• Journal of the Korean Statistical Society
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.399-413
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• 1999

• Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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• v.20 no.42
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• pp.111-119
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• 1997

본 연구는 초기에 모집단에 취약한 부분에서 고장률의 증가가 생성하는 경우의 수정수명 곳선에 관련한 것이다. 이후 고장률은 전형적 수명곡선에 따른다. 따라서 고장률 h(t)와 평균잔존수명 m(t)와의 관계는 새로운 비교가 제시되어야 하고 새로운 수리적 분석을 수행하여야한다. 본 연구의 수리적 분석의 결과로 고장률과 평균잔존수명에 대한 최적Burn-In 타임은 일치하지 않는다.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers P
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• v.58 no.4
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• pp.410-415
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• 2009

With the implementation of electric power industry reform, the utilities are looking for effective ways to improve the economic efficiency. One area in particular, the equipment maintenance, is being scrutinized for reducing costs while keeping a reasonable level of the reliability in the overall system. Here the conventional RCM requires the tradeoff between the upfront maintenance costs and the potential costs of losing loads. In this paper we describe the issues related to applying so-called the "Reliability-centered Maintenance" (RCM) method in managing electric power distribution equipment. The RCM method is especially useful as it explicitly incorporates the cost-tradeoff of interest, i.e. the upfront maintenance costs and the potential interruption costs, in determining which equipment to be maintained and how often. In comparison, the "Time-based Maintenance" (TBM) method, the traditional method widely used, only takes the lifetime of equipment into consideration. In this paper, the modified Markov model for maintenance is developed. First, the existing Markov model for maintenance is explained and analyzed about transformer and circuit breaker, so on. Second, developed model is introduced and described. This model has two different points compared with existing model: TVFR and nonlinear customer interruption cost (CIC). That is, normal stage at the middle of bathtub curve has not CFR but the gradual increasing failure rate and the unit cost of CIC is increasing as the interruption time is increasing. The results of case studies represent the optimal maintenance interval to maintain the equipment with minimum costs. A numerical example is presented for illustration purposes.