Equipment aging, aging detection, and aging management: a review

Abstract

It is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore the importance of equipment aging in critical industries such as power generation plants, oil and gas plants, etc. since many system components are approaching the end of their designed operational lifetime. New installations of system components in these critical industries will be extremely costly whilst any increase in demand will be too small to warrant totally new facilities. Aging management can be an alternative for this aging equipment to ensure its safety and reliability. This review aims to provide a brief understanding of equipment aging, aging detection and recent research into aging management.