**3.1 Pillar of specific improvements (recommended group: coordinators of ME, MA (plant managers), MP, and SMA)**

Objective: To maximize the overall efficiency of the equipment and the operation through the analysis and elimination of operational losses (**Table 1**).

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**Table 1.**

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**Evaluation/progress/criteria Background/objective Expected condition**

To increase the knowledge of the whole operation and to standardize the knowledge of the participants of the working group, using the tools of quality

Identify the distortions between the actual and expected (standard or standard) of each engine/ plant. Identify fuel and lubricant/engine/plant consumptions, knowing the performance of each one to be able to act on improvements

Allow to identify the fundamental causes of each selected loss, the actual operating conditions of each motor/auxiliary equipment (clearances, paint, leaks, instrumentation, working environment conditions, qualification of operators, necessary and available tools,

Organize the various activities necessary to eliminate identified losses, in order of priority (from highest to lowest) and investment (from

After achieving the expected results, standardize the procedures that should be followed by all operators

Improving the quality of information to assist in the investigation of losses and their eliminations

lowest to highest)

etc.)

**Pillar of specific improvements Evaluation/progress/criteria**

Working group formed, operational flow completed in a clear and didactic way, equipment, priorities, and main risks identified and being known by all participants

Motors, auxiliary equipment, and operations identified with their nominal and actual capacities Criterion to analyze and identify the main losses of the operation, stratify, and classify graphically in

Use of the MASP tools to analyze and solve identified losses. PDCA,

Plan of action prepared by the working group with actions, responsibility, deadlines, and progress of the activities chosen in the item above, through the

Put the action plan into practice, and compare the results before

Interim operational standard completed and being used by the operators in each engine and

Performance of the operation/ motor and auxiliary equipment being evaluated by comparing the indicators and objectives defined for each engine/plant. Information of the operational reports being provided with quality and accompanied by the managers, supervisors, and operators. No data distortion

auxiliary equipment

A, B, and C (Pareto)

Fishbone, 5W2H Methodology being used to investigate and eliminate losses

MASP tools

and after

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1. Elaborate complete and detailed flow of the operation, identifying the various auxiliary engines and equipment, their respective priorities, and main risks. Note the current conditions so that you can compare after the improvements are implemented

2. Identify the generation capacities in MW of each engine/plant—standard and real—and the current losses of the operation, quantifying through the Pareto chart

3. Investigate losses in detail according to the priority grades I, II, and III of the chart, presenting alternatives for reducing or eliminating current losses found

4. Prepare detailed action plan for the chosen losses, and develop a schedule of activities, following the MASP methodology

5. Standardize operational procedures, ensuring that engines and auxiliary equipment are operated within the required conditions of pressure, temperature, speed, rpm, etc.

6. Analyze the existing operational reports, and make the necessary modifications to improve the quality of the annotated information, including maintenance stops by motor or auxiliary equipment, lack of spare parts, labor problems, transportation, etc.

*Pillar of specific improvements.*

for later comparison


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**Table 1.** *Pillar of specific improvements.*

*Maintenance Management*

of the lubricated components, the second objective of this process became defect

• In the upper left, you can see the simplification of the eight pillars of the TPM,

• The left-center part shows the diagnostic activities that allow to know the technical state of the motors, to know whether or not they can be used in the pre-dispatch

• The right part shows the application of the fuzzy logic, to perform the pre-dispatch of load, according to the fuzzy rules that meet the technical state of the engines.

• In the lower left, we show the reliability analyses, which together with the diagnosis allow us to know when it is possible for each motor to fail to consider

**3. Fragments used for implant and end methodology TPM program**

This chapter presents a new solution proposal, which includes the predispatch of load focused on the operational conditions of the machines using computational tools, specifically fuzzy logic. This application incorporates some novelties, such as good maintenance management through TPM program for decision-making, including performance indicators of the generating units such as vibration, lubricating oil, and temperature, analyzing if the generating unit will operate and maintain reliability or will get into maintenance due to poorly

**3.1 Pillar of specific improvements (recommended group: coordinators of ME,** 

Objective: To maximize the overall efficiency of the equipment and the opera-

tion through the analysis and elimination of operational losses (**Table 1**).

control for predictive maintenance [12].

it in the pre-dispatch of load.

for four pillars.

*Methodology. Source: Authors.*

diagnosed performance.

**MA (plant managers), MP, and SMA)**

of load.

**Figure 1.**

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