SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME VIEWING OF MONITORING SYSTEM DATA

• US 20040128377A1
• Filed: 12/30/2002
• Published: 07/01/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Baker Hughes, a GE Company, LLC (Baker Hughes Company)
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Sadaghiany, Afshar
• Granted Patent: US 7,299,279 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: F01D 21/003 Arrangements for testing or measuring for measuring vibrations G01H
• CPC Class Codes: F02C 9/00 Controlling gas-turbine plants; Controlling fuel supply in air- breathing jet-propulsion plants controlling air intakes F02C7/057; controlling turbines F01D; controlling compressors F04D27/00; controlling in general G05
• CPC Class Codes: G01M 15/14 Testing gas-turbine engines or jet-propulsion engines
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2223/06 Remote monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 23/0267 Fault communication, e.g. human machine interface [HMI]

Abstract

A method of viewing data of a turbine monitoring system from a remote location is provided. The turbine monitoring system includes a programmable logic controller having an interface rack. In an exemplary embodiment, the method includes supplying an on-site monitoring computer, installing at least one communications gateway card in the interface rack, connecting the on-site monitoring computer to the at least one gateway card by a local area network, and connecting the on-site monitoring computer also to a wide area network.

Claims

1. A method of viewing data of a turbine monitoring system from a remote location, the turbine monitoring system comprising a programmable logic controller having an interface rack, said method comprising:

supplying an on-site monitoring computer;

installing at least one communications gateway card in the interface rack;

connecting the on-site monitoring computer to the at least one gateway card by a local area network; and

connecting the on-site monitoring computer also to a wide area network.

2. A method in accordance with claim 1 further comprising:

connecting a user computer to the wide area network at a location remote from the turbine monitoring system; and

viewing turbine operating data, captured by the turbine monitoring system, at the turbine monitoring system rack in real-time, on the user computer.

3. A method in accordance with claim 1 wherein connecting the on-site monitoring computer to the at least one gateway card comprises:

connecting the on-site monitoring computer to a hub; and

connecting the hub to the at least one gateway card.

4. A method in accordance with claim 3 wherein connecting the on-site monitoring computer also to a wide area network comprises connecting the hub to the wide area network.

5. A method in accordance with claim 1 wherein installing at least one communications gateway card in the interface rack comprises installing a first and a second communications gateway card in the interface rack, the first gateway card configured to communicate with a T1 line and the second gateway card configured to communicate with a T2 line.

6. A method of viewing data of a turbine monitoring system from a remote location, the turbine monitoring system comprising a programmable logic controller having an interface rack, said method comprising:

creating turbine operating data by the turbine monitoring system;

transmitting the operating data to an on-site monitoring computer in real-time via a local area network that connects the on-site monitoring computer to the interface rack of the turbine monitoring system;

transmitting the operating data to a remote computer by the on-site monitoring system in real-time via a wide area network that connects the on-site monitoring computer to the remote computer; and

viewing the transmitted data at the remote computer.

7. A method in accordance with claim 6 wherein transmitting the operating data to an on-site monitoring computer comprises:

installing at least one communications gateway card in the interface rack; and

connecting the on-site monitoring computer to the at least one gateway card by the local area network.

8. A method in accordance with claim 7 wherein connecting the on-site monitoring computer to the at least one gateway comprises:

connecting the on-site monitoring computer to a hub; and

connecting the hub to the at least one gateway card.

9. A method in accordance with claim 8 wherein transmitting the operating data to a remote computer by the on-site monitoring system comprises connecting the on-site monitoring computer also to the wide area network.

10. A method in accordance with claim 9 wherein connecting the on-site monitoring computer also to the wide area network comprises connecting the hub to the wide area network.

11. A method in accordance with claim 7 wherein installing at least one communications gateway card in the interface rack comprises installing a first and a second communications gateway card in the interface rack, the first gateway card configured to communicate with a T1 line and the second gateway card configured to communicate with a T2 line.

12. A system that facilitates viewing data of a turbine monitoring apparatus from a remote location, the turbine monitoring apparatus comprising a programmable logic controller having an interface rack, said system comprising:

an on-site monitoring computer;

a remote computer;

at least one communications gateway card configured to communicate with the turbine monitoring apparatus;

a local area network connecting the on-site monitoring computer to the at least one gateway card; and

a wide area network connecting the on-site monitoring computer to the remote computer.

13. A system in accordance with claim 12 further comprising a hub connecting said on-site monitoring computer to said local area network and said wide area network.

14. A system in accordance with claim 12 wherein said at least one communications gateway card comprises a first and a second communications gateway card, the first gateway card configured to communicate with a T1 line and the second gateway card configured to communicate with a T2 line.