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2012 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel
Renewal Decision Support for Linear Assets
verfasst von : Yong Sun, Lin Ma, Warwick Robinson, Michael Purser, Avin Mathew, Colin Fidge
Erschienen in: Engineering Asset Management and Infrastructure Sustainability
Verlag: Springer London
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Abstract
Linear (or continuous) assets are engineering infrastructure that usually spans long distances and can be divided into different segments, all of which perform the same function but may be subject to different loads and environmental conditions. Typical linear assets include railway lines, roads, pipelines and cables. How and when to renew such assets are critical decisions for asset owners as they normally involves significant capital investment. Through investigating the characteristics of linear asset renewal decisions and identifying the critical requirements that are associated with renewal decisions, we present a multi-criteria decision support method to help optimise renewal decisions. A case study that concerns renewal of an economiser’s tubing system in a coal-fired power station is adopted to demonstrate the application of the method. Although the paper concerns a particular linear asset decision type, the approach has broad applicability for linear asset management generally.