Infrastructure Asset Management with Power System Applications

6.4.5 Survey about XLPE Cables Affected by Water Treeing -- 6.4.5.1 Introduction -- 6.4.5.2 Collection of Basic Data -- 6.4.5.3 Analysis of the Statistics -- 6.4.5.4 Results -- 6.4.5.5 Conclusions and Further Analysis -- 6.5 RCM Application Studies Using Approach I -- 6.5.1 Approach -- 6.5.2 Flymen: A Rural Overhead Line System -- 6.5.2.1 Definition of the Flymen System -- 6.5.2.2 Network, Power, and Customer Input Data -- 6.5.2.3 Reliability Input Data -- 6.5.2.4 Definition of Failure Rates for Overhead Lines -- 6.5.2.5 Cost Input Data -- 6.5.2.6 Reliability Analysis -- 6.5.2.7 Results from RADPOW -- 6.5.2.8 Identifying the Critical Components -- 6.5.2.9 Analysis of Critical Load Points -- 6.5.2.10 Benefits of Maintaining the Overhead Lines -- 6.5.2.11 Summarizing Analysis -- 6.5.2.12 Overhead Lines Replaced by Underground Cables -- 6.5.2.13 Conclusion -- 6.5.3 Birka: An Urban Underground Cable System -- 6.5.3.1 Definition of the Birka System -- 6.5.3.2 Sources of Input Data for the Birka System -- 6.5.3.3 Customer and Power Input Data -- 6.5.3.4 More about the Input Data -- 6.5.3.5 Component Reliability Input Data -- 6.5.3.6 Impact of the Length of the 11 kV Cable -- 6.5.3.7 Reliability Analysis -- 6.5.3.8 Identifying the Critical Components -- 6.5.3.9 Impact of Different Cable Voltage Levels -- 6.5.3.10 The Benefit of Maintaining the 11 kV Cable -- 6.5.3.11 Concluding Remarks on the Birka System -- 6.5.4 Conclusion -- 6.5.5 Concluding Remarks about the Approach for Relating Reliability and PM -- 6.6 Modeling the Relationship between Failure Rate and Maintenance: Approach II -- 6.6.1 Introduction -- 6.6.1.1 Definitions of Parameters for Component Behavior -- 6.6.1.2 Objective -- 6.6.1.3 Process and Logic -- 6.6.2 Procedures for Modeling .(t,PM) -- 6.6.2.1 Supporting Data Sources -- 6.6.2.2 Modeling Steps -- 6.6.3 Modeling Failure Rate