Industrial Heat Pumps & Electrified Thermal Systems worked example

Downtime Risk with process heat impact severity if the heat pump trips of 4.5 score: a worked example

Suppose process heat impact severity if the heat pump trips falls to 4.5 score. This page works the full calculation at that level so you can see exactly which result moves and by how much. Score downtime risk for industrial heat pump assets by combining process impact, failure likelihood, detection difficulty, and mitigation strength.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Process heat impact severity if the heat pump trips: 4.5 score (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 9)
  • Likelihood of an unplanned thermal outage: 5 score (held at the documented default)
  • Difficulty of detecting the fault early: 4 score (held at the documented default)
  • Mitigation/redundancy credit in place: 3 score (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Downtime risk score = process heat impact severity × downtime likelihood × detection difficulty.
  • Mitigated downtime risk score works out to 4.55 score at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Process heat impact severity works out to 4.5 score at these inputs.
  • Downtime likelihood works out to 5 score at these inputs.
  • Detection difficulty works out to 4 score at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where process heat impact severity if the heat pump trips sits at 9 score and the headline result is 6.35 score, this scenario comes in 28.35% below the baseline at 4.55 score.
  • It multiplies process heat impact severity, downtime likelihood, and detection difficulty into a risk number, then subtracts a mitigation credit to give a net residual score. When the numbers land here, the stressed input is the lever to work; the walkthrough above shows exactly how much each output recovers as it climbs back toward the baseline.

Results at a glance

  • Mitigated downtime risk score: 4.55 score (headline result)
  • Process heat impact severity: 4.5 score
  • Downtime likelihood: 5 score
  • Detection difficulty: 4 score

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Downtime Risk calculator, set process heat impact severity if the heat pump trips to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.