What Is RCM and How Could It Be Applied to the Critical Loads?

Author

Arno, Robert ; Dowling, Neal ; Fairfax, Stephen ; Schuerger, Robert J. ; Weber, Joseph

Author_Institution

Adv. Inf. Solutions, Exelis, McLean, VA, USA

Volume

51

Issue

3

fYear

2015

fDate

May-June 2015

Firstpage

2045

Lastpage

2053

Abstract

Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) is a proven technology to optimize the maintenance processes and another logical step in improving the overall performance and reliability of the critical facility while reducing the total cost of ownership. This paper will introduce RCM and use an automatic transfer switch and a standby generator to back up utility power as the example system to demonstrate the RCM process.

Keywords

fault trees; maintenance engineering; power system reliability; RCM technology; automatic transfer switch; critical facility reliability; reliability-centered maintenance technology; standby generator; utility power; Availability; Maintenance engineering; Personnel; Power system reliability; Reliability engineering; Switches; Availability; Fault Tree Analysis (FTA); RCM; Reliability Centered Maintenance; Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM); availability; failure rate; fault tree analysis (FTA); mean time between failure; mean time between failures (MTBF); mean time to repair; mean time to repair (MTTR); reliability;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Industry Applications, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-9994

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TIA.2014.2379951

Filename

6983629