Root-cause failure analysis: fossil-fired power plant draft fans. Final report

Technical Report · Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1983

OSTI ID:5351306

Anson, D; Pierson, W; Dufrane, K; Stember, L; Kaiser, W; Koenig, M; Hochstettler, W

This report deals with the collection and analysis of fan related outage experiences on 61 large fossil fired steam power plants. These experiences were compiled by direct-personal contacts with the utility staffs, and have been recorded in an automated data base. The analysis covered both the breakdown of the data to provide a ranking of the outage causes related to their impact on production, and a systematic search for generic root causes. Although this search was limited by the extent of plant records, it was possible to identify the major problems leading to full or partial failures. Recommendations are made for both short term corrective measures and for longer term research efforts that would improve significantly the reliability of fan systems.

• Research Organization: Battelle Columbus Labs., OH (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5351306
• Report Number(s): EPRI-CS-3199; ON: DE84920295
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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