An optimal maintenance policy for compressor of a gas turbine power plant

Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Rao, P Naga Srinivasa ^a   Naikan, V N Achutha ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Condition based maintenance; Gas turbine fouling; Offline washing; Online washing; Preventive maintenance

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBILITY OF GASES; COMPRESSORS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; ENGINES; FOULING; GAS TURBINE POWER PLANTS; GAS TURBINES; GASES; MAINTENANCE; POWER PLANTS; RANDOM PROCESSES; TURBINES; TURBOMACHINERY;

CONDITION BASED MAINTENANCE; GAS TURBINE FOULING; OFFLINE WASHING; ONLINE WASHING; PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE;

WASHING;

EID: 53949090777     PISSN: 07424795     EISSN: 15288919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2795762     Document Type: Article

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