Research Article

Assessing the Impact of Virtual Standby Systems in Failure Propagation for Complex Wastewater Treatment Processes

Table 4

Simulation results-immediate effect scenario and comparison with RBD.

Equipment/systemPerformance indicators
Mean % availabilityMean % oper. timeMean processing WW (MGD)MTTF (hours)MTTR (hours)RBD availability (%)

Primary treatment85.9188.987.9510.311.6786.60
BS_00196.6888.987.9545.881.496.85
GRIT_00196.1988.987.9568.862.496.44
PUMP_00195.7688.987.9528.751.295.88
CLAR_00296.4788.987.9598.423.296.70