Life Cycle Management of Turbine Driven Auxiliary Feedwater Pumps in Nuclear Power Plants

Author

Raghavan, Srinath ; Chowdhury, Badrul H.

fYear

2012

fDate

19-20 April 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

The process to develop a life cycle management plan for turbine driven auxiliary feed water (AFW) pump is described. Life cycle management (LCM) is the integration of ageing/obsolescence management with economic planning to optimize the operation, maintenance and service life of the equipment, maintain an acceptable level of performance, safety, reliability and to enhance the return on investment. In short LCM is a guide for operational and investment decisions with focus on long term ageing and reliability of the component. It is developed on the basis of component failure modes, operating history, maintenance practices, ageing, spares and obsolescence.

Keywords

life testing; nuclear power stations; power system economics; power system planning; power system reliability; turbines; ageing/obsolescence management; economic planning; life cycle management; life of the equipment; nuclear power plants; reliability; safety; turbine driven auxiliary feedwater pumps; History; Maintenance engineering; Seals; Shafts; Turbines; Valves; Water heating;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Green Technologies Conference, 2012 IEEE

Conference_Location

Tulsa, OK

ISSN

2166-546X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0968-4

Electronic_ISBN

2166-546X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GREEN.2012.6200990

Filename

6200990