EVALUATING ROBOTICS TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE POWER INDUSTRY: TECHNOLOGY VALUE ANALYSIS

The electric power utilities as important social infrastructures should be operated stably without any failure in supply of electricity. For stable operation, it is necessary to input huge amount of resource and investment throughout power generation, transmission and distribution facilities. Partic...

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Published inProceedings of the International Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Management pp. 1 - 11
Main Authors Daim, Tugrul U, Yoon, Byung-Sung, Lindenberg, John, Grizzi, Robert, Estep, Judith, Oliver, Terry
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published Huntsville American Society for Engineering Management (ASEM) 01.01.2016
Subjects
Bibliometrics
Blackouts
Case studies
Division
Electric industries
Electric power
Electric power distribution
Electric power transmission
Electric utilities
Electricity
Electricity distribution
Environmental impact
Forecasting
Inspection
International conferences
Keywords
Manpower
Nuclear electric power generation
Nuclear power plants
Power lines
R&D
Repair & maintenance
Research & development
Robotics
Robots
Social network analysis
Social networks
Strategic planning
Task forces
Technological planning
Technology
Technology assessment
Transmission lines
Value analysis
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Summary:The electric power utilities as important social infrastructures should be operated stably without any failure in supply of electricity. For stable operation, it is necessary to input huge amount of resource and investment throughout power generation, transmission and distribution facilities. Particularly, constant inspection and maintenance of the facilities requires highly skilled manpower and advanced technologies. In spite of endless efforts, the electric power industry is facing serious challenges from social, economic and environmental problems. In this regard, a number of robotic systems have been tested and applied for inspection and maintenance in nuclear power plants and high voltage power transmission lines. The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) which conducts research, development and demonstration (RD&D) relating to the generation, delivery and use of electricity for the benefit of the public wants to centralize the R&D capability of robotics technologies which are dispersed by each division in order to prevent duplicated investments and manage its R&D capability effectively. A hierarchical decision model was developed and applied to evaluate robotics technologies so that multiple benefits can be identified.