FREE WEBINAR: Reliability in the Solar Universe November 10, Thursday, 12-1pm
by Mike Silverman
DESCRIPTION: The universe of solar products is large and expanding exponentially.
Most of us are not aware of
the manifold applications of solar energy from photovoltaic modules and
solar furnaces through manned air travel in planes that never need
fuel.
Of all of the emerging
clean tech industries, the solar industry is one of the most challenging
from a reliability engineering perspective because the industry is
innovating so rapidly. Customers (and investors) are demanding very high
reliability products, exceeding 25 years in many applications. As this
industry grows and expands in every direction, with many new and diverse
technologies, the core element of reliability will continue to be
critical for success, whether we are powering our homes, cars, clothing
or sidewalks.
Each aspect of a solar
product must be considered for reliability. For example, in a solar
power installation, the cells, the panels, the trackers, the inverters,
even the installation itself, there are opportunities for failures.
Whether industrial, commercial or residential, these applications have a
high demand for reliability because the solar products will usually be
taking the place of an incumbent, and therefore, they must be as good or
better.
Join Ops A La Carte for a
quick trip through the Solar Universe and the many faces of Reliability
Engineering in this rapidly expanding sector. The presentation will
include technical information on the benchmarking, reliability, life
cycle and end-of-life susceptibility of components in solar products.
to register, visit www.reliabilitycalendar.org
Please feel free to forward this invitation to colleagues who you think would find this topic informative and relevant.
FREE Spanish Webinars – TOPIC: Entendiendo y Usando Availability (Disponibilidad)
Presenter: Jorge Luis Romeu
DATE: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 Noon - 1:00 pm, US Eastern Time
DESCRIPTION: Availability
(Disponibilidad) es la medida de rendimiento probabilistica que evalua
un sistema, con respecto a su capacidad para ser usado cuando se le
necesita. En este Webinar hablaremos sobre como medir la Disponibilidad
bajo tres diferentes definiciones practicas (inherente, alcanzada y
operacional). Utilizaremos dos enfoques (teoricos y practicos) para
analizarla. Utilizaremos dos metodos (estadisticos y de cadenas de
Markov) para calcular su rendimiento. Veremos el caso en que el sistema
permite redundancias, y se lepermite que opere en estado degradado.
Finalmente, hablaremos de como mejorar la Disponibilidad de un sistema.
Daremos algunos ejemplos numericos y presentaremos algunas
comparaciones.
Learning Objectives:
1. Entender practicamente la Disponibilidad de un sistema
2. Calculo de algunas medidas de rendimiento de Disponibilidad
3. Maneras practicas de mejorar la Disponibilidad del Sistema
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