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Course Outline
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The course introduces basic concepts of maintenance engineering as applied to electrical engineering.
Course Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Use computer aided maintenance and maintenance management tools in electrical engineering.
Introduction of maintenance:
Terms, definitions, Maintenance as a discipline and its department; Relationship with organization and
its structures. Services. (6 hours)
Maintenance Management:
Schedules and programmes. Special problems. Inventory and job reports. Storage and stock control. Life
cycles. Planned Maintenance: Meaning, characteristics, benefits and strategies. Maintenance data.
Economics of Maintenance:
Life cycle costs (LCCs). Maintenance and asset value. Risk and reliability. Hire or buy and maintain.
(6 hours)
Procedures. Classification, scope and frequency of maintenance. Tools; ropes, slings and slinging
arrangements, jacks, miscellaneous hoisting and haulage equipment, equipment, ovens, instruments,
tools and fixtures. Protective systems in safety of equipment. Abnormal operating conditions.
Safeguards for operator’s safety. Safety management in O & M. Maintenance and safety processes.
Safety procedures during inspection, testing, and repairing. Maintenance zones. (8 hours)
The course will be taught by using lectures, tutorials, laboratory work and assignments.
Assessment
The course will be assessed through assignments, tests, practical work and final examination. Their
relative contribution to the final grade is shown below:
Requirements Contribution
Assignments 5%
Tests 10%
Practical Work 25 %
Total 100%
References
1. Keith , H 1997, Power System Commissioning and Maintenance Practice (Energy Engineering),
2. Keith , M 2014, Maintenance Engineering Handbook, 8th edn, McGraw-Hill Professional, New York.
3. Mishra R.C. & Pathak K. 2004, Maintenance Engineering and Management, 2nd edn, Prentice-Hall of
5. Allan R. Hambley, (2009) Electrical Engineering; Principles and Applications, 5th Edition, Prentice Hall.