Title :
Return-on-Investment (ROI) for Electronic Prognostics in High Reliability Telecom Applications
Author :
Wood, Steven M. ; Goodman, Douglas L.
Author_Institution :
Power Electron. Div., C&D Technol. Inc., Tucson, AZ
Abstract :
This paper defines the approach and methodology for the deployment of prognostics in telecom power supplies. With 100% up-time being the ultimate target, prognostics can be effectively utilized to provoke early actions to avoid costly potential down-time events. An example will be provided using a common telecom power supply. Further analysis will be provided to demonstrate the return-on-investment that prognostics adoption can achieve
Keywords :
investment; remaining life assessment; telecommunication power supplies; ROI; electronic prognostics; remaining useful life; return-on-investment; telecom power supplies; Costs; Hardware; Investments; Power electronics; Power supplies; Power system reliability; Reliability engineering; Safety; Systems engineering and theory; Telecommunication network reliability;
Conference_Titel :
Telecommunications Energy Conference, 2006. INTELEC '06. 28th Annual International
Conference_Location :
Providence, RI
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0430-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0431-2
DOI :
10.1109/INTLEC.2006.251619
