Evaluating the effectiveness of a boiler plant’s predictive maintenance system

Gabonewe, Mmabatho Ellen; Munsamy, Megashnee; Telukdarie, Arnesh

doi:10.1109/temscon-eur52034.2021.9488631

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“…Furthermore, the surveys of the study demonstrated that 40-60% of outages for generators operated in a cyclic manner were as a result of corrective maintenance. Gabonewe at al., (2021) evaluated the effectiveness of predictive maintenance approach in boiler systems. Their study showed that due to pressure in a South African power plant to meet the energy supply demand they made a decision to go for a run-to-failure maintenance approach thereby terminating planned maintenance schedules.…”

Section: Breakdown Maintenancementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, though they are using predictive maintenance as well, but it was revealed that the nature and frequency of condition monitoring used in rotating equipment that are operating at cyclic modes was not stable but variable. Adequate monitoring of and adherence to planned maintenance schedules led to a slight enhancement in management of tube failures (Gabonewe at al., 2021). Thereby, leading to the achievement of the power plant objectives to decrease related incidents.…”

Section: Preventive Maintenancementioning

confidence: 99%

“…The study by Gabonewe at al., (2021) examined the effectiveness of the predictive maintenance system for a boiler. It then revealed that, one of the South African power plants incorporated Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) in the maintenance mix.…”

Section: Computerized Maintenance Management System (Cmms)mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Specifically, they used the Systems, Applications and Products (SAP) software for planning and scheduling their maintenance activities and managing inventory for power plant equipment with an exception of boiler systems. Furthermore, this power plant used Microsoft Excel for planning outages for boiler systems, instead of the CMMS, SAP, thus delaying boiler maintenance activities (Gabonewe at al., 2021). The SAP could have helped the power plant to process accurate information regarding the availability of materials and inventory necessary for boiler system repairs.…”

Section: Computerized Maintenance Management System (Cmms)mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The maintenance personnel need to ensure that state of the art maintenance practices are adopted to ensure the availability and reliability of that power plants infrastructure and equipment. Developed countries have achieved considerable success in reducing failures of power plant equipment such as boilers through the implementation of predictive maintenance strategies (Gabonewe at al. 2021).…”

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Assessing the Maintenance Strategies and Techniques Used in South African Power Plants: A Review

Nkosi

2023

Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management

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As part of the energy sector, power plants are vital to fulfilling any state's social and economic needs. To fulfill these needs, power plants should adopt effective maintenance practices. This ensures the reliability and availability of power plant assets, thereby enhancing productivity and safety. This paper aims to identify, analyze, and present maintenance strategies and approaches adopted in South African power plants. South Africa has relationships with various countries across the globe; hence they are paying attention to its energy and other sectors. South African power plants have been struggling for over a decade to have a stable power supply system. One of the critical issues is maintenance. Efforts have been made to enhance the maintenance of power plants. The study adopted a narrative literature review of various scholarly writings to identify and assess the extent to which maintenance strategies are used in power plants. Several maintenance strategies have been adopted in South African power plants, such as preventive maintenance, predictive maintenance, corrective maintenance, computerized maintenance management system, total production maintenance, and human factors in maintenance. This study will be helpful to researchers and maintenance practitioners cussing in the maintenance of power plants, especially in the South African context and developing countries.

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Section: Breakdown Maintenancementioning

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Section: Preventive Maintenancementioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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