Operation plan creation device, operation plan creation method, and operation plan creation program

• US 10,466,672 B2
• Filed: 02/10/2014
• Issued: 11/05/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
• Inventors: Kawamura, Naoya, Isu, Hiroyuki, Kasano, Manabu, Nakayama, Aki, Nakaji, Tsuyoshi, Matsui, Koji, Kitagawa, Tomoaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Gart, Matthew S
• Assistant Examiner(s): Swartz, Stephen S
• Application Number:
  US14/768,554
• Publication Number:
  US 20150378338A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,094 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/0428 Safety, monitoring G05B19/0423 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/32107 Operative process planning
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/04 Forecasting or optimisation specially adapted for administrative or management purposes, e.g. linear programming or "cutting stock problem" market predictions or forecasting for commercial activities G06Q30/0202
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/10 Services

Abstract

An apparatus for updating an operation plan of a high-temperature component based on operation performance. The apparatus includes: a display unit which displays an operation plan of multiple high-temperature components which are mounted upon a device; a storage unit which stores, for each device, at least initial setting data including information regarding operation start times of the high-temperature components and scheduled times for carrying out periodic inspections of the high-temperature components; an operation plan creation unit which, using the initial setting data, generates data of the operation plan including operation intervals of the high-temperature components from the operation start times to the scheduled times for carrying out the periodic inspections, and stores same in the storage unit for each device; and an operation plan update unit which updates the operation plan data which is displayed on the display unit, based on the high-temperature component operation performance information.

Claims

1. An operation plan creation device for creating an operation plan concerning a rotation operation in which a plurality of units configured of multiple high-temperature components are alternately mounted in devices unit-by-unit, the operation plan creation device comprising:

a display configured to associate, for each of the devices, data corresponding to an image corresponding to an operation period of the high-temperatures components, configuration information of the high-temperature components, and configuration information of the high-temperature components removed for a periodic inspection with each other in a display screen, and display the data as the operation plan;

a storage configured to store, for each of the devices, at least initial setting data which includes the configuration information of the high-temperature components mounted in the devices, information regarding operation start times of the high-temperature components and scheduled times for carrying out periodic inspections of the high-temperature components; and

a processor configured to execute computer executable components stored in the storage, wherein the computer executable components include;

an operation plan creation unit configured to, using the initial setting data, automatically generate data of the operation plan including the operation period of the high-temperature components from the operation start times to the scheduled times for carrying out the periodic inspections and the configuration information of the high-temperature components, and display the generated operation plan on the display; and

an operation plan update unit configured to, in response to acquiring information for specifying execution times at which the periodic inspections are carried out and actual operation performance data, as information regarding operation performance of the high-temperature components, automatically update data of the operation plan and redraw the image corresponding to the operation period in the operation plan displayed on the display, on the basis of the acquired information and the actual operation performance data,

wherein the operation plan update unit is configured to, in response to acquiring each of information items for specifying a quantity of the high-temperature components to undergo the periodic inspections, for specifying treatment contents for the high-temperature components to undergo the periodic inspections, for specifying an operation time for the high-temperature components to undergo the periodic inspections, for specifying removal or replacement of the high-temperature components, and for specifying a rotation destination for the high-temperature components to undergo the periodic inspections as the information regarding the operation performance of the high-temperature components, automatically update the data of the operation plan on the basis of each of the acquired information items and reflect the updated data to the configuration information in the operation plan displayed on the display, and

wherein the updated data of the operation plan displayed on the display includes the actual operation performance data,

the configuration information of the high-temperature components includes consumption EOH (equivalent operating hours) corresponding to the equivalent operating hours consumed and corresponding to the operation period,

the display is configured to display the consumption EOH in the vicinity of the image corresponding to the operation period in the operation plan in association with the image corresponding to the operation period in the operation plan, and

the operation plan update unit is configured to update and display the consumption EOH when redrawing the image corresponding to the operation period in the operation plan.

2. The operation plan creation device according to claim 1, wherein the operation plan update unit is configured to aggregate for each of the treatment contents the information for specifying the quantity acquired as the information regarding the operation performance of the high-temperature components, and store the aggregated information for each of the devices in the storage.

3. An operation plan creation method executed by an operation plan creation device for creating an operation plan concerning a rotation operation in which a plurality of units configured of multiple high-temperature components are alternately mounted in devices unit-by-unit, the method comprising:

reading initial setting data from a storage which stores, for each device in which multiple high-temperature components are mounted, at least the initial setting data which includes configuration information of the high-temperature components mounted in the device, information regarding operation start times of the high-temperature components and scheduled times for carrying out periodic inspections of the high-temperature components, and using the read initial setting data to automatically generate data of the operation plan including operation periods of the high-temperature components from the operation start times to the scheduled times for carrying out the periodic inspections, and the configuration information of the high-temperature components;

associating for each of the devices, data corresponding to an image corresponding to the operation period, the configuration information, and configuration information of the high-temperature components removed for a periodic inspection with each other in a display screen, and displaying the data as the operation plan on a display;

in response to acquiring information for specifying execution times at which the periodic inspections are carried out and actual operation performance data, as information regarding operation performance of the high-temperature components, automatically updating data of the operation plan and redrawing the image corresponding to the operation period in the operation plan displayed on the display, on the basis of the acquired information and the actual operation performance data; and

in response to acquiring each of information items for specifying a quantity of the high-temperature components to undergo the periodic inspections, for specifying treatment contents for the high-temperature components to undergo the periodic inspections, for specifying an operation time for the high-temperature components to undergo the periodic inspections, for specifying removal or replacement of the high-temperature components, and for specifying a rotation destination for the high-temperature components to undergo the periodic inspections as the information regarding the operation performance of the high-temperature components, automatically updating the data of the operation plan on the basis of each of the acquired information items and reflecting the updated data to the configuration information in the operation plan displayed on the display,

wherein the updated data of the operation plan displayed on the display includes the actual operation performance data,

the configuration information of the high-temperature components includes consumption EOH (equivalent operating hours) corresponding to the equivalent operating hours consumed and corresponding to the operation period,

the consumption EOH is displayed on the display in the vicinity of the image corresponding to the operation period in the operation plan in association with the image corresponding to the operation period in the operation plan, and

the consumption EOH is updated and displayed when redrawing the image corresponding to the operation period in the operation plan.

4. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores an operation plan creation program that causes an operation plan creation device, which creates an operation plan concerning a rotation operation in which a plurality of units configured of multiple high-temperature components are alternately mounted in devices unit by unit, to execute steps comprising:

reading initial setting data from a storage which stores, for each device in which multiple high-temperature components are mounted, at least the initial setting data which includes configuration information of the high-temperature components mounted in the device, information regarding operation start times of the high-temperature components and scheduled times for carrying out periodic inspections of the high-temperature components, and using the read initial setting data to automatically generate data of the operation plan including operation periods of the high-temperature components from the operation start times to the scheduled times for carrying out the periodic inspections and the configuration information of the high-temperature components;

associating, for each of the devices, data corresponding to an image corresponding to the operation period, the configuration information, and configuration information of the high-temperature components removed for a periodic inspection with each other in a display screen, and displaying the data as the operation plan on a display;

in response to acquiring information for specifying execution times at which the periodic inspections are carried out and actual operation performance data, as information regarding operation performance of the high-temperature components, automatically updating data of the operation plan and redrawing the image corresponding to the operation period in the operation plan displayed on the display, on the basis of the acquired information and the actual operation performance data; and

in response to acquiring each of information items for specifying a quantity of the high-temperature components to undergo the periodic inspections, for specifying treatment contents for the high-temperature components to undergo the periodic inspections, for specifying an operation time for the high-temperature components to undergo the periodic inspections, for specifying removal or replacement of the high-temperature components, and for specifying a rotation destination for the high-temperature components to undergo the periodic inspections as the information regarding the operation performance of the high-temperature components, automatically updating the data of the operation plan on the basis of each of the acquired information items and reflecting the updated data to the configuration information in the operation plan displayed on the display,

wherein the updated data of the operation plan displayed on the display includes the actual operation performance data,

the configuration information of the high-temperature components includes consumption EOH (equivalent operating hours) corresponding to the equivalent operating hours consumed and corresponding to the operation period,

the consumption EOH is displayed on the display in the vicinity of the image corresponding to the operation period in the operation plan in association with the image corresponding to the operation period in the operation plan, and

the consumption EOH is updated and displayed when redrawing the image corresponding to the operation period in the operation plan.