection of the data in Table 16-1 shows rather poor agreement between certain investigators for the value of or Aj for the same or similar material. The investigator who does not have the time or facilities to measure Kg before making stress measurements has two options (1) he can select a value, or a mean value, from a list such as that of Table 16-1, with a possible enOT of up to about 10 percent, or (2) he can calculate Kg from the mechanically... 

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