Assignment:

Figure shows a diagram of offshore reactor which consists of with high temperature alarm and
temperature controller used to control the process. The frequency of loss of cooling of the
reactor is once in a year. Construct an Event Tree Analysis (ETA) to quantify the following
four steps of safety functions;

i. High temperature alarm alerts operator with the failure rate of 1%

ii. Operator notices high temperature with the failure rate of 25%
iii. Operator re-starts cooling system with the failure rate of 25%
iv. Operator shuts down reactor with the failure rate of 10%

From the analysis, show whether the operation should be continued or shutdown or runaway.

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High temperature Operator notices Operator re-starts Operator shuts down

Safety Function Outcome
alarm alerts operator high temperature cooling system reactor

Failure Rate 0.01 0.25 0.25 0.1

Identifier B C D E

Continue Operation
0.7425
Shutdown
Initiating Event: 0.99 0.22275
Loss of cooling of the reactor A 0.2475 Runaway
Once occurrence in a year. 1 0.02475
Contimue operation
0.005625
0.0075 Shutdown
0.01 0.0016875
0.001875 Runaway
0.0001875
Continue operation
0.001875
0.0025 Shutdown
0.0005625
0.000625 Runaway
0.0000625

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