Definition(s)


Maximum Permitted Repair Time

MPRT

maximum time allowed to repair a fault before undertaking an action to make the risk disappearing

EXAMPLE When a dangerous fault is revealed for a safety system operating in demand mode, it may be

decided to reach a safe state when a maximum duration has elapsed: a MPRT of 8 h means, for example, that if

the repair is not completed after 8 h, the process is shut down. Then a safe state is reached, the fault is no longer

dangerous, and it is not necessary to take into account the remaining time spent to complete the repair. This is

illustrated in Figure 6, Figure 7 and Figure B.1. When the fault may result of several failure modes, the MPRT

allows to repair those within short MRT without shutdown of the process.

Note 1 to entry: When a MPRT is defined as a maintenance procedure it is necessary to take it into consideration

for the probabilistic calculations of hazardous events. Reciprocally it is necessary that this MPRT be respected

during the actual repair actions in order to keep the probabilistic calculations valid.

Note 2 to entry: The role of the MPRT is close to the role of the MTTS (see 0). The difference is that the MPRT is a

maximum duration allowed to reach a safe state and the MTTS is the average duration needed to reach the safe

state when a dangerous fault is revealed (see Figure 6 and Figure 7). The methods developed in this Technical

Report have been focused on random repair values (MTTRes, MRT, MTTS) rather than on deterministic values

(MPRT), but the MPRT can be easily handled by using Petri nets and Monte Carlo simulations.

 

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FIGUREB.1

Source: ISO/TR 12489:2013(E) Reliability modelling and calculation of safety systems. Global Standards

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