The current reliability state division can not distinguish auxiliary equipments' working state with light defects. In this article
the operation states of auxiliary equipments are divided into healthy operation state and unhealthy operation state. The unhealthy operation state is classified into insufficient output type
friction and jam type
plug leakage type and lack of performance
according to different failure mechanisms. On the basis of analysis on fault data of the auxiliary equipments in 34 thermal power units
this paper puts forward the identification standard of the above four kinds of unhealthy operation states. The state division for auxiliary equipments based on unhealthy service status can reflect the degree of operation reliability accurately and provide the evidence and assurance for equipments management by the application in two power plants.