Maintenance strategy for a coal-based steam power plant equipment: A graph theoretic approach

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy

Volumn 218, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 619-636

  Mohan, M ^a   Gandhi, O P ^b   Agrawal, V P ^b  

^a Ministry of Power   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Graph theory and matrix approach; Maintenance attributes digraph (MAD); Maintenance criticality; Maintenance criticality index (MCI); Steam power plant

Indexed keywords

GRAPH THEORY; MAINTENANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

COAL-BASED STEAM POWER PLANTS; MAINTENANCE COSTS; PLANT EQUIPMENTS;

POWER PLANTS;

COAL FIRED POWER PLANT; MAINTENANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; STEAM GENERATING EQUIPMENT;

EID: 10844289735     PISSN: 09576509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0957650042584366     Document Type: Article

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