Title :
Unit reliability measures for power plants facing partial outages and variable demand
Author :
Ganor, Michael ; Zahavi, Jacob
fDate :
8/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Unit reliability measures are evaluated for power plants facing partial outages and variable demand. The problem is formulated as an embedded Markov chain, and several reliability criteria are developed for a three-state unit with generally distributed demand periods and exponentially distributed operation and repair times. The model developed is applied to a sample unit using realistic data to estimate the demand, no-demand, up-time and down-time distributions
Keywords :
Markov processes; power stations; reliability; demand; embedded Markov chain; model; partial outages; power plants; power stations; reliability; repair; Costs; Energy management; Jacobian matrices; Measurement units; Power generation; Power measurement; Power system measurements; Power system modeling; Power system reliability; Power system simulation;
Journal_Title :
Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on
