(Cranfield University, 2009-09) Ingham, James; Sehdev, K.
In order to manage a modern day gas turbine plant, an operator must collect and
disseminate a wide range of knowledge, for decision making and for reporting to high
level management. Often, an operator must also justify its decisions to a parent
company. A key element of power plant management is the use of maintenance
strategy, in order to maintain its equipment in an adequate condition so as to reliably
produce power when required. This thesis seeks to explore and define the links between
effective knowledge management and effective power plant management, which are
explored to produce a replicable best practice methodology for a human capital and
technology driven KM system in order to enhance operator profitability.