Condition-based maintenance at Duke Power: Lessons learned. Final report
- Electric Power Research Inst., Charlotte, NC (United States). Nondestructive Evaluation Center
The optimization of preventive maintenance (PM) programs in the nuclear power industry has been achieved through the application of reliability-centered maintenance (RCM). Utility PM programs are mainly composed of time-directed maintenance tasks that can be made more cost-effective by replacing tasks with those based on equipment condition, i.e., condition-based tasks. Equipment condition diagnostic techniques, such as vibration monitoring, thermography, and ferrography, are descriptions of predictive maintenance (PdM) technologies used to determine an equipment`s condition. This report provides a description of how Duke Power improved their use of equipment condition information, promoting the integration of their predictive and preventive maintenance programs.
- Research Organization:
- Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (United States); Electric Power Research Inst., Charlotte, NC (United States). Nondestructive Evaluation Center
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 270765
- Report Number(s):
- EPRI-TR--105855
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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