Introduction to Facility Operability – How to Design Operable Facilities (Ohio Timed & Monitored)

In Introduction to Facility Operability – How to Design Operable Facilities, you'll learn ...

• Why any facility that will be operated by people should have “Facility Operability” designed in
• How RAM Analysis can be used to help design an operations organization, as well as a facility
• Equipment reliability and how to determine reliability for various system configurations
• How Facility Operability can be enhanced by the use of project management tools

Overview

To meet the Ohio Board's intent that online courses be "paced" by the provider, a timer will be used to record your study time. You will be unable to access the quiz until the required study time of 200 minutes has been met.

Credit: 4 PDH

Length: 81 pages

This course is based on the author’s extensive experience in upstream oil and gas producing operations and capital project support. However the techniques presented will have applications in many industries. Any facilities that will be operated by people should have “Facility Operability” designed in. These facility operability activities should start early in the capital project process and grow with the project to achieve a seamless handover of the facilities to a safe, sustainable business venture.

Many of the usual project tools are discussed and re-cast in the light of how they can support Facility Operability – plus a few new tools! The value of RAM (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability) Analysis cannot be overstated. This course demonstrates how RAM Analysis can be used to help design an operations organization as well as a facility. This is a very powerful and intriguing application of RAM. This introduction to RAM should get the student(s) thinking of many other uses for this tool.

The concept of equipment reliability is discussed, and then expanded to determining reliability for various system configurations. Several system examples are presented to move from the theoretical to the practical. Methods for interpreting a RAM Analysis are presented – including using an Availability Graph to determine system availability at a given confidence level, and how to use Tornado Graphs to identify availability improvement opportunities. Again, examples are used to move from the theoretical to the practical.

Finally, the course presents how Facility Operability can be enhanced by some of the usual project management tools. Specific “Facility Operability” activities are discussed, as are several Key Success Factors. The course is filled with graphical depictions and practical examples. It is intended to be interesting, fun, and filled with practical ideas that can be quickly implemented by students. The course can also serve as a reference for future use.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Explain how to keep the business value proposition at the core of the design process.
• Describe the role of facility operability in supporting a sustainable business by enhancing safety, efficiency, and profitability.
• Explain how the project-stage process can enhance Facility Operability.
• Recognize the importance of considering facility operability early in the capital-project process.
• Describe the power and flexibility of reliability, availability, and maintainability (RAM) analysis as both a facility operability tool and a facility-design tool.
• Explain the definitions of failure rate, reliability, mean time to failure (MTTF), and mean time to repair (MTTR) and how they relate to one another.
• Calculate reliability for equipment and various system configurations.
• Identify factors that affect mean time to failure (MTTF) and mean time to repair (MTTR).
• Define availability.
• Explain how a RAM analysis is performed.
• Apply RAM analysis at various project stages.
• Interpret and use the output of a RAM analysis.
• Develop a design basis and explain the importance of the initial value proposition.
• Prepare project guidance documents, including philosophies, specifications, and plans, and explain how they support facility operability.
• Explain how RAM analysis can assist in preparing project philosophies, specifications, and plans.
• Distinguish the focuses of an equipment reliability program and a facility integrity program.
• Describe how operability-related studies can be enhanced to improve their effectiveness.
• Apply the CDC’s hierarchy of controls to evaluate risk-mitigation strategies.
• Identify key success factors that have proven effective in achieving facility operability.

Certificate of Completion

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 30 questions. PDH credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.