ABSTRACT
The 36 times (hours) to the first failure of a single 500 MW generator collected over a six-year period [1,2] are given in Table 45.1. The data are the operating times between each outage or forced derating of the single 500 MW generator. It was assumed that after each repair the generator was as good as new [1]. Times (h) between Generator Outages
58
70
90
105
113
121
153
159
224
421
570
596
618
834
1019
1104
1497
2027
2234
2372
2433
2505
2690
2877
2879
3166
3455
3551
4378
4872
5085
5272
5341
8952
9188
11,399
