The method fitness‐for‐service (FFS) provides the means by which the operator of a technical system can decide: It can continue to work safely, reducing of working parameters or stopping the equipment and reparation it. A case study concerning a natural gas pipeline is introduced. It brings some applicative aspects: the introduction of the failure probability as an indicator; the reduction of the degree of conservatism; a maintenance program based on pipeline intelligent gauge.
Part of the book: Fault Diagnosis and Detection