INTEGRATION OF CONDITION BASED MAINTENANCE TECHNOLOGIES INTO U.S. NAVY GAS TURBINE ENGINES

摘要

The benefits of utilizing Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) over a time based preventative approach to reduce life cycle costs has been well documented over the years. The U.S. Navy has been working through several separate programs, such as Smartship, Integrated Condition Assessment System (ICAS), Accelerated Capabilities Initiative (ACI), to develop this technology for use in the fleet. Recently, an effort was initiated to coordinate these programs in an application on marine gas turbines. This paper describes the phased process of CBM implementation on marine gas turbines and the resulting benefits of reduced life cycle costs and condition based engineering plant alignment.