Computerized maintenance boosts reliability, trims costs

Journal Article · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1992 · Power Engineering; (United States)

OSTI ID:5285176

Hammer, K ^[1]; Egleston, P C; Steinert, M P; Goldstein, M ^[2]

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1. County of Los Angeles, CA (US)
2. Charles T. Main Inc. (US)

A natural gas-fired combined-cycle power plant has operated successfully for the past three years at the 3800-acre Pitchess Honor Rancho jail complex in Saugus, Calif. One of the reasons for the plant's success has been its computerized maintenance system. This paper reports that utilization of the computerized plant maintenance system program, in conjunction with several data base programs, has increased the plant's reliability and trimmed costs. As we learned at Pitchess, a computerized maintenance program provides two key advantages over the traditional breakdown maintenance approach: minimal equipment breakdown, and a reduction in operations and maintenance man-hours.

• OSTI ID: 5285176
• Journal Information: Power Engineering; (United States), Journal Name: Power Engineering; (United States) Vol. 96:1; ISSN POENA; ISSN 0032-5961
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CHEMICAL REACTIONS
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