Safety and reliability optimisation of captive power plants using intelligent maintenance scheduling

International Journal of Reliability and Safety

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 155-167

  Kumar Mohanta, Dusmanta ^a   Sadhu, Pradip Kumar ^b   Chakrabarti, R ^c  

^a BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN SCHOOL OF MINES   (India)

^c JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

captive power plant; Loss of Load Probability (LOLP); maintenance scheduling; Simulated Annealing (SA); statutory safety norms

Indexed keywords

EID: 40749102685     PISSN: 1479389X     EISSN: 14793903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijrs.2006.010695     Document Type: Article

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