TY - GEN
T1 - Reducing unplanned boiler tube failures in coal fired power plants
AU - Telukdarie, Arnesh
AU - Malomane, Mammolele
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Power plants are a complex and expensive asset to acquire and maintain. The corrective and preventive maintenance costs of plants are significant. Enterprise practitioners seek ideal best practice measures towards reducing escalating maintenance costs and power plant downtime. The cost of corrective maintenance, due downtime, relative to power generation is exorbitant. The result is a loss of electricity generation capacity. Numerous studies present literature exploring measures towards enhancing the availability and reliability of electricity generating plants. This paper focuses on reducing downtime in electricity generation plants, by reducing failures associated with boiler tubes. Best practice measures towards enhancing the reliability levels and availability of electricity generating units are considered. This research specifically explores boiler tube failures in coal-fired electricity generating plants. The research reviews literature relative to global best practices, employed by boiler operators, against high performing utilities. The research results are analyzed and highlight correlations between selected variables, Boiler Tube Failures (BTFs) and identified dominant failure mechanisms.
AB - Power plants are a complex and expensive asset to acquire and maintain. The corrective and preventive maintenance costs of plants are significant. Enterprise practitioners seek ideal best practice measures towards reducing escalating maintenance costs and power plant downtime. The cost of corrective maintenance, due downtime, relative to power generation is exorbitant. The result is a loss of electricity generation capacity. Numerous studies present literature exploring measures towards enhancing the availability and reliability of electricity generating plants. This paper focuses on reducing downtime in electricity generation plants, by reducing failures associated with boiler tubes. Best practice measures towards enhancing the reliability levels and availability of electricity generating units are considered. This research specifically explores boiler tube failures in coal-fired electricity generating plants. The research reviews literature relative to global best practices, employed by boiler operators, against high performing utilities. The research results are analyzed and highlight correlations between selected variables, Boiler Tube Failures (BTFs) and identified dominant failure mechanisms.
KW - Boiler tube failures
KW - Generation fleet
KW - Thermal power plant
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85064342660
T3 - 39th International Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Management, ASEM 2018: Bridging the Gap Between Engineering and Business
SP - 147
EP - 157
BT - 39th International Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Management, ASEM 2018
PB - American Society for Engineering Management
T2 - 39th International Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Management: Bridging the Gap Between Engineering and Business, ASEM 2018
Y2 - 17 October 2018 through 20 October 2018
ER -