Maintenance Practices and Power Plants Operational Performance in Kenya
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2013-11Author
Ngatia, Gerald G
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This research was carried out on the maintenance practices and the operational
performance in the state and privately owned electric power suppliers in Kenya. The
study was a cross-sectional survey. Data was collected on the whole study population at a
single point in time to determine the maintenance practices and investigate their
relationship with the operational performance as the dependent variable measured
through availability and cost per unit. It also focused on the failure distribution within the
studied power plants. The research population included a total of 25 power suppliers
composed of 22 state and 3 privately owned power plants.
The study was done through collection of the objective data from the plant records.
Additional data was obtained from the plant managers who were the respondents in the
study. Data analysis was carried out using descriptive statistics presented through
spearman’s rank correlation and t-value for the analysis. To enable collection of
representative data for the study, the power plants 6 months operational data was used
and the analysis was carried out in line with the above stated objectives.
The study found out that there existed a relationship between the maintenance practices
and the power plant operational performance. Power plants that emphasized spare parts
supply most among the maintenance practices studied performed better than the other
plants. Additionally there was a direct relationship between the availability of the power
plants and the production cost per unit.
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Ngatia,Gerald G.;November,2013.Maintenance Practices And Power Plants Operational Performance In Kenya.Publisher
University of Nairobi College of Humanities and Social Sciences