Quantifying the Cost of Unplanned Outage at Khartoum North Thermal Power Station

Abstract

This research concerns with the energy resources in Sudan. It includes the steam plants, their unplanned outage problems. The study conducted on Dr. Sharief power station in Khartoum north. The research is studied the station problems occurring during the period (Jan 2011 to Dec 2015), the maintenance program procedure and management method description. Losses resulting from unplanned outage were calculated. The rest of maintenance was not calculated because there were no enough data about material at the time in the unplanned outage case, communication, cleaning, lubrication and transportation. In conclusion recommendations to prevention or reduction in the unplanned outage has been represented, station should also be rehabilitated, this will improve the station efficiency.