Managing centrifugal pump reliability in the context of total cost of ownership

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dc.contributor.author Van der Poel, J.
dc.contributor.author Van Waveren, Cornelis Cristo
dc.date.accessioned 2008-05-13T08:42:37Z
dc.date.available 2008-05-13T08:42:37Z
dc.date.issued 2007-11
dc.description.abstract The management of a population of centrifugal pumps in the petrochemical industry can be daunting. A popular method for strategically optimizing the maintenance and operation of these centrifugal pumps is to measure the reliability of the whole pump population in terms of Mean-Time-Between-Failures (MTBF). Too often MTBF improvement becomes the focus rather than a means of supporting the actual goal, namely Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) reduction. An increase in MTBF is intuitively associated with a reduction of TCO, but this is not necessarily true. This study proposes that the ‘MTBF vs time’ and ‘TCO vs MTBF’ curves are characteristics of a specific industrial plant. A tool for approximating the optimum TCO vs MTBF for a plant is introduced, and a qualitative framework for managing pump reliability in the TCO context is proposed. en
dc.description.abstract AFRIKAANS: Die bestuur van ’n sentrifugale pomppopulasie in die petrochemiese bedryf kan oorweldigend wees. ’n Populêre metode om die instandhouding en bedryf van hierdie sentrifugale pompe op ’n strategiese vlak te optimiseer, is om die betroubaarheid van die pomppopulasie in geheel, in terme van Gemiddelde-Tyd-Tussen-Falings (GTTF), te meet. Die fokus word te veel op die verbetering van die GTTF geplaas en nie op die eintlike doel, naamlik die vermindering van Totale Koste van Eienaarskap (TKE) nie. ‘n Verbetering in die GTTF word intuïtief geassosieer met ’n vermindering van TKE, maar dit is nie noodwendig waar nie. Hierdie studie stel voor dat die ‘GTTF vs Tyd’-kurwe en ‘TKE vs GTTF’-kurwe kenmerkend is van ’n spesifieke industriële aanleg. ’n Instrument om die benaderde optimum TKE vs GTTF vir ’n aanleg te bepaal, asook ‘n kwalitatiewe raamwerk om pomp betroubaarheid in die TKE konteks te bestuur, word voorgestel.
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dc.identifier.citation Van der Poel, J & Van Waveren, CC 2007, ‘Managing centrifugal pump reliability in the context of total cost of ownership', South African Journal of Industrial Engineering, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 57-70. [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_indeng.html] en
dc.identifier.issn 1012-277X
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/5248
dc.language.iso en en
dc.publisher Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering en
dc.rights Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering en
dc.subject Centrifugal pumps en
dc.subject Petrochemical industry en
dc.subject Mean-Time-Between-Failures (MTBF) en
dc.subject Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) en
dc.subject.lcsh Centrifugal pumps -- Performance -- South Africa
dc.subject.lcsh Petroleum chemicals industry -- Equipment and supplies
dc.title Managing centrifugal pump reliability in the context of total cost of ownership en
dc.type Article en


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