Title :
Prioritising maintenance and renewal projects in distribution networks
Author :
Heggset, J. ; Solvang, Eivind ; Nordgard, D.E. ; Eggen, A.O.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Energy Syst., SINTEF Energy Res., Trondheim
Abstract :
The paper describes a risk-based approach for screening, prioritising and timing of maintenance and renewal projects in distribution networks. Various methods/analyses are used for handling different aspects of this planning problem. The overview of the network is achieved through investigation of performance indicators and fault history, and the classification and ranking of relevant projects is done by estimation of remaining lifetime of critical components and evaluation of network status against several qualitative criteria. The result of such a process is a ranked list of maintenance and renewal projects, based on both economical and qualitative criteria
Keywords :
decision making; life cycle costing; maintenance engineering; power distribution economics; risk analysis; distribution networks; life cycle costing; multicriteria decision making; power distribution maintenance; risk analysis; risk-based approach; Costs; Decision making; Economic indicators; History; Intelligent networks; Investments; Life estimation; Lifetime estimation; Power generation economics; Timing;
Conference_Titel :
Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems, 2004 International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-9761319-1-9
