Economic analysis and planning model for deconstruction of large scale industrial facilities

• US 20040181422A1
• Filed: 03/04/2004
• Published: 09/16/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Robert J. Brand
• Original Assignee: Robert J. Brand
• Inventors: Brand, Robert J.
• Application Number:
  US10/488,652
• Publication Number:
  US 20040181422A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/30 Administration of product recycling or disposal
• CPC Class Codes: Y02W 90/00 Enabling technologies or technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to greenhouse gas [GHG] emissions mitigation

Abstract

An economic analysis model (see FIG. 1) including a suite of software based modules designed to assist deconstruction and recycling of large scale industrial facilities at every stage of the effort including but not limited to assessment (102) and pricing, acquisition, production planning, cost reduction and revenue enhancement, as well as updating a historical database to store data to these stages. The invention is particularly useful with deconstruction projects involving large-scale, complex industrial facilities such as ships, refineries, floating oil rig platforms, chemical and nuclear plants.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of planning, monitoring, and implementing a deconstruction procedure on a facility, comprising the steps of:

gathering facility data concerning the facility and storing said data in a project database;

comparing the facility data with historical data from a historical database and storing the results of said comparison in said project database;

preparing an initial deconstruction plan based on said comparison and storing said initial deconstruction plan in said project database;

conducting a scrap/recycle analysis on the facility based upon said facility data and said historical data, developing a scrap/recycle plan based on a result of said scrap/recycle analysis, and storing said result and said scrap/recycle plan in said project database;

updating said initial deconstruction plan to incorporate said result and said scrap/recycle plan;

identifying and assessing potential deconstruction sites in view of said updated deconstruction plan and selecting a preferred site to perform the deconstruction;

performing said deconstruction at said selected preferred site and updating said project database as said deconstruction is performed;

executing said scrap/recycling plan; and

updating said project database and said historical database with data pertaining to said performed deconstruction and executed scrap/recycling plan.

2. A system for planning, monitoring, and implementing a deconstruction procedure on a facility, comprising:

means for gathering facility data concerning the facility and storing said data in a project database;

means for comparing the facility data with historical data from a historical database and storing the results of said comparison in said project database;

means for preparing an initial deconstruction plan based on said comparison and storing said initial deconstruction plan in said project database;

means for conducting a scrap/recycle analysis on the facility based upon said facility data and said historical data, developing a scrap/recycle plan based on a result of said scrap/recycle analysis, and storing said result and said scrap/recycle plan in said project database;

means for updating said initial deconstruction plan to incorporate said result and said scrap/recycle plan;

means for identifying and assessing potential deconstruction sites in view of said updated deconstruction plan and selecting a preferred site to perform the deconstruction;

means for performing said deconstruction at said selected preferred site and updating said project database as said deconstruction is performed;

means for executing said scrap/recycling plan; and

means for updating said project database and said historical database with data pertaining to said performed deconstruction and executed scrap/recycling plan.

3. Computer readable code stored on media for planning, monitoring, and implementing a deconstruction procedure on a facility, comprising:

first subprocesses for gathering facility data concerning the facility and storing said data in a project database;

second subprocesses for comparing the facility data with historical data from a historical database and storing the results of said comparison in said project database;

third subprocesses for preparing an initial deconstruction plan based on said comparison and storing said initial deconstruction plan in said project database;

fourth subprocesses for conducting a scrap/recycle analysis on the facility based upon said facility data and said historical data, developing a scrap/recycle plan based on a result of said scrap/recycle analysis, and storing said result and said scrap/recycle plan in said project database;

fifth subprocesses for updating said initial deconstruction plan to incorporate said result and said scrap/recycle plan;

sixth subprocesses for identifying and assessing potential deconstruction sites in view of said updated deconstruction plan and selecting a preferred site to perform the deconstruction;

seventh subprocesses for performing said deconstruction at said selected preferred site and updating said project database as said deconstruction is performed;

eighth subprocesses for executing said scrap/recycling plan; and

and ninth subprocesses for updating said project database and said historical database with data pertaining to said performed deconstruction and executed scrap/recycling plan.