Title of article
BasicfactorstoforecastmaintenancecostandfailureprocessesfornuclearpowerplantsOriginalResearchArticle
Author/Authors
ElmiraPopova، نويسنده , , WeiYu، نويسنده , , ErnieKee، نويسنده , , AliceSun، نويسنده , , DrewRichards، نويسنده , , RickGrantom، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2006
Pages
7
From page
1641
To page
1647
Abstract
Twotypesofmaintenanceinterventionsareusuallyadministeredatnuclearpowerplants:plannedandcorrective.Thecostincurredincludesthelabor(manpower)cost,costfornewparts,oremergencyorderofexpensiveitems.Attheplantmanagementlevelthereisabudgetedamountofmoneytobespenteveryyearforsuchoperations.Itisveryimportanttohaveagoodforecastforthiscostsinceunexpectedeventscantriggerittoaveryhighlevel.Inthisresearchwepresentastatisticalfactormodeltoforecastthemaintenancecostfortheincomingmonth.Oneofthefactorsistheexpectednumberofunplanned(duetofailure)maintenanceinterventions.WeintroduceaBayesianmodelforthefailurerateoftheequipment,whichisinputtothecostforecastingmodel.Theimportanceofequipmentreliabilityandpredictioninthecommercialnuclearpowerplantispresentedalongwithapplicablegovernmentalandindustryorganizationrequirements.AdetailedstatisticalanalysisisperformedonasetofmaintenancecostandfailuredatagatheredattheSouthTexasProjectNuclearOperatingCompany(STPNOC)inBayCity,Texas,USA.
Journal title
Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
Serial Year
2006
Journal title
Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
Record number
941284
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