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System for aiding the preparation of operation and maintenance plans for a power generation installation
Assignee: Mitsubishi Power Ltd
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Filing: 2004-01-13
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Granted: 2006-06-20
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Expires: 2024-01-13
Abstract
Abstract In order to provide an operation and maintenance planning aiding system for a power generation installation which prepares an operation plan for a plurality of power generation units by making use of actual plant data and based on a total judgement including a variety of circumstances of the machine and apparatus or the parts thereof in the power generation units, in the system the plurality of power generation units 41, 42, 51 and 52 , a power supply command center 3 and a service center 1 are arranged and connected via a communication network 6 , the service center 1 obtains the plant data via the communication network 6 from the plurality of power generation units 41, 42, 51 and 52 , calculates in real time a power generation efficiency of a concerned power generation unit for every plurality of power generation units 41, 42 51 and 52 by making use of the obtained plant data and design data of the concerned power generation unit and prepares an operation and maintenance plan for each of the power generation units based on the calculated power generation efficiency.
Inventors
- 👤 Yoshiharu Hayashi
- 👤 Hidekazu Fujimura
- 👤 Masao Furukawa
- 👤 Katsuhito Shimizu
- 👤 Yasushi Hayasaka
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-02 10:43
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06Q; G06Q10/00; G06Q10/06; G05; G05F; G05F1/00; G05F1/66; G06Q50/00; G06Q50/06; H; H02; H02J; H02J3/00; H02J3/11; H02J2103/00; H02J2103/30; Y; Y02; Y02B; Y02B70/00; Y02B70/30; Y02B70/3225; Y02E; Y02E40/00; Y02E40/70; Y02E60/00; Y04; Y04S; Y04S10/00; Y04S10/50; Y04S20/00; Y04S20/20; Y04S20/222; Y04S40/00; Y04S40/20; Y10; Y10S; Y10S706/00; Y10S706/902; Y10S706/911; Y10S706/914; Y10S706/915
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
114 words
A system for aiding the preparation of operation and maintenance plans for a power generation installation, comprising: means for obtaining plant data from a plurality of power generation units; means for determining deviation values between process values estimated according to a machine and apparatus model by making use of the obtained plant data and measured data for the every plurality of power generation units; and means for comparing between a cost of economical loss caused by a power generation efficiency reduction of the concerned power generation unit calculated from the determined deviation value and a cost relating to exchange of the machine and apparatus and the parts thereof in the concerned power generation unit.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
114 words
A system for aiding the preparation of operation and maintenance plans for a power generation installation, comprising: means for obtaining plant data from a plurality of power generation units; means for determining deviation values between process values estimated according to a machine and apparatus model by making use of the obtained plant data and measured data for the every plurality of power generation units; and means for comparing between a cost of economical loss caused by a power generation efficiency reduction of the concerned power generation unit calculated from the determined deviation value and a cost relating to exchange of the machine and apparatus and the parts thereof in the concerned power generation unit.
Claim 3
Independent Claim
145 words
A system for aiding the preparation of operation and maintenance plans for a power generation installation, comprising: means for obtaining plant data from a plurality of power generation units; means for estimating process values according to a machine and apparatus model by making use of the obtained plant data for the every plurality of power generation units; means for determining deviation values between the estimated values and measured values; means for calculating a cost of economical loss caused by a power generation efficiency reduction of the concerned power generation unit from the determined deviation value; means for comparing between the calculated cost of economical loss and a cost relating to exchange of the machine and apparatus and the parts thereof in the concerned power generation unit; and means for preparing operation and maintenance plans for the respective power generation units according to the comparison result.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
145 words
A system for aiding the preparation of operation and maintenance plans for a power generation installation, comprising: means for obtaining plant data from a plurality of power generation units; means for estimating process values according to a machine and apparatus model by making use of the obtained plant data for the every plurality of power generation units; means for determining deviation values between the estimated values and measured values; means for calculating a cost of economical loss caused by a power generation efficiency reduction of the concerned power generation unit from the determined deviation value; means for comparing between the calculated cost of economical loss and a cost relating to exchange of the machine and apparatus and the parts thereof in the concerned power generation unit; and means for preparing operation and maintenance plans for the respective power generation units according to the comparison result.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
92 words
A system for aiding the preparation of operation and maintenance plans for a power generation installation according to claim 1 , wherein failure histories of the machine and apparatus or the parts thereof in the plurality of power generation units are stored in a database, a failure probability of the machine and apparatus or the parts thereof is calculated by making use of the failure histories stored in the database, and an operation and maintenance plan for each of the power generation units is prepared in view of the calculated failure probability.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
92 words
A system for aiding the preparation of operation and maintenance plans for a power generation installation according to claim 2 , wherein failure histories of the machine and apparatus or the parts thereof in the plurality of power generation units are stored in a database, a failure probability of the machine and apparatus or the parts thereof is calculated by making use of the failure histories stored in the database, and an operation and maintenance plan for each of the power generation units is prepared in view of the calculated failure probability.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
93 words
A system for aiding the preparation of operation and maintenance plans for a power generation installation according to claim 1 , wherein manufacturers of the machine and apparatus or the parts thereof in the plurality of power generation units and superiority with regard to reliability and maintenance capacity of the manufacturers are stored in a database and an operation and maintenance plan for each of the power generation units is prepared in view of the superiority of the manufacturers stored in the database when evaluating the machine and apparatus or the parts thereof.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
93 words
A system for aiding the preparation of operation and maintenance plans for a power generation installation according to claim 2 , wherein manufacturers of the machine and apparatus or the parts thereof in the plurality of power generation units and superiority with regard to reliability and maintenance capacity of the manufacturers are stored in a database and an operation and maintenance plan for each of the power generation units is prepared in view of the superiority of the manufacturers stored in the database when evaluating the machine and apparatus or the parts thereof.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
138 words
A method of aiding the preparation of operation and maintenance plans for a power generation installation, the method comprising the acts of: obtaining plant data from a plurality of power generation units; estimating process values according to a machine and apparatus model by making use of the obtained plant data for the every plurality of power generation units; determining deviation values between the estimated values and measured values; calculating a cost of economical loss caused by a power generation efficiency reduction of the concerned power generation unit from the determined deviation value; comparing between the calculated cost of economical loss and a cost relating to exchange of the machine and apparatus and the parts thereof in the concerned power generation unit; and preparing operation and maintenance plans for the respective power generation units according to the comparison result.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
138 words
A method of aiding the preparation of operation and maintenance plans for a power generation installation, the method comprising the acts of: obtaining plant data from a plurality of power generation units; estimating process values according to a machine and apparatus model by making use of the obtained plant data for the every plurality of power generation units; determining deviation values between the estimated values and measured values; calculating a cost of economical loss caused by a power generation efficiency reduction of the concerned power generation unit from the determined deviation value; comparing between the calculated cost of economical loss and a cost relating to exchange of the machine and apparatus and the parts thereof in the concerned power generation unit; and preparing operation and maintenance plans for the respective power generation units according to the comparison result.
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