Process Equipment Reliability Database (PERD)

The purpose of the Process Equipment Reliability Database is to provide high quality, valid, and useful data pertaining to the hydrocarbon and chemical process industries. These data can support equipment availability analyses, reliability and design improvements, maintenance strategies, quantitative risk analyses, and life cycle cost determinations.

PERD Taxonomies NOW AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. Please Click To check out the PERD taxonomies, please click Here.

The Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) has been actively involved in pursuing equipment reliability data since the 1980’s. In 1989, the CCPS Guidelines for Equipment Reliability Data was published with the intent to support chemical process quantitative risk assessments.

At the conclusion of this project it was apparent that better data was needed. To obtain such data, it was further determined that the emphasis had to change from risk assessment to reliability and tools to improve maintenance decisions. Following this decision, the committee set about putting together an action plan meant to accomplish the following mission.

The equipment reliability database offers high quality, valid, and useful data to the HPI and CPI. This data allows you to analyze availability, reliability and equipment design improvements, maintenance strategies and life cycle cost determination.