Message-ID: <334959A5.5670@uniontel.net> Date: Mon, 7 Apr 1997 13:31:33 -0700 From: David Johnson <mailto:pinefarm@UNIONTEL.NET> Subject: Re: Power politics To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
Florin Jurcovici wrote: >
> Speaking of powerplant maintenace (not in the USA, Asia, South
> America or Africa, but in Romania), my Institute (The Institute for
> Welding and Material Testing in Timisoara) is about to make a proposal
> (to our national Research and echnology Ministery)
> for the devlopment of a computer network which should joint together
> operating power plants, power plant equipment manufacturers, firms
> that offer maintenance services, research institutes concerned with
> maintenance and so on. At this moment, we have allready developed a
> Maintenance Manual. We want to develop a database system whitch
> should provide just-in-time information to those power plants
> connected to the network, for reparation or maintenance of their
> equipment. We found out that the lack of information is one of the
> most frequently causes for bad or missing maintenance. Another reason for
> bad maintenance is the not-awareness of power plants of the
> positive economical effects of a good, modern and healthy maintenance system.
>
> We also want to develop a computation module, available through
> the network, for estimation of remnant life-time of several components.
> Of course, it will take time to achieve all these objectives.
>
> The situation in Eastern Europe is not that bad as described by
> David Johnson, but the problem in low interest and old maintenace
> procedures is actual for us (I think for all East-European
> countries).
>
> The Manual mentioned above is done by co-operation
> between my institute and specialists from Germany, so we think
> it is up to date regarding the scientifical and technical knowledge
> contained.
>
> Typically, the effectiveness of East-European power
> plants is 5-10% lower than that of western power plants.
> That's another thing to worry about, since those power plants
> produce lower quantities of energy with higher pollution.
> Re-tehnologization of power plants, also covered in the Manual,
> is another important topic for aged power plants from lower developed
> parts of the earth - as Eastern Europe is.
>
> If others are interested in this, please send e-mail to the group,
> I will try to sumarize the progress of the project for You.
` This is a good example of what I was talking about Dave Johnson