This pdf contains 77 electrical inspection checklists taken from the 2014 electrical inspection manual with checklists. Effective maintenance is essential for safe operation of a nuclear power plant. Predictive maintenance is the complement of preventive maintenance. Focus on your core competencies while ge manages your power plant operations. This energy and power generation handbook is dedicated to. Power plants and types of power plant electrical4u. Power plant engineering notes pdf ppe notes pdf details unit4. We focus on the fundamentals safety, reliability, compliance and cost as we strive to operate your plant the way it. Conduct of maintenance to conduct maintenance in a safe and eficient manner. We discussed in our previous article that many dc power plants use either vrla or wet cell batteries that are typically front access batteries. The facilities are essential in the bulk electric power supply system and must therefore be maintained to protect the investment, improve safety and integrity of the environment, improve reliability.
A proper maintenance and reliability program can be the difference between whether or not, say, a hospital stays open during a crisis. Application of reliability centred maintenance to optimize. Responsibilities included the operation and maintenance of a 15 megawatt power plant. Predictive power transformer maintenance as an effective maintenance system. Capital cost estimates for utility scale electricity. Power plant maintenance has often been given low priority by electric utilities. Plants scheduled one or two maintenance outages a year, and for the remainder of the year, only performed. Included in this document are recommended maintenance. Performed preventative maintenance and repairs to the plants boilers, turbinegenerator, conveyor system, and other auxiliary equipment. Dc power plant maintenance quality power solutions. Accounts 21 through 23 all have interfaces with the power plant electrical. The checklists are in pdf format and can be completed electronically or printed and used as hard copy.
The bce has no maintenance responsibility for electrical equipment that is not on the real property record or ce allowance standard and. Regular battery maintenance and replacement is critical to a dc power plant, which has a consistent power draw. Included in this document are recommended maintenance activities, maintenance interval, and references. Operation and maintenance of diesel power generating plants. Costs and characteristics of new electric generating units introduction and organization the united states may have to build many new power plants to meet growing demand for electric power. Increasing variable renewable generation on the electric grid has resulted in increased cycling of conventional fossil generation.
Power plant engineering notes pdf ppe notes pdf notes. The maintenance group may be divided into mechanical, electrical, and control. This paper deals mainly with thermal plants such as steam power units, gasfired combinedcycle power plants and waste incineration plants in terms of integrating both process and electrical control into one consistent system. Work control system to control the performance of maintenance in an eficient and safe manner such that economical, safe, and reliable plant operation is optimized. Power maintenance policies document information page 1. Implementation strategies and tools for condition based. Regular maintenance and replacement will avoid issues such as degradation or corrosion. This type of maintainence involves inspection, clean. Powerplant reliability, availability, maintainability. Baira gowda, pittsburgh, pa for introducing me to asme, in the late 1980s.
A study of implementation of preventive maintenance programme in nigeria power industryegbin thermal power plant, case study article pdf available in energy and power engineering 0303. Energy information administration capital cost estimates for utility scale electricity generating plants 1 november 2016 introduction the current and future projected cost and performance characteristics of new electric generating capacity are critical inputs into the development of energy projections and analyses. The employee agrees that during the employment period, he shall devote the agreed. Tokyo electric power company holdings, incorporated tepco provides engineering services and technical assistance for operation and maintenance planning on overall thermal power station facilities, including advanced combined cycle plants, ultra supercritical power plants and coalfired power plants. This manual on electric power distribution systems is one of a series developed to aid utility supervisory personnel at shore establishments in the performance of their duties. There is an increasing tendency to move from the preventive time based maintenance concept to one dependent on plant and component conditions. There are several options for establishing an in plant power backup source. Several factors such as poor maintenance culture and management of nigerian power stations are some of. The type of equipment utilized in the electrical distribution systems is discussed in terms of its design, function. There is now an acute need to optimize maintenance to improve both reliability and competitiveness of nuclear power plant operation.
Operation and maintenance in this session operation and maintenance of geothermal power plants with emphasis on the geothermal part of the plant is introduced. Frequent power outages in nigeria have drastically reduced the reliability of power supply. Maintenance at power plants includes the inspection, adjustment, repair and replacement, and importantly scheduled preventive maintenance of a variety of assets, equipment and electrical machinery. Thermal electrical power generation is one of the major methods used in egbin thermal station. Introduction, back pressure turbine, passout turbine, combined cycle power generation, characteristics of ideal working fluid for vapour power cycle, binary vapour cycle, combined cycle plants. Alfares et al 2007 described how a saving of 11% of maintenance labour cost can be achieved b y. Maintenance issues identified by some european nuclear power plants 19. It includes information obtained from extensive research of current literature on the subject. While it is appreciated that breakdown of plant may result in costly interruption of normal building operation, it must also be borne in mind that stopping plant for maintenance can also cause a loss in production.
The basic principles, requirements, components, implementation and maintenance of electricity generating. Maintenance programs for nuclear power plants canadian. Power plant control eep electrical engineering portal. Strong knowledge of the principles of engineering design, standards development and construction methods associated with power plant electrical. Cost estimating relationships for nuclear power plant operation and maintenance. Broad experience in the area of static electrical plant, including transformers, switchgear and cable systems. Power plant electrical engineer, 2006 to till date. Responsible for oversight of plant electrical resources to maintain the facility and to support productions efforts, as needed. Salvage operations s i s y l g a n n i a t y n t i i a l p a. Preventive maintenance to contribute to optimum performance and reliability of plant. Power maintenance policies document information page. Click on power plant maintenance found on the left hand side of the webpage.
Maintenance of electrical equipment in buildings eep. Maintenance of electrical equipment in buildings photo credit. There are generally 3 types of maintainence philosophies followed in most of the plants. Ge technology can be found in 90% of power utilities worldwide. Previous studies by nrel and wecc have corroborated this fact and the purpose of intertek aptechs task was to provide generic lower bound power plant cycling costs to be used in production cost simulations. Power plants npps and incidence on operation and maintenance. Maintenance of nuclear power plants international nuclear iaea. Plant life management and maintenance technologies for nuclear. Due to inconsistency and failure in the power supply in nigeria, there is a need for a proper operation and maintenance schedule strategy of the various kinds of power plants accessories so as to facilitate their efficiencies and functionality. These are generally located at the suburban regions or several kilometers away from the cities or the load centers, because of its requisites like huge land and. If necessary attach a textual description and schedule of.
Mechanical equipment and operation and maintenance. Power transformer maintenance includes periodic electrical testing of different parameters of the transformer, being common the periodic checking of some key magnitudes such as turns ratio, excitation current, polarization index, insulation resistance, tandelta, winding resistance, short circuit impedance, etc. Arcflash and other electrical safety hazards 27 electrical safety hazards 27 electric shock 27 arcflash and arc blasts 28 arcflash metrics 29 arcblast effect 31. Through the utilization of various nondestructive testing and measuring techniques, predictive maintenance determines equipment status. Operation and maintenance schedule of a steam turbine. A power plant or a power generating station, is basically an industrial location that is utilized for the generation and distribution of electric power in mass scale, usually in the order of several watts. The operational reliability of the generating units of the hydro power stations shall be. Robustness of electrical systems of nuclear power plants in light of. Optimizing the performance of a power generating facility requires a conscientious application of technical expertise combined with business acumen.
Most technician jobs require at the minimum a 2year technical associate degree. In 1984 the electric power research institute epri introduced rcm to the nuclear power industry. For example, the energy information administration eia estimates that the nation will have to construct 226,000 megawatts of new electric power generating capacity by 2030. Power plant reliability, availability, maintainability. Liane ellison norman, staunch supporters of the green peace movement and clean energy at. Power plant electrical distribution systems gary w castleberry, pe course description this one hour course provides an introduction to the design of electrical distribution systems found in electrical power generation plants. Pdf a study of implementation of preventive maintenance. Power plant maintenance responsibilities can also include installation, repair and preventive maintenance for other electronic and pneumatic. The checklists are intended to help inspectors keep track of the numerous aspects of an electrical installation. The united states may have to build many new power plants to meet growing demand for electric power.
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