Compilation of Failure Data and Fault Tree Analysis for Geothermal Energy Conversion Systems

Abstract

Project O f f i c e rRoy €3. E v a n s E n v i r o n m e n t 6 1 Monitoring ' S y s t e m s L a b o r a t o r y . . U.S. E n v i r o n m e n t a l Protection-" ABSTRACTThe f a i l u r e data for g e o t h e r m a l e n e r g y c o n v e r s i o n f a c i l i t i e s collected t o d a t e are compiled a n d tabled. T h e s e f a c i l i t i e s h a v e n o t a c c u m u l a t e d s u f f i c i e n t p r o d u c t i o n h i s t o r y t o r e l i a b l y estimate component f a i l u r e rates. In a d d i t i o n , t h e i m p r o v e m e n t s made