AN ACCURATE PROBABILISTIC MODEL FOR ESTIMATING THE LIFE CYCLE COST OF DEGRADING COMPONENTS IN NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
Degradation of systems and components operating in harsh environment has an adverse effect on safety and reliability of nuclear power plants. Condition-based maintenance (CBM) programs are used to preventively maintain degrading components, which minimize the risk of failure. However, maintenance programs can be costly due to frequent inspection, increased outage time, and redundant maintenance of functional components. The optimization of maintenance programs over the life cycle of systems is an important issue for the plant managers. The paper presents an advanced model for the evaluation of life cycle cost of degrading components in the nuclear plants, which can be used for the maintenance optimization. The proposed model is based on the more precise finite time horizon formulation, instead of using asymptotic formulae that may lead to inaccurate results in practical settings.
T.Cheng M.D.Pandey W.C.Xie
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
国际会议
18th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering(第18届国际核能工程大会 ICONE 18)
西安
英文
1-10
2010-05-17（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）