MODELO DE CRITICIDAD OPERACIONAL EN GENERADORES DE PARQUES EOLICOS

Abstract

What set of elements does the attention of enterprise’s resources require? What priority do the activities have within the process of asset management? They are usually some of the questions formulated, and their answers can only be obtained carrying out an adequate classification of assets. The operational criticality analysis of assets in the energy sector represents the best tool to rank a set of equipment and/or components that belongs to a structure of assets, based on their importance for the operations, safety, processes, environment, maintenance costs, and reliability. In the Eolic Sector, sometimes the asset management can reach a high grade of complexity. The application of methodologies, as RBI (Risk Based Inspection), RCA (Root Cause Analysis), RCM (Reliability Centered Maintenance) and C/RO (Cost/RisK Optimisation), are very important to minimize the number of necessary interventions within an environment where the logical aspects usually define the way to follow. The classification by components, applying methods of criticality really framed into the operative context of eolic parks, is the starting point to make up maintenance and inspection activities by using the methods mentioned previously. Moreover, it represents an important entry for the process of taking decisions related to improvements, design changes, and development of new technologies. Key words: Criticality, Classification, Eolic, Asset, Maintenance, processes, environment, Costs, Reliability