Application of reliability-centered maintenance to solar central receiver plants
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Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) methodology has been broadly applied for almost 20 years in establishing preventive maintenance (PM) programs for commercial aircraft and DoD systems. RCM focuses on functions, the way functions can fail, and a priorty-based consideration of safety and economics that identifies applicable (it works) and effective (it's worth doing) PM tasks. An illustration of RCM as applied to part of the receiver is briefly described. Results indicate that the RCM approach could be broadly applied to Solar One-type plants with a reasonable expectation that PM costs would be significantly reduced with a commensurate reduction in corrective maintenance actions and costs.
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Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) methodology has been broadly applied for almost 20 years in establishing preventive maintenance (PM) programs for commercial aircraft and DoD systems. RCM focuses on functions, the way functions can fail, and a priorty-based consideration of safety and economics that identifies applicable (it works) and effective (it's worth doing) PM tasks. An illustration of RCM as applied to part of the receiver is briefly described. Results indicate that the RCM approach could be broadly applied to Solar One-type plants with a reasonable expectation that PM costs would be significantly reduced with a commensurate reduction in corrective maintenance actions and costs.
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