Development of Optimized Maintenance Program for a Steam Boiler System Using Reliability-Centered Maintenance Approach

Suyog S. Patil, Anand K. Bewoor, Ravinder Kumar, Mohammad Hossein Ahmadi (), Mohsen Sharifpur () and Seepana PraveenKumar
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Suyog S. Patil: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Zeal College of Engineering, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune 411041, Maharashtra, India
Anand K. Bewoor: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Cummins College of Engineering for Women, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune 411052, Maharashtra, India
Ravinder Kumar: School of Mechanical Engineering, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara 144411, Punjab, India
Mohammad Hossein Ahmadi: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood 3619995161, Iran
Mohsen Sharifpur: Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa
Seepana PraveenKumar: Department of Nuclear and Renewable Energy, Ural Federal University Named After the First President of Russia Boris, 19 Mira Street, 620002 Ekaterinburg, Russia

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 16, 1-20

Abstract: Reliability centered maintenance (RCM) is a new strategic framework for evaluating system maintenance requirements in its operating conditions. Some industries employ predictive maintenance strategies in addition to preventive maintenance (PM) strategies, which increase production costs. As the breakdown maintenance (BDM) technique is used, the maintenance cost increases. The RCM approach is a mixture of these maintenance strategies that can be used to optimize the maintenance costs and to ensure the availability of the system. The RCM method was applied to the steam boiler system used in the textile industries for the research work reported in this paper. The RCM methodology stated in the literature cannot be implemented, as it is in Indian textile industries due to the lack of knowledge of RCM principles, a labor-oriented nature, the use of partially computerized information systems, an inadequate maintenance database, and information about maintenance costs and production loss. To resolve these issues, a modified RCM approach involving a large number of experts is developed. To apply this RCM methodology, critical components are identified through reliability and failure mode effect and criticality analysis (FMECA). Finally, scheduled maintenance strategies and their intervals are recommended to ensure that the system continues to operate properly. According to this study, implementing the RCM technique effectively will increase boiler system reliability and availability by 28.15 percent and 0.16 percent, respectively. Additionally, up to 20.32 percent of the maintenance cost can be saved annually by applying these scheduled maintenance programs.

Keywords: reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) model; decision logic diagram; preventive maintenance; steam boiler (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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