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Reliability Improvement of
Distribution System Using Reliability
Centered Maintenance

Tirapong K , Titti S
Provincial Electricity Authority (THAILAND)
www.pea.co.th
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To presents methodology of RCM for

prediction , evaluation and optimize reliability
activities against budget limit in maintenance
process to improve distribution system
reliability and quality
 Introduction

High impact on
cost of electricity

High correlation with Distribution

customer satisfaction Reliability

Difficult for utilities to

address in whole picture

Provincial Electricity Authority, Thailand

RCM(Reliability Centered Maintenance)

Maintenance
management

Preventive Money
maintenance efficiently
RCM(Reliability Centered Maintenance)

System
selection and
information
collection
System Failure Mode
boundary and Method
definition Analysis

Maintenance
Table
Evaluate
Effect Analysis improvement
and Logic tree SAIFI,SAIDI
diagram Reliability
Improvement
Opportunity
Graph
 Case study
Reliability improvement in
Chiangmai municipal area 2003

2014
2011

2011

SAIFI 3.36 2013

SAIDI 72.27
2012
SAIFI <2
2012 SAIDI <20
 FEEDER STUDY

2011 INDEX EQUIPMENT

SAIFI 0.323 CMD10 T/L 48

SAIDI 9.035 T/R 19

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Critical Failure Mode

 Correction of Outages
1 Patrol and tree trimming

2 Replace insulated cable instead bare conductor

3 install Bird Guard and insulation cover at bushing , Drop out fuse

4 Replace transformer lead conductor to insulated conductor

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RIO Curve
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CMD10 RIO curve

 Failure Rate

Failure Rate
After maintenance
Before
maintenance Best case Worst case

CMD10 1.412 0.210 0.377

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