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标题：Reliability and power loss analysis: A case study of a power plant in Nigeria
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作者：Adekunle Kolawole ; Olayinka Oluwole Agboola ; Peter Pelumi Ikubanni 等
期刊名称：Cogent Engineering
电子版ISSN：2331-1916
出版年度：2019
卷号：6
期号：1
页码：1-13
DOI：10.1080/23311916.2019.1579426
出版社：Taylor and Francis Ltd
摘要：The consequence of electric power outage goes beyond the frustration experienced. Electric power outage could lead to injuries and sometimes deaths especially when it interferes with the elements of daily utility like the powered elevators in towers and life-saving equipment in the hospitals. In this study, an assessment of the reliability of a power generating plant was carried out to provide an opportunity to checkmate frequent fault occurrence and prolonged outages. Historical data were obtained from a generating plant in Nigeria. The data were used to evaluate the overall performance of the plant and its generating units. The results showed reliability results of the six units of the plant as 0.00%, 82.39%, 8.25%, 18.60%, 45.98% and 83.41% for units 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, respectively, while the overall reliability was 55.73%. The plant’s availability and capacity factor were 50% and 35%, respectively. The generation loss analysis indicated that gas restriction, grid constraints and plant unavailability prevented the plant from running at maximum continuous ratings (MCR). It was recommended that to have an optimum operation of the entire system, further study should be extended to the transmission and distribution arms of the power system..
关键词：reliability; availability; performance evaluation; power loss; capacity factor