Abstract
This paper provides an insight into work involving new maintenance strategies to be used by a power distribution utility for on-load tap changers. Alternative strategies are examined and the advantages of condition based maintenance are outlined. A maintenance decision making algorithm is developed which considers the principal causes of tap changer failures and can advise maintenance personnel when a unit requires visiting. The benefits that this system has provided to the utility are an increase in the average period between maintenance visits and a reduction in possible disturbances to consumers as well as utility costs
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 1824-1829 vol.3 |
| Publication status | Published - 2001 |
| Event | Power Engineering Society Summer Meeting, 2001. IEEE - Duration: 1 Jan 2001 → … |
Conference
| Conference | Power Engineering Society Summer Meeting, 2001. IEEE |
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| Period | 1/01/01 → … |
Keywords
- maintenance personnel
- duty based maintenance
- maintenance engineering
- power transformers
- power distribution utility
- maintenance decision making algorithm
- condition based maintenance
- on-load transformer tap changers
- tap changer failures
- maintenance visits