Maintenance schemes and their implementation for the Afam Thermal-Power Station

Applied Energy

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 255-265

  Eti, M C ^a   Ogaji, S O T ^b   Probert, S D ^b  

^a RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electric power station; Maintenance; Performance measures; Self assessment

Indexed keywords

CODES (STANDARDS); COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRIC INDUSTRY; PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

BUSINESS-EXCELLENCE MODELS; ELECTRIC-POWER INDUSTRY; ELECTRICITY-GENERATION; MAINTENANCE COSTS;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; MAINTENANCE; THERMAL POWER;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 22144480085     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2004.10.011     Document Type: Article

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