China Safety Science Journal ›› 2026, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (4): 57-64.doi: 10.16265/j.cnki.issn1003-3033.2026.04.0454

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Risk assessment for overdue in-service pressure pipelines based on BOA-SAM-FTA

Tang Huabin1(), Xu Lei1, Chen Siyu2,**(), Ma Songhua3   

  1. 1 School of Engineering, China University of Petroleum-Beijing at Karamay, Karamay Xinjiang 834000, China
    2 China Merchants Xinjiang Special Equipment Inspection & Research Institute Co., Ltd., Urumqi Xinjiang 830011, China
    3 Oil Production Technology Research Institute, Petro China Xinjiang Oilfield Company, Karamay Xinjiang 834000, China
  • Received:2025-11-10 Revised:2026-01-10 Online:2026-04-28 Published:2026-10-28
  • Contact: Chen Siyu

Abstract:

To investigate the failure issues of overdue in-service pressure pipelines, this paper proposed a method based on integration of BOA and SAM for analyzing the failure probability of such pipelines, building upon the FTA framework. First, the causes of failure in overdue in-service pressure pipelines were analyzed, and a fault tree for failure was established. Then, experts were invited to evaluate the basic events of fault tree, and their opinions were aggregated using SAM method and an improved BOA-SAM approach. The accuracy of aggregation was assessed by comparing the uncertainty values of two methods(the lower the uncertainty value, the more precise the aggregation result). Finally, the failure probability of the top event was calculated, and an importance analysis was conducted. The results show that the uncertainty values of the aggregation results obtained using the improved BOA-SAM are significantly lower than those of SAM method. Notably, for the basic event X6, the uncertainty value decreased by 7.6%. The failure probability of the top event is calculated to be 0.117 641. Stress corrosion cracking, third-party damage, weld cracking and excessive H2S content in the medium are identified as the key factors contributing to the occurrence of accidents. This study provides a scientific and logical approach for risk assessment and failure analysis of overdue in-service pressure pipelines.

Key words: butterfly optimization algorithm (BOA), similarity aggregation method (SAM), fault tree analysis (FTA), overdue in-service pressure pipelines, risk assessment, failure probability

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