Title :
Condition based maintenance on turbogenerators: what makes it real?
Author :
Stephan, C.-E. ; Laird, T.
Author_Institution :
Insulation Competence Center, ALSTOM Power, Birr, Switzerland
Abstract :
The current economic situation in the global energy market demands a cost reduction in maintenance concurrently with high availability and reliability of critical plant components. A combination of state-of-the-art on-line monitoring and diagnostic systems with the necessary off-line inspections allows a more reliable operation with extended durations between maintenance intervals by applying modern data mining and expert systems. Prerequisites for such a condition based maintenance strategy are the incorporation of all available information of the generator (i.e., design knowledge, fleet experience, history of the machine) and all diagnosis and monitoring information.
Keywords :
computerised monitoring; data mining; electric machine analysis computing; expert systems; maintenance engineering; partial discharge measurement; reliability; turbogenerators; availability; condition based maintenance; critical plant components; data mining; design knowledge; diagnostic systems; expert systems; fleet experience; global energy market; maintenance cost reduction; partial discharge measurement; reliability; state-of-the-art on-line monitoring; turbogenerators; Availability; Condition monitoring; Costs; Data mining; Diagnostic expert systems; History; Inspection; Maintenance; Power generation economics; Turbogenerators;
Conference_Titel :
Electric Machines and Drives Conference, 2003. IEMDC'03. IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7817-2
DOI :
10.1109/IEMDC.2003.1210340
