only with a short repair time a system increases the availability
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all parts also the redundant parts must be supervised, on a fault the system will not crash, but must be repaired
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to provide a very short repair time spare parts must be available (e.g. same HW platform for control and protection IEDs is an advantage concerning number of spare parts)
Conclusion Redundancy Chart Availability MTTF for repair Costs
To increase the system availability significant parts with the lowest MTTF should be redundant first. More components cause a shorter interval to repair faulty parts and increases investment as well as maintenance costs.
GW: Gateway SC: Station Computer HMI: Human Machine Interface BCU: Bay Control Unit Prot.: Protection Device GPS: GPS Receiver for time synchronisation
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