Monitoring of primary devices in a power system

• US 10,302,702 B2
• Filed: 08/01/2014
• Issued: 05/28/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG (ABB Limited)
• Original Assignee: ABB Research Ltd. (ABB Limited)
• Inventors: Hencken, Kai, Schrag, Daniel, Krippner, Peter, Gemme, Carlo, Egman, Marco, Makela, Jarkko
• Primary Examiner(s): Rivera Vargas, Manuel A
• Application Number:
  US14/450,016
• Publication Number:
  US 20140343895A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,761 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/327 Testing of circuit interrupters, switches or circuit-breakers
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/62 Testing of transformers
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 23/0224 Process history based detection method, e.g. whereby history implies the availability of large amounts of data

Abstract

For monitoring diagnostic rules of a power system, an exemplary method is disclosed and includes collecting operational diagnostic data from a first primary device; identifying a change of a diagnostic indicator based on the operational diagnostic data; adapting a diagnostic rule to the identified change, wherein the diagnostic rule is applicable to the diagnostic data for determining a diagnostic warning which indicates a diagnostic state of a primary device; and providing a diagnostic warning of a second primary device by applying the adapted diagnostic rule to operational diagnostic data collected for the second primary device.

Claims

1. A method for monitoring primary devices of a power system via diagnostic devices, the method comprising:

in a first diagnostic device;

collecting operational diagnostic data from a first primary device, and determining health indicator data for the first primary device from readings of a sensor, or from a result of a remote query, or from manual inspection, or from regular services performed by a human on the first primary device;

identifying diagnostic correlation data from the health indicator data and from correlated operational diagnostic data of the first primary device, which correlated operational diagnostic data is linked with the health indicator data;

adapting a diagnostic rule to the identified diagnostic correlation data, wherein an original diagnostic rule is modified by calculating a change in a diagnostic identifier associated with operational data of the first primary device and is applicable to operational diagnostic data for generating a diagnostic warning indicative of a health state of the primary device;

communicating the adapted diagnostic rule to a second diagnostic device; and

in the second diagnostic device;

generating a diagnostic warning of a second primary device by applying the adapted diagnostic rule of the first diagnostic device to operational diagnostic data collected from the second primary device.

2. The method of claim 1, comprising:

indicating an error via the health indicator data of the identified diagnostic correlation data of the first primary device, wherein correlated operational diagnostic data precedes the error.

3. The method of claim 1, comprising:

collecting the operational diagnostic data from a plurality of similar first primary devices, and determining health indicator data for the plurality of similar first primary devices.

4. The method of claim 3, comprising:

identifying the correlated operational diagnostic data with a statistical evaluation of operational diagnostic data from the plurality of similar first primary devices.

5. The method of claim 3, comprising:

locating at least two of the primary devices at different industrial sites.

6. The method of claim 1, comprising:

relating the operational diagnostic data to an operational event of the first primary device.

7. The method of claim 1, comprising:

collecting the operational diagnostic data with at least one sensor at the first primary device.

8. The method of claim 1, comprising:

basing the operational diagnostic data on a physical quantity measured at the first primary device.

9. The method of claim 1, comprising:

collecting the operational diagnostic data with the first diagnostic device;

sending the operational diagnostic data to a central monitoring system;

identifying diagnostic correlation data and adapting the diagnostic rule in the central monitoring system; and

sending the modified diagnostic rule to the second diagnostic device.

10. The method of claim 1, comprising:

basing the diagnostic rule on a comparison between a threshold value and an actual value calculated from the operational diagnostic data, wherein the diagnostic rule is adapted by modifying the threshold value.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the correlated operational diagnostic data includes additional offline data related to the first primary device.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the first and second primary devices are medium voltage devices.

13. A computer program stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium for monitoring primary devices of a power system, which when executed by a processor of a first diagnostic device or of a central monitoring system, will perform steps of:

receiving operational diagnostic data for a first primary device of the power system, and receiving health indicator data determined from readings of a sensor, or from a result of a remote query, or from manual inspection, or from regular services performed by a human on the first primary device;

identifying diagnostic correlation data by linking the health indicator data of the first primary device with correlated operational diagnostic data of the first primary device;

adapting a diagnostic rule to the identified diagnostic correlation data, wherein an original diagnostic rule is modified by calculating a change in a diagnostic identifier associated with the operational data of the first primary device and is applicable to operational diagnostic data for generating a diagnostic warning indicative of a health state of a primary device; and

sending the adapted diagnostic rule to a second diagnostic device for generating a diagnostic warning of a second primary device.

14. A system comprising:

a non-transitory computer-readable medium, in which a computer program according to claim 13 is stored; and

a computer processor of a first diagnostic device or of a central monitoring system for executing the computer program.

15. The method of claim 13, comprising:

relating the operational diagnostic data to an operational event of the first primary device.

16. The method of claim 15, comprising:

collecting the operational diagnostic data with at least one sensor at the first primary device.

17. The method of claim 16, comprising:

basing the operational diagnostic data on a physical quantity measured at the first primary device.

18. The method of claim 17, comprising:

collecting the operational diagnostic data with the first diagnostic device;

sending the operational diagnostic data to a central monitoring system;

identifying diagnostic correlation data and adapting the diagnostic rule in the central monitoring system; and

sending the modified diagnostic rule to the second diagnostic device.

19. The method of claim 18, comprising:

basing the diagnostic rule on a comparison between a threshold value and an actual value calculated from the operational diagnostic data, wherein the diagnostic rule is adapted by modifying the threshold value.

20. The method of claim 19, comprising:

wherein the correlated operational diagnostic data includes additional offline data related to the first primary device.