• DocumentCode
    832678
  • Title

    Reliability of standby generators in Hong Kong buildings

  • Author

    Du, Patrick Y. ; Burnett, J. ; Chan, S.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Building Services Eng., Hong Kong Polytech. Univ., China
  • Volume
    39
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2003
  • Firstpage
    1592
  • Lastpage
    1595
  • Abstract
    Reliable emergency power supply is essential to fire services installations. However, the extent of reliability and availability of standby generators in Hong Kong buildings are a query so far. This paper presents a generator reliability survey in Hong Kong. The results regarding fault events, reliability, and availability of standby generators are shown by means of analysis of their fault/failure records. Recommendations on reliable operation of standby generators are also provided in the paper.
  • Keywords
    power generation reliability; standby generators; Hong Kong buildings; availability; fault events; fault/failure records; fire services installations; generator reliability survey; reliability; standby generators; Availability; Computer network reliability; Emergency power supplies; Failure analysis; Fires; Industry Applications Society; Power generation; Power system reliability; Standby generators; Telecommunication network reliability;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Industry Applications, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0093-9994
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TIA.2003.818978
  • Filename
    1248240