From Corrective to Predictive Maintenance—A Review of Maintenance Approaches for the Power Industry

Appropriate maintenance of industrial equipment keeps production systems in good health and ensures the stability of production processes. In specific production sectors, such as the electrical power industry, equipment failures are rare but may lead to high costs and substantial economic losses not only for the power plant but for consumers and the larger society. Therefore, the power production industry relies on a variety of approaches to maintenance tasks, ranging from traditional solutions and engineering know-how to smart, AI-based analytics to avoid potential downtimes. This review shows the evolution of maintenance approaches to support maintenance planning, equipment monitoring and supervision. We…

• NN
  National Natural Science Foundation of China

  Awards: 61976120, BK20191445
• NS
  Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province

  Awards: 02/100/RGJ23/0026, BK20191445, 02/100/BK_23/0027, 61976120, 0053/DW/2018, 871163, 21KJA510004, 02/110/BK_23/1023
• SU
  Silesian University of Technology

  Awards: 02/100/BK_23/0027, 61976120, 02/110/BK_23/1023, 0053/DW/2018, BK20191445, 871163, 02/100/RGJ23/0026, 21KJA510004