Title :
A review of electrical plant maintenance practices in power stations
Author :
Nicholls, R.J. ; Smith, R.J.
Author_Institution :
Electr. Eng. Branch, PowerGen, Solihull, UK
Abstract :
Maintenance of power stations is essential, but there is a cost penalty. Accumulated experience and diagnostic testing enables outage work to be planned ahead. Major plant spares shorten outages and improve availability. The main generator and the generator transformer of a power station are looked at in particular
Keywords :
electric generators; maintenance engineering; power stations; power transformers; availability; diagnostic testing; electric generators; generator transformer; maintenance practices; outage work; power stations;
Conference_Titel :
Maintenance Practices for Power Generation, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
London
