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International Journal of Industrial Engineering Computations 3 (2012) 743–750 Contents lists available at GrowingScience International Journal of Industrial Engineering Computations homepage: www.GrowingS/ijiec Markov approach to evaluate the availability simulation model for power generation system in a thermal power plant   a* a b Ravinder Kumar , Avdhesh Kr. Sharma and P.C Tewari aDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, D.C.R University of Science Technology Sonepat, India bDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra, India A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Article history : In recent years, the availability of power plants has become increasingly important issue in most Received 22 April 2012 developed and developing countries. This paper aims to propose a methodology based on Markov Received in revised format approach to evaluate the availability simulation model for power generation system (Turbine) in a 7 July 2012 thermal power plant under realistic working environment. The effects of occurrence of Accepted July 19 2012 Available online failure/course of actions and availability of repair facilities on system performance have been 15 August 2012 investigated. Higher availability of the component