Terms and Definitions for Use in Reporting Gas Turbine Generating Unit Reliability

This paper describes terms and definitions for use in reporting reliability of gas turbines and combinedcycle generating units. The terms include the basic reliability concept, unit states, state terms, capacity terms and time terms, and definitions. 54 terms and definitions for use in statistics and assessment of reliability of gas turbines and combinedcycle generating units are given in this paper. The terms are applied to reliability research and management of gas turbines and combinedcycle generating units.