Abstract:Obsolescence is an important consideration in the management and engineering of heavy industrial facilities. Examples of these could include refineries, chemical plants, and other large‐scale materials processing facilities. These facilities have lifetimes of many decades but operate on software, automation hardware, and other electrical equipment that reaches obsolescence much sooner than the rotating equipment, unit operations, and other major systems of the facility. This work proposes a method to manage ob… Show more
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