Wireless sensors for predictive maintenance of rotating equipment in research reactors

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 38, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 665-680

  Hashemian, H M ^a  

^a ANALYSIS AND MEASUREMENT SERVICES CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Condition monitoring; Predictive maintenance; Rotating equipment; Vibration analysis; Wireless sensors

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC FAILURES; CONDITION BASED MAINTENANCE; DEGRADATION MECHANISM; HANDHELDS; HIGH FLUX ISOTOPE REACTORS; KEY PROCESS; MAINTENANCE COST; OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORIES; OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE; ROTATING EQUIPMENT; SYSTEM AVAILABILITY; TEST CASE; VIBRATION DATA; WIRELESS SENSOR;

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; CONDITION MONITORING; DEGRADATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; ISOTOPES; MACHINE DESIGN; MAINTAINABILITY; MOBILE POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RESEARCH; RESEARCH REACTORS; ROTATING MACHINERY; ROTATION; SENSORS; VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

EQUIPMENT;

EID: 78751613309     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2010.09.012     Document Type: Article

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