Infrastructure Asset Management with Power System Applications

This book is about infrastructure asset management, which can be expressed as the combination of management, financial, economic, and engineering, applied to physical assets with the objective of providing the required level of service in the most cost-effective manner. It includes management of the whole lifecycle of a physical asset from design, construction, commission, operation, maintenance, modification, decommissioning, and disposal. It covers budget issues and focuses on asset management of an infrastructure for energy—i.e., the electric power system.

• Offers a comprehensive reference book providing definitions, terminology, and basic theories as well as a comprehensive set of examples from a wide range of applications for the electric power system and its components.
• Spans a wide range of applications for the electric power system area, including real data and pictures.
• Contains results from recently published research and application studies.
• Includes a wide range of application examples for the electric power systems area from hydro, nuclear, and wind, plus shows future trends.
• Contributes to the overall goals of developing a sustainable energy system by providing methods and tools for a resource efficient use of physical assets in the electric power system area.

Preface

Chapter 1 : Introduction
Chapter 2 : Maintenance as a Strategic Tool for Asset Management
Chapter 3 : Reliability Evaluation and Lifetime Evaluation
Chapter 4 : Reliability-Centered Asset Management Method
Chapter 5 : Electric Power System Reliability and Asset Management
Chapter 6 : RCAM Case for Electrical Distribution Systems
Chapter 7 : RCAM Case Wind Power Systems
Chapter 8 : RCAM Case Reliability and Maintenance Component Modeling
Chapter 9 : RCAM Case Maintenance Optimization
Chapter 10 : RCAM Case Hydropower Systems

Appendix A : Specification of Input Data to RADPOW
Appendix B : Input Data for the RCM Cable Application Study
Appendix C : Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering
References
Index