Equipment Failure Rates: Generator
Equipment failure rates, MTBF, MTTR, and downtime statistics for electrical and mechanical plant equipment. Primary data from the USACE PREP reliability database (IEEE Std 3006.8-2018 Table 2), covering ~280 equipment classes. Supplemental data from IEEE motor and transformer surveys.
| equipment type | class code | description | failure rate per year (failures/year) | failures (count) | mdt hours (h) | mtbf hours (h) | mttm hours (h) | mttr hours (h) | standard | survey | unit years (unit-years) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Generator | DS-GNR | Generator subsystem (standby diesel package) | — | — | — | 16,091 | — | — | IEEE Std 3005.4-2020 | IEEE_3005.4_Diesel_Subsystems | — |
| Generator | E18-111 | Generator, diesel engine, | 1.063559 | 16 | — | 8,237 | — | — | IEEE Std 3006.8-2018 Table 2 | USACE_PREP | 15 |
| Generator | E18-112 | Generator, diesel engine, | 0.327591 | 281 | 4.88 | 26,741 | 1.69 | 12.24 | IEEE Std 3006.8-2018 Table 2 | USACE_PREP | 857.8 |
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