Systems and methods for fault analysis
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1. A system, comprising:
- sensors that capture one or more data measurements of machinery comprising a gas turbine having at least an inlet and a high pressure compressor, the one or more data measurements comprising;
an efficiency of the high pressure compressor, a temperature at the inlet, a pressure at the inlet, a discharge pressure of the high pressure compressor, a power output of the gas turbine, or any combination thereof; and
a protection monitoring system, comprising at least one processor configured to;
accumulate the one or more data measurements and determine a trend of the one or more measurements of the machinery;
analyze the trend of the one or more data measurements of the machinery to identify one or more patterns indicative of a potential future fault within the machinery in the trend; and
generate a graphical user interface that provides a graphical indication of a fault prediction, generate and present an alarm that provides an indication of the fault prediction, generate and present an alert that provides an indication of the fault prediction, control, via a controller, the machinery by performing a tapered deceleration of machinery operating speeds or shut down of the machinery in response to the fault prediction, prior to a fault in the machinery, or any combination thereof based upon the identified one or more patterns;
wherein;
the one or more data measurements comprise at least the temperature at the inlet and the pressure at the inlet, and the analysis comprises;
determining a quotient of a ratio of the temperature at the inlet to the pressure at the inlet, comparing the quotient with a predetermined threshold value, and when the quotient breaches the predetermined threshold value, predict a fault;
orthe one or more data measurements comprise at least the efficiency of the high pressure compressor and the analysis comprises;
identifying a spiked decrease in the efficiency of the high pressure compressor, and upon identifying the spiked decrease, predict a fault.
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A system, includes machinery; and a protection monitoring system, comprising a processor configured to: analyze a trend of one or more data measurements of the machinery for one or more patterns indicative of a potential future fault within the machinery in the trend; and provide a fault prediction based upon the analysis of the trend.
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1. A system, comprising:
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sensors that capture one or more data measurements of machinery comprising a gas turbine having at least an inlet and a high pressure compressor, the one or more data measurements comprising;
an efficiency of the high pressure compressor, a temperature at the inlet, a pressure at the inlet, a discharge pressure of the high pressure compressor, a power output of the gas turbine, or any combination thereof; anda protection monitoring system, comprising at least one processor configured to; accumulate the one or more data measurements and determine a trend of the one or more measurements of the machinery; analyze the trend of the one or more data measurements of the machinery to identify one or more patterns indicative of a potential future fault within the machinery in the trend; and generate a graphical user interface that provides a graphical indication of a fault prediction, generate and present an alarm that provides an indication of the fault prediction, generate and present an alert that provides an indication of the fault prediction, control, via a controller, the machinery by performing a tapered deceleration of machinery operating speeds or shut down of the machinery in response to the fault prediction, prior to a fault in the machinery, or any combination thereof based upon the identified one or more patterns; wherein; the one or more data measurements comprise at least the temperature at the inlet and the pressure at the inlet, and the analysis comprises;
determining a quotient of a ratio of the temperature at the inlet to the pressure at the inlet, comparing the quotient with a predetermined threshold value, and when the quotient breaches the predetermined threshold value, predict a fault;
orthe one or more data measurements comprise at least the efficiency of the high pressure compressor and the analysis comprises;
identifying a spiked decrease in the efficiency of the high pressure compressor, and upon identifying the spiked decrease, predict a fault. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A tangible, non-transitory, machine-readable medium, comprising instructions to:
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obtain data measurement trends related to one or more characteristics of a piece of machinery, wherein the machinery comprises a gas turbine having at least an inlet and a high pressure compressor, and wherein the one or more characteristics comprise;
an efficiency of the high pressure compressor, a temperature at the inlet, a pressure at the inlet, a discharge pressure of the high pressure compressor, a power output of the gas turbine, or any combination thereof and the one or more characteristics are captured via one or more data sensors associated with the piece of machinery and are accumulated to determine the data measurement trends;analyze the data measurement trends to identify one or more patterns indicative of a potential future fault within the machinery; and generate a graphical user interface that provides a graphical indication of a fault prediction, generate and present an alarm that provides an indication of the fault prediction, generate and present an alert that provides an indication of the fault prediction, control, via a controller, the piece of machinery by performing a tapered deceleration of machinery operating speeds or shut down of the machinery in response to the fault prediction, prior to a fault in the piece of machinery, or any combination thereof based upon the identified one or more patterns; wherein; the one or more characteristics comprise at least the temperature at the inlet and the pressure at the inlet, and the analysis comprises;
determining a quotient of a ratio of the temperature at the inlet to the pressure at the inlet, comparing the quotient with a predetermined threshold value, and when the quotient breaches the predetermined threshold value, predict a fault;
orthe one or more characteristics comprise at least the efficiency of the high pressure compressor and the analysis comprises;
identifying a spiked decrease in the efficiency of the high pressure compressor, and upon identifying the spiked decrease, predict a fault. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method, comprising:
predicting, via a computer processor, a potential machinery fault by; obtaining data measurement trends related to one or more characteristics of the machinery, wherein the machinery comprises a gas turbine having at least an inlet and a high pressure compressor, and wherein the one or more characteristics comprise;
an efficiency of the high pressure compressor, a temperature at the inlet, a pressure at the inlet, a discharge pressure of the high pressure compressor, a power output of the gas turbine, or any combination thereof and the one or more characteristics are captured via one or more data sensors associated with the piece of machinery and are accumulated to determine the data measurement trends;analyzing the data measurement trends to identify one or more patterns indicative of a potential future fault within the machinery; and generating a graphical user interface that provides a graphical indication of providing a fault prediction, generating and presenting an alarm that provides an indication of the fault prediction, generating and presenting an alert that provides an indication of the fault prediction, controlling, via a controller, the machinery by performing a tapered deceleration of machinery operating speeds or shut down of the machinery in response to the fault prediction, prior to a fault in the machinery, or any combination thereof based upon the identified one or more patterns; wherein; the one or more characteristics comprise at least the temperature at the inlet and the pressure at the inlet, and the analysis comprises;
determining a quotient of a ratio of the temperature at the inlet to the pressure at the inlet, comparing the quotient with a predetermined threshold value, and when the quotient breaches the predetermined threshold value, predict a fault;
orthe one or more characteristics comprise at least the efficiency of the high pressure compressor and the analysis comprises;
identifying a spiked decrease in the efficiency of the high pressure compressor, and upon identifying the spiked decrease, predict a fault.- View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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